Test Present Simple Present Continuous________________________________________

I. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Continuous or Simple Present:1. Mother usually ________________ (drink) coffee in the afternoon.2. Look! He _______________ (sit) on the beach.3. He _______________ (do) his homework now.4. Listen! Father _______________ (sing) in the garden.5. Paul ________________ (not/come) from France. He is English.6. The dolphins_________________ (not/play) with a ball now.7. Mother _______________ (not/go) to the supermarket on Fridays.8. Father ________________ (read) the newspaper at the moment.9. She often ________________ (drive) to work.10. Sam never _______________ (watch) TV in the morning. 10 points

II. Put the verbs into the Simple Present or Present Continuous:Every day my father ____________ (get up) at 7.30. He __________ (have) breakfast at 8.00 and then he __________ (go) to work. He __________ (be) a teacher. He __________ (come) back at 2.00 and we ___________ (have) lunch. Then he __________ (sleep) for an hour. In the afternoon he ____________ (watch) TV. But today he ____________ (not/watch) TV. He _____________ (help) Mother in the kitchen. We ___________ (have) a party. It _________ (be) my birthday. I __________ (be) ten years old. 26 points

III. Use the verbs given to fill in the text in the Present Continuous(10x3p=30p)

cook, open, look, snow, stay, drink, sit, listen, sleep, sing

Its Christmas Day. Mr. Parker 1) ________________ tea. His wife 2) ________________ the Christmas dinner. The boys 3) ___________________ Christmas carols. Grandma and Grandpa 4) ___________________ on the sofa. Grandma 5) _________________ to the boys singing and Grandpa 6) __________________. The girls 7) __________________ their presents. The dog 8) ________________ at the girls. It is very cold. It 9) __________________ outside and everything is white. The Parkers 10) __________________ at home tonight because it is too cold to go out.

IV. Answer the following questions about the text above. (4x5p=20p)1. What is the weather like?_____________________________________

3. Who is cooking?_____________________________________

2. What is the dog doing?

4. Why are the Parkers at home tonight?