Simple Present vs. Present Continuous

1 Read the following sentences and decide which answer (A, B or C) best fits each gap.1. My brother and I ..... to the local secondary school. go are going goes 2. We ..... here until the new house is ready. live are living lived 3. I ..... French for my trip to Paris next month. am learning learns learn 4. My grandparents ..... milkshakes, but I do! like are liking don't like 5. "Wait a second. I ..... to find my keys". try don't try am trying 2 Match the following sentences with their correct answers. Our family ..... on holiday to Rovinj every year. goes Did you say that you ..... with friends until your house is ready? are staying My sister doesn't have a car because she ..... doesn't drive People ..... in many different kinds of family. live Brothers and sisters often ..... about unimportant things argue 3 Are these adverbs of time used with Present Simple or Present Continuous? Sort them out. Present Simple usually seldom sometimes every day on a regular basis once a week never often Present Continuous now at the moment at present these days "Listen!" "Look!" right now still 4 Fill in the gaps with Present Simple or Present Continuous of the verbs in brackets. In negative sentences write contractions. 1. Every Monday, Sally drives (drive) her kids to football practice.2. Usually, I work (work) as a secretary but this summer I am studying (study) French at a language school in Paris.3. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John is sleeping (sleep).4. Don't forget to take your umbrella. It is raining (rain).5. I hate living in Seattle because it always rains (rain).6. I'm sorry I can't hear what you are saying (say) because everybody is talking (talk) loudly.7. Justin is writing (write) a book, currently.8. I don't believe (neg. believe) everything my brother tells (tell) me.9. My best friend plays (play) the piano and she knows (know) hundreds of songs.10. I don't clean (neg. clean) my room every week. How often do you clean (clean) your room?11. I think mum is having (have) a shower. She usually has (have) a shower at this time.12. She enjoys (enjoy) dancing.13. Where does your brother work (work)?14. My grandparents aren't (neg. be) at home at the moment.15. Now I finally understand (understand) Present tenses. 5 Choose the correct tense in each sentence.1. I ..... that my family is the most important thing in life. think am thinking 2. My mum ..... my maths teacher tomorrow. see is seeing 3. Elaine ..... like her sister at all. isn't looking doesn't look 4. The Robbinson family ..... a lot of the land around here. owns is owning 5. Living with all your cousins ..... like chaos to me! sounds is sounding 6. You look unhappy. What ..... about? are you thinking do you think 6 Read the following text and fill in the blanks with the words from the box. IN MY DAY...How has family life changed in the last 60 or 70 years? We spoke to two women who grew up in the 1950s and asked them to tell us about their experiences.A. When she's not at work, Barbara Watson spends most of her time on her hobby - art. Her family lives near the flat she shares with her paintings and she sees them almost every day, even when they visit her and she is painting. But she's very different from her own grandparents. "When I was a child, both my parents worked, and so someone had to look after us children. However, these days, my grandchildren spend their time doing lots of different activities and they don't need me so much."B. Diana Short thinks one of the biggest changes in her lifetime is how much money people have. "We never had much money when I was a child! These days, it seems like everyone can afford a new car and foreign holidays." She also thinks that "these days it seems to me that people aren't any happier than we were back then. I think we communicated with each other more. Life today can be quite lonely".How do you imagine life in 60 or 70 years? And a nice thought for the end...