Past Simple V/S Past Continuous Exercises

1. Look! He (leave)  the house.
2. Quiet please! I (write)  a test.
3. She usually (walk)  to school.
4. But look! Today she (go)  bybike.
5. Every Sunday we (go)  to see my grandparents.
6. He often (go)  to the cinema.
7. We (play)  Monopoly at the moment.
8. Thechild seldom (cry) .
9. I (not / do)  anything at the moment.
10. (watch / he)  the news regularly?

Look at the picture on the right andcomplete the sentences (Simple Present or Present Progressive).
1. This (be)  Marc.
2. He (wear)  a t-shirt and shorts today.
3.He (eat)  an apple at the moment.
4. Marc (like)  fruits and vegetables.
5. He (eat)  some every day.
6. Marc (know)  that apples (be)  good for hishealth.

Complete the story. Use Simple Present and Present Progressive.
1. It (be)  early in the morning.
2. Sally (get)  out ofbed, (open)  the window and (go)  into the bathroom.
3. Then she (have)  breakfast.
4. After breakfast, Sally usually (cycle)  to school.
5. Afterschool, she (go)  back home.
6. Sally usually (eat)  her lunch at home.
7. In the afternoons, she first (do)  her homework and thenshe (meet)  her friends in the park.
8. What (do / she)  now?
9. She (play)  the guitar.
10. Her friends (listen)  and some of them (sing)  along.11. When Sally (come)  home in the evening, she (have)  dinner and then she (watch)  TV.
12. She (go)  to bed at about 8 o'clock every day.