- •Present Time: Present Simple and Present Continuous Present Simple
- •Time expressions often used with Present Simple (Adverbs of Frequency)
- •Present Continuous (Progressive)
- •Time expressions often used with Present Continuous
- •Practice Present Simple and Present Continuous
- •Underline the correct tense, Present Simple or Present Continuous, in the following sentences.
- •Complete this letter with the correct form of the Present Simple or the Present Continuous. Use each verb in the list once. The first (0) is given as an example.
- •Complete the sentences using the Present Simple or the Present Continuous. Use the verb given in brackets.
- •Complete the sentences using the Present Simple or the Present Continuous. Use the verb given in brackets. Add never or always if this is also given.
- •Put the verbs in rackets into the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.
Put the verbs in rackets into the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.
Why are you smelling (you/ smell) the soup? – It ............................. (smell) lovely. It’s like roses!
Why ..................... (you/taste) the soup? – To see if it ............... (taste) good. I think it needs more salt.
I....................... (feel) very itred. – You should go to bed early.
I............... (see) Andy this evening. – I ................ (see). So, you don’t want to come to the cinema with me, do you?
How much ................................... (the bag of apples/weigh)? – I don’t know yet. The man ..................... (weigh) the bag now.
I ..................... (think) about buying a new car soon. – Why? I ............... (think) your car is fine. You don’t need a new one.
What ........................ (you/look) at? – the sky. It................... (look) as if it’s going to rain.
I really ..... (enjoy) home-made food. – So do I, and I .......... (enjoy) every bit of this meal.
Why ..................... (you – feel) the radiator? – It .................. (feel) cold in here. Is the heating on?
The famous opera singer .................... (appear) at the opera house tonight. – Yes. He ....................... (appear) to be feeling better after his operarion.
Chris .................. (be) a sensible person, isn’t he? – Yes, but in this case he ...... (be) rather foolish.
My dad .................... (fit) the old blind from the living room in my bedroom today. – Really? .......................... (it/fit) that window?
My back................ (hurt). – Why don’t you lie down for a while?