Present Simple and Present Continuous

1. Read, translate and explain why this or that tense form is used.

1. It takes me forty minutes to get to university.

2. Hello, Jane, where are you going? - I am going to the station.

3. When do your lessons begin on Monday? - They begin at nine o’clock.

4. Where is your sister? - She is doing her homework in the next room.

5. Where is John? I’m looking for him. - He is having dinner.

6. On Sunday we sometimes go to the cinema or to the disco-club.

7. It’s 6 o’clock in the evening now. Victor is doing his homework.

8. His sister likes reading. She is reading a book now.

9. She is writing a letter to her grandmother who lives in Novgorod.

2. Make these sentences interrogative and negative.

1. She knows English well.

2. The students take exams at the end of each term.

3. He is working in the lab.

4. She always helps me.

5. They are making an experiment.

6. They are discussing a plan for the work.

7. We are waiting for the train.

8. She studies at the university.

3. Put all possible questions to the sentences.

1. In the evening my parents watch TV.

2. After breakfast she goes to school.

3. My father and I leave home at eight o’clock.

4. My sister likes to read an interesting book in the evening.

5. At the moment they are listening to music in the living-room.

6. She is writing an article for her tomorrow report.

7. They are having lunch now.

8. He is watching a new film together with his friends.

4. Open brackets and use Present Simple or Present Continuous.

1. I (to drink) coffee now.

2. He (not to drink) coffee in the evening.

3. Look! The children (to play).

4. Mary always (to sleep) after dinner.

5. Your friend (to do) his homework now?

6. Your friend (to go) to a disco every Saturday?

7. My father (not to sleep) now. He (to work) in the garden.

8. I usually (to get) up at seven o’clock in the morning.

9. What your sister (to do) now? - She (to clean) the flat.

10. When you usually (to come) home after your classes? - I (to come) at three o’clock.

11. My mother (not to play) the piano now. She (to play) the piano in the evening.

12. They (not to play) in the street now.

13. I (to read) books in the evening.

14. He (to help) his mother every day?

15. They (to play) in the room now?

16. My father (not to work) on Sunday.

5. Answer questions using Present Simple.

1. What do you usually do in the morning?

2. Do you often get up late?

3. When do you usually get up?

4. Where does your sister/brother always go in the evening?

5. When do you have dinner?

6. What do you usually have for dinner?

7. What don’t you like to do sometimes?

8. What do you usually watch on TV?

9. What do you like to read?

10. Which book is your favorite?

6. Use ‘to be going to’.

e.g. play tennis - I’m going to play tennis.

1. go for a walk to night;

2. play a game of chess with my friend;

3. go to a dancing party tonight;

4. help my mother with cooking;

5. ask my sister for help;

6. read this new magazine;

7. enter the university next year;

8. go to the South in summer.

7. Translate into English using Present Simple or Present Continuous.

1. Они читают много книг.

2. Где живет Джон?

3. Куда ты ходишь по утрам?

4. Она всегда помогает своей маме.

5. Они не ездят за горе ц зимой.

6. Летом они собираются поехать на юг.

7. Мы сейчас делаем упражнение.

8. Что ты пишешь? - Я пишу диктант.

9. Они делают домашнюю работу вечером.

10. Где твой брат? - Он смотрит телевизор.

11. Работает ли он в воскресенье? - Да.

12. 0ни не ходят в парк по пятницам.

13. Они собираются пойти в зоопарк в воскресенье.

14. Мой друг редко играет в шахматы.