Marmara Elt Resources

Put the verb in brackets into the Present Continuous or Present Perfect Continuous.
Example: I (wait) _____ for Peter for the last two hours. (key = have been waiting)

1. Why (you wear) that terrible hat?
2. Why (you look) at me like that?
3. What (you think) about? You look very worried.
4. Unemployment (rise) at an alarming rate. The government should do something about it.
5. The weather is terrible. It (rain) for days.
6. Sorry but you (stand) on my foot.
7. It (snow) since early this morning.
8. It (rain) for the last three days.
9. I’m very tired today. I (work) all day.
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Exercises for “Prepositions of Time”
(for lower-intermediate students)
Choose the best preposition of time in, on, at, or no preposition to complete the sentence. Write - when no preposition is needed. Example: I am going - home now. (- means no preposition is needed)
Example: I like to go swimming _____ summer. (key = in)

1. __ yesterday afternoon, we went to the library to study.
2. __ tomorrow morning, I will have to get up early.
3. __ the summer, my brother and I play tennis.
4. __ six years ago, I met my best friend.
5. Sorry I missed football practice __ last week. I had a headache.
6. She will graduate from university __ May.
7. My sister loves eating chocolate eggs __ Easter.
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Present Simple-Present Continuous Worksheets #2

SUBJECT: Present Simple and Present Continuous
A) Read the paragraphs and answer the questions:

Hello! My name is Douglas Hunter. I’m a pilot for British Airlines. I fly planes. I am not working today. I am playing golf. It is my favorite sport.

1. What is his name?
2. What does he do?
3. What is he doing now?
4. What is his favorite sport?

He is Gordon Lester. He is a champion jockey. He rides racehorses, but he isn’t riding a racehorse now. He is dancing with his wife.

1. What is his name?
2. What does he do?
3. Is he a good jockey?
4. Where is he now?
5. What is he doing?
6. Who is he with?

They are Bob and Michael. They teach English in a school. They aren’t teaching now. They are in the pub. They’re talking and laughing.

1. Who are they?
2. Do they teach?
3. What do they teach?
4. Where are they now?
5. What are they doing now?
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Present Simple-Present Continuous Worksheets
A) Read the paragraph and answer the questions:

Brian is a doctor. He looks after sick people. He usually gets up at 6.00 o’clock. Today he is late, it is 6.30 and he is still in bed. He usually goes to work by train but today he is driving to work. He arrives at work at 6.30 every morning but it is 7.30 now and he is still driving.
It’s 12.00 o’clock now. He always has his lunch at 12.00 but today he isn’t having lunch at 12.00, he is looking after his sick patients. It is half past seven now, Brian is watching TV. He usually watches TV at half past seven because his favorite programme starts at half past seven. Brian has his dinner at 8.30 everyday and he is having dinner now.
It is 24.00 now Brian is going to bed. He always goes to bed at 24.00.

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