Present simple tense and present continuous tense

PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

Exercise 1: Find the word which has different sound in the underlined part

1. A. funny B. lunch C. sun D. computer 2. A. photo B. going C. brother D. home 3. A. school B. teaching C. chess D. chalk 4. A. cold B. volleyball C. telephone D. open 5. A. meat B. reading C. bread D. seat 6. A. writes B. makes C. takes D. drives 7. A. never B. often C. when D. tennis 8. A. Thursday B. thanks C. these D. birthday 9. A. advice B. price C. nice D. Police Exercise 2: Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets

E.g: A cat (eat)……a mouse => eats

1. My teacher (have)………………… long hair.

2. They (not want )………….…….…to play the love games, but they (play)…………….…..now.

3. Marry (be) …………….. an English person?- Yes, she (speak)……………….English at the

meeting right now.

4. Look! The man (climb)……………………....up the tree.

5. The new comers (not know)…………………… the rules of the club.

6. How often John (go)…………………… to the library? No, he (not like)………….…….to read

books. He only (want)………….……..to listen to music. What he (do)…………….…..at the

moment?

7. What you often ( have)……..………. for Breakfast?

– I (not know)……………………………I (not often prepare)…………………..…….breakfast. My mother

(prepare)………………………it now.

8. Martin (live)…………………..…..in a small flat. He and his wife (always/ get)…………………….up

early to water flowers.

9. What the new chairman (do)…….………now. I (see)……..……that he (be)……………...very

busy.

10. Tom (be)…………..…..mad? He (throw)…………………all his books and

(cry)………………....now.

Exercise 3: Each sentence has one mistake. Find and correct it

E.g: The man go to the park => the man goes to the park.

1. Where do your mother often buy this book?

2. Are Tom studying?

3. Hoa not have good speaking skill.

4. The young girl not writing the letter now.

5. Are Lam fond of listening to music?

6. They studies math

7. What you usually do in the morning?

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8. They are traveling to London.

9. The plane is land now.

10. Why she is saying loudly?

Exercise 4: Read the definition and write the words. (1m)

1.This person is always doing a lot of work. ------------------------

2.This person likes talking very much. ------------------------

3.It is a large picture printed on paper and you put it on a wall as decoration.------------------

4.It has many letters and words. You use it to look up new words. ------------------

5.This person likes sports and doing sports. ------------------------

Exercise 5: What are these places? Write the words in the spaces 1. It is a place where we go to buy stamps or send mail. -------------------------

2. It is a place where we borrow books. ------------------

3. It is a place where we watch a film. -------------------------

4. It is a place where we go to walk, play and relax. ------------------

5. It is a place where we can look at paintings. ------------------

Exercise 6: Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense form 1. School (finish)---------------- at 4.30 pm every day.

2. ------------you often (eat) -------lunch in the school canteen?

3. Listen! -------------they (sing) ------------- in the classroom?

4. My family like (spend)-------------------- our summer holidays at the seaside.

5. She (have) ------------- long black hair.

6. My father (be)------------- very kind.

7. I (go)------------ to the cinema with my sister this evening.

8. What ---------- your brother (do)-----------now? He (practice)-------- speaking English.

9. Where ------------(be) she? – She (be)--------- upstairs. She (study)--- ------------ lessons.

10. My father (watch)--------------TV every evening.

Exercise 7: Change into negative and question form 1. Duy lives near here. …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… 2. Mai and Lan walk to school. …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… 3. She has long hair. …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… 4. My mother is very kind and helpful. …