Present Simple or Present Continuous Quiz

Present simple or present continuous?


___1. The sun (a) is rising b)rises) in the East.
___2. My mother (a) is visiting b) visits) me every Sunday.
___3. We (a) are helping b) help) Elizabeth paint her house. We are almost done.
___4. They (a)are not liking b) don´t like) spiders.

___5. We (a)are flying b) fly) to London next week..
___6. The food (a)is tasting b)tastes) good.
___7. I can´t answer the phone. I (a)am having b)have) a shower.
___8. Mrs. Potts (a)is closing b)closes) the doors and the windows every night.

___9. Sue and Mary (a)are having b) have) lunch at noon every day.
___10. Emily (a) is writing b) writes) a book a year.
___11. Bill (a) is writing b) writes) a letter to his sister.
___12. I (a) am remembering b) remember) your grandfather. He was a very good man.

___13. Tom (a) thinks b) is thinking) Alice is pretty.
___14. What (a) are you doing b) do you do) right now?
___15. What (a) are you doing b)do you do) in the afternoons after school?
___16. Tim (a) is sleeping b) sleeps) here. We´re having a slumber party.*

*Slumber party: una fiesta en la que tus amigos se quedan a dormir en tu casa, también llamada pijama party, fiesta de pijamas.

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