Present Simple, Present Continuous
Present Simple, Present Continuous
Present Simple, Present Continuous
Brian is a doctor. He looks after sick people. He usually gets up at 6.00 o’clock. Today he is late, it is 6.30 and he is still in bed.
He usually goes to work by train but today he is driving to work. He arrives at work at 6.30 every morning but it is 7.30 now and he is
still driving.
It’s 12.00 o’clock now. He always has his lunch at 12.00 but today he isn’t having lunch at 12.00, he is looking after his sick
patients. It is half past seven now, Brian is watching TV. He usually watches TV at half past seven because his favorite programme
starts at half past seven. Brian has his dinner at 8.30 everyday and he is having dinner now.
It is 24.00 now Brian is going to bed. He always goes to bed at 24.00.
1. What does Brian do? 6. When does he always have his lunch?
2. What time does he usually get up? 7. What is he doing at 12.00 today?
5. What time does he arrive at work everyday? 10. What time is he going to bed now?
C) Read the questions & answers about ALAN and ask and answer about JUDITH.
Questions: ALAN
Questions: JUDITH
1. ………………………………………………. 1. secretary
2. ………………………………………………. 2. 18
3. ……………………………………………….. 3. 5 days a week.
4. ……………………………………………….. 4. 7.30
5. ……………………………………………….. 5. cornflakes
6. ……………………………………………….. 6. orange-juice
7. ……………………………………………….. 7. parents
8. ……………………………………………….. 8. 8.15
9. ……………………………………………….. 9. in the canteen
10. ………………………………………………. 10. home / 5.30
11. ………………………………………………. 11. evening classes
12. ………………………………………………. 12. eleven o’clock
D) Now ask questions about the CHART:
Example: How often does Tom buy fast food? He usually buys fast food.
Does Tom play tennis? No, he doesn’t play tennis.
1. Susan usually ………………. (go) to school by bus, but now she …………………….. (go) to school by train.
2. Mary often ……………….. (read) in bed, but today she is very tired and she ………………………. (not / read).
3. The boys usually ………………… (ride) their bikes to school. They ……………. ………………… (like / ride) their bikes.
They ……………… (be) very naughty boys. They always …………………… (go) to school late. Today their teacher
…………………. (be) very angry, because they ………………… (be) late again.
4. Mary ……………………….. (like / eat) sweets. Every morning she ……………. (have) coffee with a lot of sweets and
chocolate. For lunch she and her friends often ……………….. (eat) sweets or ice-cream. She ……………………… (not / like / eat)
fruit or vegetables. She ……………………… (eat / never) eggs or cheese. Today she ………………….. (be) sick. She
…………………… (sleep) in her room now.
F) Write a verb in each blank. Use the correct forms of the VERBS:
1. Look! Jane ………………………… (sing) again. She often …………………….. (sing) this song.
2. My father ………………………………(have) a lot of work to do every weekend.
3. The girls …………………………………….. (not / talk) now. All of them ………………………… (watch) a film.
4. …………………… you …………………….. (like) watching TV?
5. He …………………………………….. (usually / go) at 9:00 o’clock, but this morning he …………………………………..
(leave) home late.
6. I ……………………………………. (visit) my grandparents every Friday. My sister ……………………………………….
(often / visit) them.
7. The boys …………………………………….. (swim) in the pool now but they …………………………………………
(usually / swim) in the sea.
8. She ……………………………….(write) a letter to her pen-friend at the moment.
9. They …………………………………….. (sometimes / have) lunch at work, but today they ………………………………….
(have) at a restaurant.
10. She can’t talk to you. She ………………………………………. (have) a shower.
11. “Where …………………………… Alex ……………………… (live)?“In France.”
12. Tom ………………………………………… (like / ride) a horse in his free times.
13. The children ………………………… (play) the piano and ……………………… (sing) a song at the moment.
14. My mother ………………………………………. (always / cook) in the morning.
15. What …………………………………………… (you / usually / do) at weekends?
16. Jane ………………………………………… (give) a party today because it ………………………… (be) her birthday.
17. The lesson …………………………… (start) at 9 o’clock every morning.
18. Adam is in his room now. He …………………………………. (write) a letter to his pen-friend. He
…………………………………….. (always / write) him a letter.