Present Simple and Present Continuous
Variant 1 Choose the correct answer:
1. She usually ___ the bus to school. 1) catches 2) catch 3) is catching 4) was catching
2. My brother ___ tennis every Saturday. 1) play 2) plays 3) is playing 4) was playing
3. What is the noise? Jane ___ in the next room. 1) sing 2) sings 3) is singing 4) are singing
4. Linda ___ in Los Angeles all her life. 1) live 2) lives 3) is living 4) are living
5. My granny is in the kitchen. She ___ cakes. 1) cook 2) cooks 3) is cooking 4) are cooking
6. Fred ___ English well. 1) speak 2) speaks 3) is speaking 4) are speaking
7. Look! Douglas ___ baseball for his University team. 1) play 2) plays 3) is playing 4) are playing
8. John and Jack ___ test now. 1) write 2) is writing 3) are writing 4) is writing 9. ___ he drive to work every day? 1) Does 2) Is driving 3) Are 4) Do
10. I usually ___ tea for breakfast. 1) drink 2) drinks 3) am drinking 4) is drinking
11. The train ___ at 6 in the evening. 1) arrives 2) is arriving 3) arrive 4) are arriving
12. It___ now. 1) rains 2) is raining 3) rain 4) are raining
13. She ___ tennis well. 1) isn’t playing 2) doesn't play 3) don't play 4) isn’t play
14. Look! He ___. 1) is swimming 2) swim 3) swims 4) are swimming
15. ___ to her friend? 1) Does this house belong 2) Are this house belonging 3) Do this house belong 4) Does this house belongs
16. I ___ the rule now. 1) understand 2) understands 3) am understanding 4) is understanding
17. This flower ___ well. 1) smells 2) are smelling 3) smell 4) is smelling 18. Look at Mary! She ___ flowers. 1) smell 2) smells 3) is smelling 4) has smelling
19. What ___ in the kitchen, Chris? We are waiting for you in the garden. 1) do you 2) are you doing 3) you do 4) you are doing
20. The family ___ dinner now. 1) is having 2) have 3) has 4) are having
21.She ___ what you said. 1) isn’t understanding 2) don’t understanding 3) doesn’t understand 4) don’t understand
22. Be quiet. The baby ___. 1) sleeps 2) is sleeping 3) sleep 4) are sleeping
23. My brother ___ tennis every Saturday. 1) play 2) plays 3) is playing. 4) are playing
24. Water ___ at 100 degrees Celsius. 1) are boiled 2) is boiling 3) boil 4) boils
25. The water ___. Can you turn it off? 1) are boiled 2) is boiling 3) boil 4) boils
Variant 2
Choose the correct answer:
1. In Britain the banks usually ___ at 9.30 in the morning. 1) open 2) opens 3) opened 4) opening
2. The City Museum ___ at 5 o'clock in the evening. 1) closing 2) close 3) closes 4) is closing
3. Tina is a teacher. She ___ mathematics to young children. 1) teaches 2) teach 3) is teaching 4) taught
4. My job is very interesting. I ___ a lot of people. 1) meet 2) is meeting 3) meets 4) meeting
5. Peter ___ his hair twice a week. 1) wash 2) washes 3) washed 4) was washing
6. Food is expensive. It ___ a lot of money. 1) cost 2) costing 3) is costing 4) costs
7. Shoes are expensive. They ___ a lot of money. 1) cost 2) costing 3) is costing 4) costs
8. ___ from Monday to Friday? 1) Do she work 2) Is she working 3) Does she work 4) Has she work 9. Julia and I are good friends. I ___ her and she ___ me. 1) likes, like 2) liking, likes 3) is liking, like 4) like, likes
10. Let's go out. It ___ now. 1) isn’t raining 2) wasn’t raining 3) not rain 4) not raining
11. Julia is very good at languages. She ___ four languages very well. 1) spoke 2) speak 3) speaks 4) spoken
12. Hurry up! Everybody ___ for you. 1) is wait 2) is waiting 3) are waiting 4) is waiting
13 ___ to the radio?' 'No, you can turn it off.' 1) Is you listen 2) Are you listening 3) Do you listen 4) Do you listening
14. ___ to the radio every day?' 'No, just occasionally.' 1) Do you listen 2) Are you listening 3) Is you listening 4) Does you listen
15. The River Nile ___ into the Ocean. 1) flow 2) flows 3) is flown 4) flowing
16. The river ___ very fast today - much faster than usual. 1) flow 2) is flowing 3) are flows 4) flows
17. We usually grow vegetables in our garden, but this year we ___ any. 1) are not growing 2) is not growing 3) don’t grow 4) doesn’t grow 18. A: How's your English? B: Not bad. I think it ___ slowly. 1) improve 2) is improving 3) improves 4) improving
19. Rachel is in London at the moment. ___ at the Park Hotel? 1) Is she staying 2) Does she stay 3) Are she stays 4) Is she stay
20. She always ___ there when she's in London. 1) stay 2) stays 3) is staying 4) are stays
21. ___ what I mean? 1) Do you see 2) Is you seeing 3) Are you seeing 4) Do you sees
22. Ssh! ___ to the radio. 1) I am listening 2) I listen 3) I listening 4) I listens
23. ___ this painting? 1) Do you like 2) Are you liking 3) Do you liking 4) Have you like
24. You are very quiet. What ___ about? 1) do you think 2) is you thinking 3) are you thinking 4) do you thinking
25. Who ___ in that beautiful house? 1) live 2) lives 3) is living 4) are living
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