Test Present Simple Present Continuous

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I.
Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Continuous or Simple Present:
1. Mother usually ________________ (drink) coffee in the afternoon.
2. Look! He _______________ (sit) on the beach.
3. He _______________ (do) his homework now.
4. Listen! Father _______________ (sing) in the garden.
5. Paul ________________ (not/come) from France. He is English.
6. The dolphins_________________ (not/play) with a ball now.
7. Mother _______________ (not/go) to the supermarket on Fridays.
8. Father ________________ (read) the newspaper at the moment.
9. She often ________________ (drive) to work.
10. Sam never _______________ (watch) TV in the morning.
10 points
II.
Put the verbs into the Simple Present or Present Continuous:
Every day my father ____________ (get up) at 7.30. He __________ (have) breakfast at
8.00 and then he __________ (go) to work. He __________ (be) a teacher. He
__________ (come) back at 2.00 and we ___________ (have) lunch. Then he __________
(sleep) for an hour. In the afternoon he ____________ (watch) TV. But today he
____________ (not/watch) TV. He _____________ (help) Mother in the kitchen. We
___________ (have) a party. It _________ (be) my birthday. I __________ (be) ten years
old.
26 points
III. Use the verbs given to fill in the text in the Present Continuous

(10x3p=30p)

cook, open, look, snow, stay, drink, sit, listen, sleep, sing
Its Christmas Day. Mr. Parker 1) ________________ tea. His wife 2) ________________
the Christmas dinner. The boys 3) ___________________ Christmas carols. Grandma and
Grandpa 4) ___________________ on the sofa. Grandma 5) _________________ to the
boys singing and Grandpa 6) __________________. The girls 7) __________________ their
presents. The dog 8) ________________ at the girls. It is very cold. It 9)
__________________ outside and everything is white. The Parkers 10)
__________________ at home tonight because it is too cold to go out.
IV. Answer the following questions about the text above.
(4x5p=20p)
1. What is the weather like?
3. Who is cooking?
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2. What is the dog doing?

4. Why are the Parkers at home tonight?