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Present continuous contrasted with Present simple
1) Choose the correct answer.
Example Hey look! Joanna plays football now. a) plays b) is playing
1 She can't come now, she ................................. a shower. a) has b) is having
2 Sally is a secretary. She ................................. in an office. a) works b) is working
3 He ................................. by bus every morning. a) travels b) is travelling
4 They ................................. TV at the moment. a) watch b) are watching
5 Look at Matthew. He ................................. really fast. a) cycles b) is cycling
6 My aunt usually ................................. in the morning. a) runs b) is running
7 The children ................................. . Can you hear them? a) sing b) are singing
8 What time ................................. in the morning? a) do you get up b) are you getting up
9 Ali ................................. classical music. a) loves b) is loving
10 What ................................. there? Come here! a) do you do b) are you doing
11 My parents are in the kitchen. They ................................. dinner. a) have b) are having
12 Be quiet! The baby ................................. . a) sleeps b) is sleeping
13 Tom never ................................. to hard rock. a) listens b) is listening
14 Pat is a musician. She ................................. the guitar. a) plays b) is playing
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Nastepujące czasowniki zwykle nie wystepują w czasie Present continuous:
like, love, hate, want, know, understand, forget, agree, prefer
2) Complete the texts. Use Present simple or Present continuous.
A
(I / usually / watch) I usually watch television in the evening. At the moment, (I / watch) ....................................... (1) a music programme. (I / like) ....................................... (2) music programmes. (My sister /read) ............................................................ (3) in her room. (She / not / like)
....................................... (4) watching television much. (She / prefer) ....................................... (5) reading. (She / love) ....................................... (6) reading history books. (She / sometimes / go) ......................... (7)
to the library on Saturday and (stay) ....................................... (8) there for hours. (She / want) ....................................... (9) to study history at university. Which (you / prefer) ....................................... (10) - reading books or watching TV?
B
(It / be) It is 9.15 now and (I / stand) ....................................... (1) outside the classroom. I can't go into the class because (I / be) ................................... (2) late. (Miss Tomkins / get) .............……................ (3) angry with me when I'm late and when (I / forget) ............................................ (4) my book! I can see my friends through the window. (They / listen to)....................................... (5) Miss Tomkins. (What / happen)....................................... (6) now? (She / write)....................................... (7) something on the board. (She / give)....................................... (8) them a surprise test! There are tests every week and
(my friends / often / complain) ............................................................................ (9) about them. They say they're a waste of time. Miss ...
