Exercise 1. Choose the best option to complete the sentence.
1. Where ___________ his wife?
A. am B. is C. are D. be
2. Jack ___________ a suit today.
A. is wearing B. are wearing C. am wearing D. wears
3. The weather ___________ warm this season.
A. gets B. are getting C. is getting D. are gets
4. My kids ___________ downstairs now. They ___________ chess.
A.am/am playing B. is/is playing C. are/are playing D. be/being
5. Look! The train ___________.
A. are coming B. is coming C. are coming D. is coming
6. Alex always ___________ me cash and never ___________ back.
A. is borrowing/ giving B. are borrowing/ giving
C. borrows/ giving D. borrow/ giving
7. While I ___________ my homework, my sister ___________ newspapers.
A. am doing/ is reading B. are doing/ is reading
C. is doing/ are reading D. am doing/ are reading
8. Why ___________ at me like that? What happened?
A. do you look B. have you looked
C. did you look D. are you looking
9. I ___________ in the bathroom right now.
A. am being B. was being C. have been being D. am
10. It ___________ late. Shall we go home?
A. is getting B. get C. got D. has got
11. -"Are you ready, Belle?" - "Yes, I ___________."
A. am coming B. come C. came D. have came
12. - Look! That guy ___________ to break the door of your house.
A. try B. tried C. is trying D. has tried
Exercise 2. Fill in the blanks with the present continuous tense form of the verb.
1. Be careful! The car (go) ___________ so fast.
2. Listen! Someone (cry) ___________ in the next room.
3. ___________ your brother (sit) ___________ next to the beautiful girl over there at present?
4. Now they (try) ___________ to pass the examination.
5. It's 12 o'clock, and my parents (cook) ___________ lunch in the kitchen.
6. Keep silent! You (talk) ___________ so loudly.
7. I (not stay) ___________ at home at the moment.
8. Now she (lie) ___________ to her mother about her bad marks.
9. At present, they (travel) ___________ to New York.
10. He (not work) ___________ in his office now.
Exercise 3. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form: Present simple or Present continuous.
1. What ___________ they (do) ___________ in the winter?
2. Today, we (have) ___________ English classes.
3. Her favourite subject (be) ___________ English.
4. Now, my brother (like) ___________ eating bananas.
5. Look! A man (call) ___________ you.
6. Keep silent! I (listen) ___________ to the radio.
7. ___________ you (play) ___________ badminton now?
8. Everyday, my father (get up) ___________ at 5.00 a.m, but today, he (get up) ___________ at 6.00 am.
9. Every morning, I (watch) ___________ TV at 10.00, but today I (listen) ___________ to music at 10.00.
10. Everyday, I (go) ___________ to school by bike but today I go to school by motorbike.
11. Hoa (live) ___________ in Hanoi, and Ha (live) ___________ in Ho Chi Minh City.
12. At the moment, I (read) ___________ a book and my brother (watch) ___________ TV.
13. Every morning, my father (have) ___________ a cup of coffee but today he (drink) ___________ milk.
14. Hung and his friend (play) ___________ badminton.
15. They usually (get up) ___________ at 6 o'clock in the morning.