PRESENT SIMPLE / PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1. Complete the dialogue with the present continuous of the verbs in brackets.
Nadia: Hi, Peter! What are you doing (do)?
Peter: I 1 ________________ (read) a book and I 2 ________________ (listen) to music. Where are you?
Nadia: I am at Jeffs house. We
3 ________________ (watch) a film. Why dont you come?
Peter: OK, Ill phone Karen.
Nadia: I think Karen 4 ________________ (play) tennis today.
Peter: No, she 5 ________________ (not play) tennis. Now I remember, she
6 ________________ (play) the piano. She has piano classes on Tuesdays.
Nadia: Never mind! We can phone her later!
Peter: OK. Ill be there in 15 minutes.
2. Write the adverbs of frequency in the correct place.
1 Mary goes to the cinema on Sundays (never)
Mary never goes to the cinema on Sundays.
2 Do you lock the garage at night? (always)
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3 Sarah writes letters to her friends. (sometimes)
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4 We play tennis at the leisure centre. (never)
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5 I do my homework in the evenings. (always)
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6 Alice has dinner with her friends at a local restaurant. (sometimes)
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7 We have a snack for lunch. (usually)
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8 My mum is in bed before midnight. (never)
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9 Dave goes to Spanish classes on Saturday mornings. (usually)
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3. Correct the sentences.
1 She doesnt see him never.
She never sees him.
2 Mara has piano class on two days in a week.
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3 We watch usually a video.
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4 They have homework all days.
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5 I have seldom time to go out.
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6 Angie one time a year skis.
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7 Liam plays often basketball.
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8 She goes to the sometimes doctor.
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9 We have three times a year exams at school.
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4. Write questions for the statements in exercise 3.
1 How often does she see him?
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5. Look at the schedule and write sentences about Ben.
1 Ben hates getting up early.
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6. How often do you do the following activities? Write a sentence.

1 clean your teeth
I always clean my teeth.
2 do your homework
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3 read a book
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4 meet your friends after school
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5 do sport
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6 listen to music
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7 go to the cinema
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8 watch TV
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7. Complete the sentences using the present simple or the present continuous of the verbs in brackets.
1 Sue does (do) her homework every evening.
2 She ______________ (do) her maths homework at the moment.
3 Mary ______________ (write) books. Now, she ______________ (write) a novel.
4 On Mondays I usually ______________ (play) the violin, but this Monday I ______________ (play) basketball with
the school team.
5 Look! Jeff ______________ (wear) a new jumper.
6 What ______________ you ______________ (do) now?
7 My family ______________ (live) in Edinburgh but I ______________ (stay) with friends in London for two weeks
at the moment.
8 We ______________ (not watch) TV on Saturdays. We usually ______________ (go) to the cinema.