Present Simple vs.

Present Continuous

A Choose the correct option: Present Simple or Present Continuous.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Mark usually goes / is going home on foot.

Listen! Ted plays / is playing the piano.
My mother is a good cook. Everything she cooks / is cooking is excellent.
Now Stanley answers / is answering the phone.
They often watch / are watching TV in the evening.
Today Jessica goes / is going to school by car.
The dog sleeps / is sleeping under the table right now.
Water boils / is boiling at 100 Celsius.

B- Fill in the blanks with either the Present Simple or Present Continuous form of the
verbs in brackets.
1.
2.
3.
4.

Jason _______________(not / listen) to the radio very often.

Turn off the TV. You ______________(not / watch) it.
Where ______________ Sally usually ______________(spend) her summer holidays?
Mr. Watson ______________(take) very good photos. Look! He ______________(take) a

photo of you right now.

5. It always ______________(rain) at the weekend. But today the sun ______________(shine).
6. My friends ______________(leave) for Budapest tomorrow.
7. Carol ______________ (phone) her grandmother every day. She ______________(phone) her
now.
8. Bob and Toms parents usually ______________(drive) them to school, but today they
______________(go) by bus.

Answer key
A
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

goes
is playing
cooks
is answering
watch
is going
is sleeping
boils

B
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

doesnt listen
arent watching
doesspend
takesis taking
rains is shining
are living
phones is phoning
drive are going