SIMPLE PRESENT – PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSES – GRADE 9
Bài tập 1: Complete the following sentences with the correct verb form of Present Continuous tense.
1. I’m busy now because I _______ the house. (clean)
2. _______ they _______ lunch? (prepare)
3. The girls _______ an email to their friend. (write)
4. Her friends _______ in the park. (not play)
5. They _______ his birthday. (celebrate)
6. Do you have time to talk? Sorry, but I _______ . (study)
7. Peter _______ his best friend. (phone)
8. He _______ a baseball cap. (wear)
9. They _______ for the key. (look)
10. Hurry! The bus _______ . (come)
11. He _______ his teeth. (clean)
12. Why _______ you _______ ? (laugh)
13. Please listen to me. I _______ to you. (talk)
14. Adam and Tracy_______ right now. (not dance)
15. She _______ her presents. (open)
Bài tập 2: Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Present or Present Continous)
1. Listen! The baby ________. (cry)
2. Sue sometimes ________ an egg for breakfast. (have)
3. We always ________ (walk) to school, but today we ________the bus. (take)
4. What are you doing? I ________ the dishes. (clean)
5. I never ________ beer. (drink)
6. Who ________ in the garden now? (play)
7. Look! I ________ a picture. (paint)
8. English children ________ French in their school. (learn)
9. Can you help me? No, sorry, I ________ for the test. (study)
10. Joe often ________ to school with me. (go)
11. Its nine oclock and we ________ lunch now. (have)
12. My sister never ________tennis. (play)
13. I always ________ breakfast at 7 o’clock. (eat)
14. Susan ________ TV now. (watch)
15. We ________ a book at this moment. (read)
Bài tập 3: Complete the paragraph using Simple Present or Present Continous
It’s Saturday afternoon, and on Saturdays we usually ________ (sit) in the living room and (watch)_________ our favourite sitcom. But today we ________ (not watch) TV because it ________ (not work). My sister ________ (play) on the computer, my brothers ________ (study) for their tests and I ________ (read) a book. I often ________ (read) books, but my sister usually _____________ (not play) on her computer and my brothers ___________ (not study) on the weekend very often. My parents are not at home. They __________ (visit) some friends in the city centre.
Bài tập 4: Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Present or Present Continous)
1. It often __________________ in Ireland (rain). It__________________ there now (rain)?
2. Susan __________________ to her parents every Sunday night (write).
3. Stop at once! You __________________ the flowers every time the ball __________________ in the garden (break, land)
4. Where is Kevin? He __________________ tennis with Sue. (play).
5. Hurry up, the teacher __________________ to begin (wait).
6. I __________________ a word Tim says (not believe).
7. The new lawnmower __________________ well at the moment (work)
8. What __________________ do for a living? (you, do)
9. As a secretary I __________________ hundreds of letters every week (write).
10. My boss __________________ to change jobs soon (want)
11. Look! She __________________ in the non- smoking area (smoke)
12. We __________________ our break now, Mr. Smith (take)
13. The well-known actor __________________ a lot of fan mail (get)
14. Dorothy __________________ to read a good novel in her holidays (love)
15. Such bad behaviour __________________ me mad (make).
16. He usually __________________ out on Saturday night. (go)
17. She __________________ by train to Liverpool today. (depart)
18. He _________ (teach) English and Maths. Now, he ________ (teach) English.