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Present Simple vs. Continuous

Paula is writing a letter from her family's hotel on vacation. She describes that the weather is great and sunny, with people at the beach swimming, sailing, playing, and building sandcastles. Nearby, a restaurant has people sitting and drinking drinks, while a waiter approaches and they look ready to order as they appear hungry. At the moment, Paula's brother is watching TV while her mother tells him to get ready because they will be going sightseeing, as her father waits for them downstairs.

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Present Simple vs. Continuous

Paula is writing a letter from her family's hotel on vacation. She describes that the weather is great and sunny, with people at the beach swimming, sailing, playing, and building sandcastles. Nearby, a restaurant has people sitting and drinking drinks, while a waiter approaches and they look ready to order as they appear hungry. At the moment, Paula's brother is watching TV while her mother tells him to get ready because they will be going sightseeing, as her father waits for them downstairs.

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PRESENT CONTINUOUS VS.

SIMPLE PRESENT

A. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the Present Simple or
Progressive as appropriate.

Dear Sara:

I ________(write) to you from our hotel. I am on vacation


with my family and we_________(have) a great time.

The weather is great and the sun __________(shine).


I___________(look) outside my window and people
_________(go) towards the beach. There are some people who
___________(swim) and others _______(sail). I________
(look) at some children. They________(play) near the edge of
the beach and others ________________(build) sandcastles.

Just to left of our hotel ________(be) a big restaurant. There, some people
_____________(sit) and _________(drink) some kind of drink that looks delicious.
The waiter_________(go) towards them and I am sure that they _________(be)
ready to order. They look very hungry. At the moment my brother__________ (watch)
television and my mother _____________(tell) him to get ready because
we__________(go) to do some sightseeing. My father___________(wait) for us
downstairs, so I will write to you again later in the week.

Have to go now.

Love Paula.

B. Answer these questions about the reading.

1. Where is Paula?

2. How is the weather?

3. What is Paula doing at the moment?

4. What are the people doing?

5. What are the children doing?

6. Where is the restaurant located?

7. Do the people at the restaurant look hungry?

8. What is Paula’s brother doing?

9. What is Paula’s father doing?

10. Who is Paula writing?


Present Simple or Present Continuous?

A. Complete the following sentences using the simple present or the


present continuous of the verbs in brackets.

1. Usually, Nathalie and Chantal ____________________ (to play) in the


park but today they ____________________ (to study) at school. The
teacher ____________________ (to give) them an exam.

2. Kathy always ____________ (smile) in class and at the moment some of


the other pupils ____________________ (smile) as well.

3. Right now the pupils __________ (read) a book and the teacher
____________________ (to write) on the board.

4. Almost every day class_______(begin) at 8:00, but on Tuesdays the class


_________(start) at 8:30.

5. She_______(like) to bake cookies, but at the moment she


___________(not bake) cookies because she___________(study) at school.

6. Dany _________(enjoy) climbing mountains during his vacation, but this


year he_________(not take) any vacation because he________(study)
English.

7. Martine___________(do) computer exercises at the moment. She usually


______(do) computer exercises on Tuesday.

8. Isabelle __________(like) to read at the moment.


She_____________(read) a very good novel about Ghandi.

9. Suzanne_________(come) from France, and ___________(return) there


for a holiday in the near future.

10. Claude _____________(try) to complete the on-line exercises at the


moment.

http://www.englishexercises.org

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