Present Simple or Present Continuous!!!!!

Exercise 1. Use Present Continuous or Present Simple.

1. I_____________________ (not to drink) coffee now. I _________________(to write) an English exercise. 2. I
_______________________(not to drink) coffee in the evening. I________________________ (to drink) coffee in
the morning. 3.____ your friend_____________ (to do) his homework now? 4. __________your
friend______________ (to go) to school in the morning? 5. Look! The baby_____________________ (to sleep). 6.
The baby always_____________________ (to sleep) after dinner. 7. My grandmother ___________________(not
to work). She is on pension. 8. My father_____________________ (not to sleep) now. He_____________________
(to work) in the garden. 9. I usually ___________________(to get) up at seven o'clock in the morning. 10.
What_____ your sister_____________ (to do) now? - - She______________________ (to wash) her face and
hands. 11. When __________you usually-___________ (to come) home from school? — I ________________(to
come) at three o'clock. 12. Where __________your cousin______________ (to work)? – He ____________ (to
work) at a hospi-taJ. 13. _________your sister__________________ (to study) at an institute? -No,
she____________________ (to study) at school. 14. My cousin ____________________(to go) to school every day.
15. My mother_______________________ (not to play) the piano now. She_____________________ (to play) the
piano in the morning.
Exercise 2. Use Present Continuous or Present Simple.
1. I ___________________(to read) books in the evening. 2. I___________________ (not to read) books in the
morning. 3. I_____________________ (to write) an exercise now. 4. I_______________________ (not to write) a
letter now. 5. They _________________(to play) in the yard now. 6. They________________________ (not to
play) in the street now. 7. _____they ______________(to play) in the room now? 8. He_________________ (to
help) his mother every day. 9. _____he_______________ (to help) his mother every day? 10. He
_________________(not to help) his mother every day. 11. _______you_____________ (to go) to school on
Sunday? 12. My friend________________ (not to like) to play football. 13.1___________________ (not to read)
now. 14. _______he______________ (to sleep) now? 15.We___________________ (not to go) to the country in
winter. 16.My sister________________ (to eat) sweets every day. 17. She_________________ (not to eat) sweets
now. 18. They__________________ (to do) their homework in the afternoon. 19. They____________________
(not to go) for a walk in the evening. 20. My father _____________________(not to work) on Sunday. 21.
He_____________________________ (to work) every day.
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Exercise 3. Use Present Continuous or Present Simple.

I. What_______ you_________ (to do) here now? - - We_________________ (to listen) to tape-recordings. 2.
_______you _________________(to want) to see my father? - Yes, I ______... 3. Michael ________________(to
know) German rather well. He______________ (to want) to know English, too, but he_________________ (to
have) little time for it now. 4. What magazine ______you-____________ (to read)? - - It ___________(to be) a
French magazine. There_______________ (to be) good articles on sports here. _______you (to be) interested in
sports? - - Yes, I _________.... But I__________________ (not to know) French. 5.
We_______________________ (to have) an English lesson now. 6. _____Lena usually ________________(to
prepare) her homework at the institute? - - No, she_____________ ... . As a rule, she ___________________(to
work) at home. — And what ______she______________ (to write) now? -Oh, she _________________(to write)
an article for our wall newspaper. 7. Who ___________that man (to be) who (to stand) in the doorway? - -
_______you_________________ (not to recognize) him? It _______________(to be) John, my cousin. 8. I
_____________(to have) no time now, I________________________ (to have) dinner. 9. ______your
family__________________ (to leave) St. Petersburg in summer? - Yes, we always______________ (to go) to the
sea-side. We all____________-___ (to like) the sea. Mother _______________________(to stay) with us to the end
of August, but father____________________ (to return) much earlier. 10. Where___________ Tom and Nick (to
be) now? — They ___________________(to have) a smoke in the garden.
Exercise 4. Use Present Continuous or Present Simple.
1. It _______________(to take) me forty minutes to get to school. 2. Hello, Pete, where______ you
____________(to go)? — I_________________________ (to hurry) to school. 3. When______________ your
lessons______________________ (to begin) on Monday? — They_______________ (to begin) at nine o'clock. 4.
Where__________ your sister (to be)? — She___________________ (to do) her homework in the next room. 5. It
usually ____________________________(to take) me an hour to do my written exercises. 6. Where_____________
Boris (to be)? I_________________________ (to look) for him. - - He ___________________(to have) dinner. 7.
In the evening I often _________________(to go) to see my friends. 8. On Sunday we sometimes
_________________(to go) to the cinema or to a disco club. 9. Andrew____________________ (to get) up very
early as he ___________________________(to live) far from school, He______________ (to be) never late. 10. It
_______________(to be) six o'clock in the evening now. Victor____________________ (to do) his homework. His
sister ____________________________(to read) a book. His mother and grandmother________________________
(to talk). 11. I_____________________________________ (to write) a letter to my grandmother
who___________________________ (to live) in Novgorod. I________________________ (to write) to her very
often.
Exercise 6. Use Present Continuous or Present Simple.
One Sunday Agnes and her mother went to the zoo. Agnes was very excited. She was interested in everything she
saw. "Mother, look," she said. "There (to be) a monkey in this cage. It (to eat) an apple. Now it (to give) a bite to
another monkey. I (to think) monkeys (to like) apples very much." "Yes, dear," said her mother. "Now I (to want) to
go and see the lions and tigers. Where they (to live), mother?" "In that big house over there. Come along." Agnes
enjoyed herself very much in the lion house. "Mother," she said, "the tiger (to want) a drink: it (to go) to the dish of
water there in the corner. And the lion (to look) right at me. You (to think) it (to want) to eat me up? When the lions
and tigers (to have) their dinner, mother?" "The keepers (to bring) them great pieces of meat every day at four
o'clock. And they (to make) a big noise before their dinner time, so everybody (to know) they (to be) hungry."

Exercises 3. Use Present Continuous or Present Simple.

1. I (to write) a composition now. 2. I (not to drink) milk now. 3. I (to go) for a walk after dinner. 4. I (not to go) to
the theatre every Sunday. 5. He (not to read) now. 6. He (to play) now. 7 He (to play) now? 8. My mother (to work)
at a factory. 9. My aunt {not to work) at a shop. 10. You (to work) at an office? 11. My friend (to live) in St.
Petersburg. 12. My cousin (not to live) in Moscow. 13. The children (not to sleep) now. 14. The children (to play) in
the yard every day. 15. They (not to go) to the stadium on Monday. 16. She (to read) in the evening. 17. She (not to
read) in the morning. 18. She (not to read) now. 19. Your father (to work) at this factory? 20. You (to play) chess
now? 21. Look at the sky: the clouds (to move) slowly, the sun (to appear) from behind the clouds, it (to get)
warmer. 22. How is your brother? - - He is not well yet, but his health (to improve) day after day. 23. Listen! Who
(to play) the piano in the next room