Focus On Skills (Grammar 4)
Focus On Skills (Grammar 4)
Focus On Skills (Grammar 4)
A. Read the sentences and tick () PS (present simple) or PC (present continuous).
PS PC
1. Look! The waiter is bringing our pizza now.
2. We usually make the bed before we leave home.
3. I’m not watching TV at the moment.
4. Jackie is tidying her bedroom today.
5. My friends don’t cook meals, but I cook very well!
B. Complete the texts with the present simple or present continuous of the verbs in brackets.
tŚĂƚĚŽƚŚĞLJĚŽŽŶĂƵƐƵĂů&ƌŝĚĂLJĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶ͍ͻtŚĂƚĂƌĞƚŚĞLJĚŽŝŶŐƚŚŝƐ&ƌŝĚĂLJĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶ͍
Bob Brave usually wears wears (wear) a uniform and Bob Brave
1
(help) people in danger. This Friday afternoon
he 2 (not do) that. He 3 (swim)
4
in the pool. He always (stay) at the fire
5
station, but today he (not work)!
6
Helen House always (clean) the house,
7
(wash) the car or 8 (look)
9
after her children. She (not have) free
10
time. But this Friday she (enjoy) her free Helen
time. She and her friends 11
(shop) in the city! House
C. Fill in the gaps using the verbs in brackets in the present simple or present continuous.
1. Look at this photo! Diogo Piçarra’s cat (play) with him! How cute!
2. Katy (not set) the table every day. She (set)
the table twice a week.
3. Peter (ride) his bike to school every morning.
4. Hurry up! Matt and Liz (wait) for us. I really
(not want) to be late!
5. “Where (your mother/buy) your clothes?” Diogo
“She usually (buy) them at that new shop in town.” Piçarra
6. “ (you/cut) the grass now?”
“No, I .I (sweep) the floor!”
7. “ (they/come) home before 5 p.m. every day?” “Yes, they .”
8. “What (Bill and Peter/do) at the moment?”
“They (not play) football, they (listen) to music.”
A. Read the sentences and tick () PS (present simple) or PC (present continuous). Pay attention to
the coloured time expressions.
PS PC
1. Look! The waiter is bringing our pizza now.
2. We usually make the bed before we leave home.
3. I’m not watching TV at the moment.
4. :ĂĐŬŝĞŝƐƟĚLJŝŶŐŚĞƌďĞĚƌŽŽŵ today.
5. My friends never cook meals, but I cook very well!
tŚĂƚĚŽƚŚĞLJĚŽŽŶĂƵƐƵĂů&ƌŝĚĂLJĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶ͍ͻtŚĂƚĂƌĞƚŚĞLJĚŽŝŶŐƚŚŝƐ&ƌŝĚĂLJĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶ͍
C. Read the sentences and circle the correct option: present simple or present continuous.
1. Look at this photo! Diogo Piçarra’s cat is playing / plays with him now! How cute!
2. Katy doesn’t set / isn’t setting the table every day. She is setting / sets the
table twice a week.
3. Peter is riding / rides his bike to school every morning.
4. Hurry up! Matt and Liz are waiting / wait for us now. I really
am not wanting / don’t want to be late!
5. “Where is your mother usually buying / does your mother usually buy
your clothes?” “She usually is buying / buys them at that new shop in Diogo
town.”
Piçarra
6. “Are you cutting / Do you cut the grass at the moment?”
“No, I'm not / don’t. I sweep / am sweeping the floor right now!”
7. “Do they come / Are they coming home before 5 p.m. every day?” “Yes, they do / are.”