PRESENT SIMPLE OR PRESENT CONTINUOUS?

PRESENT SIMPLE OR PRESENT CONTINUOUS?

Put the verbs in brackets into the appropriate form of the Present Simple or Present Continuous Tense.
I. It usually (rain)….. at this time of the year but today the sun (shine)…….brightly.
2. I (see)…… my dentist this afternoon.
3. What (you /prepare)….. for dinner? It smells delicious.
4. Doha, you really should cut on sweets. You (get)….. fatter every time we meet.
5. This hat (not suit)…… the dress I've just bought.
6. My sister (like)….. English a lot but she (not enjoy)…… Maths and Chemistry.
7. Who (drive)….. that Mercedes that's parked outside?
8. I really (not think)…… that wall colour is the biggest problem now!
9. I'm afraid you can't see Rajaa now. She (have)……lunch with her fiancé.
10. The light from the Sun (take)…. about eight and a half minutes to reach the Earth.
11. This week we (send)….. all the mail by couriers because the Post Office is on strike.
12. John (not come)….here tonight. He (work)…. all night.
13. Now you can be sure that summer is near. It (get)….. hotter and hotter every day.
14. My sister never (clean)…. her bedroom, in fact she (hardly/ do)……any housework.
15. A/ What (your brother /do)…… for the living?
B/ Oh, this and that, you know, he (not have)…… any permanent job.
16. We (move)…… house next week and the removal company (come)……..at 5 o'clock this afternoon.
17. A/ Why (you /taste)….. the stew?
B/ To see if it (need)….. any spices.
18. A/ Hakim (seem)….. to be rather nervous.
B/ Well, he (appear)…… in the evening TV news, that's why.
19. We haven't made any serious plans for the summer holidays, but we (think)…… to visit Dakhla this year.
20. Leila, why (you /always /leave)…. your dirty coffee mug on my desk? It's really irritating.
21. Life is so difficult! Unemployment rate (get)…. higher, prices (get)…… higher, everything (get)….. higher, only our salaries are still the same!
22. Maryam is away this week. She (do)…. a nursing course in Kenitra.
23. Let's go over there! They (feed)….. the seals.
24. My Indian friend Vishnu (think)….. it is wrong to eat meat.
25 (you /know)…. who this watch (belong)….. to?
26. Mother is downstairs in the kitchen. She (have)…. breakfast.
27. A/ What your mother (do)…. now?
B/ The thing that she really (hate)….. She (iron)….. clothes.
28. My husband's sense of direction is not very good. Actually he (get)….. lost very easily.
29. Our old refrigerator has broken down completely and we (look)…… for a new one.
30. Majda (do)….. the shopping and she'll be back in about half an hour.
31. He is not at all a religious person and he (not /believe)…… in reincarnation, ghosts or life after death.
32. This is a historic moment. The King's car (just /arrive)….. in front of the palace.
33. This is only a temporary job. I (help)…. in the restaurant until they find a new chef.
34. I'm so excited! Lamia and her children (come)…. round to see us tonight.
35. Excuse me, what time (the train to Marrakech /leave)……?
36. The midnight sun phenomenon is amazing! Just imagine the sun (not set)……. for six months I
37. I often (walk)…… to work when the weather is fine.
38. Public transport (become)……. more and more expensive nowadays.

ANSWERS

I. rains / is shining;
2. am seeing;
3. are you preparing;
4. are getting;
5. doesn't suit;
6. likes / doesn't enjoy;
7. drives;
8. don't think;
9. is having;
10. takes;
11. are sending;
12. isn't coming / is working;
13. is getting;
14. cleans / hardly does;
15. does your brother do /doesn't have;
16. are moving / is(are) coming;
17. are you tasting / needs;
18. seems / is appearing;
19. are thinking;
20. are you always leaving;
21. is getting I are getting / is getting;
22. is doing;
23. are feeding;
24. thinks;
25. do you know / belongs;
26. is having;
27. is your mother doing / hates / is ironing;
28. gets;
29. are looking ;
30. is doing;
31. doesn't believe;
32. is just arriving;
33. am helping;
34. are coming;
35. does the train ... leave;
36. doesn't set.;
37. walk
38. is