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TENSE USAGE : Simple Present Vs Present Continuous
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
• • • • • • Now At the moment/at present This morning/evening e.t.c. Today/tonight Nowadays Look! Listen! (at the time ofspeaking) •  • Key Words •   • • • • • 

SIMPLE PRESENT
Always never usually sometimes often rarely / seldom occasionally frequently • every day / year e.t.c. • once a week • in the evening /morning e.t.c. • at night • all the time • regularly • normally

A. Fill in the Simple Present or the Present Continuous Tense:
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) Most visitors in London _______ (use)theunderground I’m sorry but I _______ (not/believe) you. It _______ often _______ (not / rain) in the summer, but today it _______ (rain). _______ Kylie _______ (meet) Max later? Our dog usually _______(sleep) on the sofa but at the moment he _______ (sleep) under the bed. “When _______ you _______ (come) home?” - “In about an hour” “_______ Mr. Jackson _______ (help) his son with his homework?” -“Yes, every evening”
Mary _______ (not/read) a book. She _______ (sit) at her desk. She _______ (write) an essay.

We usually _______ (go) swimming on Saturdays but we _______ (not/go) swimming today.“Why are you so worried?” - “I _______ (take) an exam tomorrow”

B. Choose the correct answer :
1. Harry plays tennis _______. a. on Sundays b. now 2. Judy _______ a bath at the moment a. is havingb. has 3. I usually _______ on holiday in July. a. am going b. go 4. “Where’s Dad?”- In the garden. He _____ the car a. is washing b. washes 5. Colin usually cooks dinner but Mary ____it today. a. ismaking b. makes 6. Alex is taking a photo _______. a. at the moment b. every day

C. Fill in do, does, am, is or are :
1) 2) 3) _______ you like pop music? _______ you coming to the cinema tonight?_______ it snow a lot in your country?

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I _______ not sending an e-mail at the moment. Tina and Kim _______ not work in a shop. Who _______ helping Pat today?

D. Fill in the...