Упражнения на тему "Present Simple and Present Continuous" (8 класс)
учебно-методический материал по английскому языку (8 класс)

1. Choose the correct form of the verb.

1. Susan often watches/is often watching TV.
2. We play/are playing football now.
3. It gets/is getting dark outside.
4. The early bird catches/is catching the worm.
5. I read/am reading a lot these days.
6. Sometimes my brother plays/is playing computer games.
7. Apples grow/are growing at the trees.
8. The bus arrives/is arriving at 7:45.
9. Tom does/is doing morning exercises regularly.
10. Look! The girl goes/is going to the shop.
11. Listen! The bird sings/is singing.
12. Fortune favors/is favoring the bold.
13. My children don’t wear/aren’t wearing the uniform.
14. She doesn’t sleep/isn’t sleeping – you can go to her room.
15. Usually our family doesn’t walk/isn’t walking together.
16. Tom and Mary don’t go/aren’t going to the swimming pool on Mondays.
17. I’m ill. I don’t go/am not going to school this week.
18. The sun doesn’t shine/isn’t shining at nights.
19. I don’t go/am not going to the cinema after classes.
20. Do you study/Are you studying English at present?
21. Does she often call/Is she often calling to you?
22. What time does the train arrives/is the train arriving?
23. Do you listen/Are you listening to me?
24. What do you read/are you reading now?
25. Does it often rain/Is it often raining in your country?

2. Put the verb in the correct form.

1. My mother ___________________ dinner every day. (cook) (+)
2. Megan __________________ her homework. Don’t disturb her. (do) (+)
3. Our child __________________ fast. (grow) (-)
4. Polly _____________________ insects. (like) (-)
5. What __________ you __________ at? (look)
6. Don’t shout! The baby _________ . (sleep) (+)
7. What_______ you _________ now? (read)
8. You can take my textbook, I _________________ it now. (use) (-)
9. We __________ by train very often. (travel) (-)
10. The number of people without job___________. (increase) (+)
11. Jeremy is a vegetarian. He ___________ meat. (eat) (-)
12. They ______________ milk for lunch. (like) (-)
13. __________ she usually __________ at the third desk? (sit)
14. __________ your husband ________ at the hotel these days? (stay)
15. ________ you __________ the dog every day? (walk)

3. Correct the mistakes.

1. Mary and Susan is dancing together now.
2. The students in Russia starts school in September.
3. My mother doesn’t likes apples.
4. Look! The film is begin.
5. What you doing now?
6. My teacher is never shouts.
7. Am I look good now?
8. At the moment Peter is works in the USA.
9. We not going to school today.
10. They doesn’t go to school on Saturdays.