PRESENT SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS?

Complete the sentences below using one of the verbs in the box in
the correct form. You may use each verb once only.

enjoy play work know wait finish -prefer

produce seem interview - talk

1. I always __________ tennis on Fridays.

2. He ________ his report. He will bring it into the office when it
is complete.
3. My parents phoned me this morning. They ________
themselves in the Seychelles. Champagne every night! In fact,
they dont want to leave.
4. We _________ to entertain our guests in a local restaurant
rather than the canteen. Although it is expensive, we can talk
freely there.
5. I ___________ the answer to your problem. Get a new
computer.
6. Where is John? In his office ____________ for an important
telephone call.
7. I cant make the meeting tomorrow. I ______________ the
applicants for the sales managers job.
8. My brother _________ for Shink Inc. which makes bathroom
fittings.
9. Who ____________ to Bill? Is it the new secretary?
10. The new contract ____________fine to me. However,
could you just check it through once more?
B) Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verb in simple present
tense or present continuous tense.

1. Right now I (watch) _____________ a movie. I (watch) _______

a lot of movies.
2. Rickie (be) _______ my friend. We (like) _______ to talk
together. Right now we (talk) ______________ about school.
3. The police officer (wear) ________ a badge and a gun to work
every day.
4. Jaime usually (eat) _______ cold cereal for breakfast, but today
he (eat) _______ ________ oatmeal instead.
5. Alison and I (study) _______ _______ for the exam. We (not,
want) _______ ______________ to fail it!
6. Jonas (sing) ________ in the band on Saturdays, and Veda (play)
_______ the guitar.
7. My uncle (live) _______ in Tennessee. I (live) _______ in North
Carolina.
8. My mom (cook) ______________ dinner tonight. (You, want)
__________________ to eat with us?
9. Tiffany and Mark (travel) ______________ to Spain. They will
stay in Madrid.
10. We (read) _______ the newspaper every morning.

C) Complete the text with the correct form of the verb in simple
present tense or present continuous tense.

My favourite aunt, Monica, ____________ (a. teach) archeology

at the university. Right now she ____________ (b. give) a class
on the art of ancient Egypt.
She ____________ (c. do) a lot of sports and ____________ (d.
go) to the cinema regularly. This month, she ____________ (e.
learn) to hang glide. But she also ____________ (f. climb)
mountains every weekend and ____________ (g. do) scuba diving
when she is on holidays.