Present Simple v Present Continuous
Quiz
Complete the gaps with the correct forms of the present simple or present continuous. Use commas to separate your answers.
A: What ...... (your best friend/do)?
B: He ...... (be) a postman.
A: What ...... (he/do) right now?
B: He ...... (smoke) a cigar.
A: Where ...... (you/come) from?
B: Bratislava.
A: Where ...... (you/come) from?
B: The butcher's.
A: What ...... (Lilly/look) like?
B: Very sweet and pretty.
...... (you/listen) to the CD player? If not, ...... (turn) it off.
...... (you/often/listen) to classical music? You see, I ...... (love) it.
...... (you/listen) to me at all? Stop day dreaming and focus.
David usually ...... (stay) in the office until 5.00 pm but this week he ...... (work) until 6.00 as he's got a deadline on Friday.
Can we have a short break now please? I ...... (start) to feel a little tired.
The soldiers usually ...... (walk) quite fast. But look at them now. They ...... (be) so exhausted that they ...... (walk) really slow today.
A: ...... (your/father) speak French at all?
B: Well, he ...... (learn). A colleague of his ...... (teach) him actually.
Mr Potter is on a business trip in Venice. He ...... (stay) at the Grand Hotel in Marble Street. He always ...... (stay) at that hotel when he ...... (be) in the city.
Normally my students ...... (understand) biology really fast but they ...... (have) some problems with the human anatomy, or so it seems at least.