TEST YOUR GRAMMAR (Present Simple VS Present Continuous)

Present Simple or Present Continuous

Choose the right variant:

1. It ____________ in this part of the world.

A is often raining

B often rains

1. Take your umbrella. It ____________ heavily.

A rains

B is raining

1. Granny is in the kitchen. She ____________ a plum-cake.

A is making

B makes

1. My elder sister ____________ tasty things.

A is often making

B often makes

1. Can you phone a bit later, please? Jane ____________ .

A is having a bath

B has a bath

1. Go downstairs. Your sister ____________ you.

A is waiting for

B waits for

1. I don’t know German, but I ____________ it now.

A am learning

B learn

1. John ____________ in the garden.

A is still working

B still works

1. Dad __________ on Sundays.

A is usually working

B usually works

1. I ____________ coffee in the morning, but now I ____________ tea.

A am usually having A drink

B usually have B am drinking

1. We sometimes ____________ go to the cinema.

A are going

B go

1. She ____________ to school on foot today.

A are going

B is going

1. – What ____________ ? – She’s a secretary in an office.

A is she doing

B does she do

C she does

1. Why ____________ at my desk? Could you take your place, please?

A you are sitting

B do you sit

C are you sitting

1. We’ve got tickets, and tomorrow evening we ____________ to the theatre.

A are go

B go

C are going

1. ____________ anything tomorrow afternoon?

I ____________ tennis with my friend.

A Are you doing A am playing

D Do you do B plays

C You are doing C are play

Key: 1 B 9 B

2 B 10 B, B

3 A 11 B

4 B 12 B

5 A 13 B

6 A 14C

7 A 15 C

8 A 16 A, A