Pick & mix 1a Present Simple vs Continuous

• English
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

present tense

Read the short explanation and examples

Then do the Quiz.

present simple

We use this for things in general or things that happen repeatedly 

Water boils at 100 degrees celsius.

Excuse me, do you speak English?

It doesn't rain very much in summer.

What do you usually do at weekends?

I always get hungry in the afternoon.

Most people learn to swim when they are children.

present continuous

We use this for things hapening at or around the time of speaking.

The water is boiling. Can you turn it off?

Listen to them. What language are they speaking?

Let's go out. It isn't raining now..

I'm  busy. What are you doing?

I am getting hungry. Let's go and eat.

I want to work in Italy. That's why I am learning Italian.

Multiple choice questions

Choose the correct answer

Water is boiling/boils at 100 degrees

1. is boiling
2. boils

Look! That man tries/ is trying to break into your house

1. tries
2. is trying

She is very good at languages. She speaks/ is speaking 4 languages

1. is speaking
2. speaks

A. I usually go to work by car.
B. I am usually going to work by car

1. correct
2. correct

Hurry up! Everybody waits/ is waiting for you.

1. is waiting
2. waits

My daughter ----------- at the moment.

1. does not work
2. is not working
3. do not work

I ---------- where he lives.

1. doesn't know
2. don't know
3. am not knowing

Look! That man -------------- us.

1. watches
2. watching
3. watch
4. is watching

------------ football every weekend?

1. Are you playing
2. Does you play
3. Do you play

Jonathan ------------- away two or three times a year

1. usually is going
2. usually goes
3. goes usually
4. is usually going

Open questions

write the correct answer

Normally, I ----------- (go) to work by car.

She is in London at the moment. She --------- (stay) at the Tower Hotel.

My son usually ------------ (call) me on Fridays, but he didn't last week.

Look outside! It ---------- (snow) hard.

They ---------- (wear) shorts in summer.

Any questions

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