1. Present simple and present continuous
Exercises

2. Put the verbs in brackets in present simple or continuous:
Marc ____ that apples ___ good for his health. (know/be)
Marc _______ fruits and vegetables. (like)
He _______ some every day. (eat)
He _______ an apple at the moment. (eat)
He _____ a T-shirt today (wear)
This ____ Marc. (be)

3. Put the verbs in brackets in present simple or continuous:
Look! He _______ the house. (leave)
Quiet please! I _______ a test. (write)
She usually _______ to school. (walk)
But look! _______ Today she by bike. (go)
Every Sunday we _______ to see my grandparents. (go)
He often _______ to the cinema. (go)
We _______ Monopoly at the moment. (play)
The child seldom _______ . (cry)
I _______ anything at the moment. (not do)
_______ the news regularly? (watch/he)

4. Complete with one of the following verbs in present simple or continuous: cost (2), enjoy (2), agree, not agree
It _____ us a fortune at the moment to send our daughter to dance classes.
It _____ a fortune to fly first class to Japan.
It’s a wonderful book. I _____ every moment of it.
I _____ sitting down at the end of a long and reading a good book.
We’ve always wanted a house in the country, but we _____ on where it should be.
Why can’t we _____ in such easy matter?

5. Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets in present simple or continuous
Shall I phone at 6.00? No, we normally _____ dinner at that time. (cook)
Since I won the lottery, my telephone hasn’t stopped ringing. People _____ to ask how I’m going to spend the money. (phone)
Alice _____ her mother in London most weekends. (see)
We usually _____ up at about 7:00. Couldn’t you come an hour later? (get up)
I _____ swimming in the evenings to try to lose weight. (go)