Exercise on Simple Present - Present Progressive
Exercise 1
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present progressive).
1. Look! He (leave) the house.
2. Quiet please! I (write) a test.
3. She usually (walk) to school.
4. But look! Today she (go) by bike.
5. Every Sunday we (go) to see my grandparents.
6. He often (go) to the cinema.
7. We (play) Monopoly at the moment.
8. The child seldom (cry) .
9. I (not / do) anything at the moment.
10. (watch / he) the news regularly?
Exercise 2
1. Which answer is the best?
Can you go downtown with me right now?
No, I'm waiting for a phone call.
No, I eat lunch.
No, I take care of my son.
2. Which answer is the best?
How often do you drive to school?
I'm often driving to school every morning.
I'm never driving to school.
I drive to school every morning.
3. Which question is the best?
Is he waiting for the bus on the corner every day?
Does he usually brush his teeth after breakfast?
Is he often going to the park on Sunday?
4. Which sentence is the best?
I'm usually brushing my teeth every morning.
He's learning how to drive this month.
I don't eat breakfast this morning.
5. Which sentence is the best?
Is she liking to go shopping?
I'm hating to drink coffee.
They hate to get to school late.
6. Which sentence is the best?
I'm smelling the milk now, and it doesn't smell bad.
The soup is tasting good.
The house is smelling very good when the cake is baking.
7. Which answer is the best?
What are you doing now?
I'm tasting the soup to see if it needs more salt.
I taste the spaghetti to see if it needs more salt.
The spaghetti is tasting good.
8. Which sentence is the best?
I'm knowing that he came yesterday.
I'm thinking of taking a vacation.
"Enormous" is meaning "big."
9. Which sentence is the best?
They are having a nice house.
She usually isn't having a good time shopping.
We don't have a lot of fun going to the dentist.
10. Which sentence is the best?
This coat is seeming really expensive.
I don't think it's very expensive. It is only costing twenty dollars.
I think it costs two hundred dollars.