Name: ………………………………………………… Date: 04/07/2024

Exercise 1. Put the verbs in brackets into present simple or present continuous
tense.

1. Where ___________ you (live) ____________?

I (live) ___________ in Hai Duong town.

2. What ___________ he (do) ___________ now?

He (water) ___________ flowers in the garden.

3. What ___________ she (do) _________? - She (be) ___________ a teacher.

4. Where _____________ you (be) from?
5. At the moment, my sisters (play) ___________ volleyball and my brother (play)
___________ soccer.
6. It is 9.00; my family (watch___________ TV.
7. In the summer, I usually (go) ___________ to the park with my friends, and in the
spring, we (have) ___________ Tet Holiday; I (be) ___________ happy because I
always (visit) ______________ my grandparents.
8. ___________ your father (go) ___________ to work by bus?
9. How ___________ your sister (go) ___________ to school?
10. What time ___________ they (get up) ___________?
11. What ___________ they (do) ___________ in the winter?
12. Today, we (have) ___________ English class.
13. Her favourite subject (be) ___________ English.
14. Now, my brother (like) ___________ eating bananas.
15. Look! A man (call) ___________ you.
16. Keep silent! I (listen) ___________ to the radio.
17. ___________ you (play) ___________ badminton now?
18. Every day, my father (get up) ___________ at 5.00 a.m., but today, he (get up)
___________ at 6.00 a.m.
19. Every morning, I (watch) ___________ TV at 10.00, but today I (Listen)
___________ to music at 10.00.
20. Every day , I (go) ___________ to school by bike but today I go to school by
motorbike.
21. Every morning, my father (have) ___________ a cup of coffee but today he
(drink) ___________ milk.
22. At the moment, I(read) ___________ a book and my brother (watch)
___________ TV.
23. Hoa (live) ___________ in Hanoi, and Ha (live) ___________ in HCM City.
24. Hung and his friend (play) ___________ badminton.
25. They usually (get up) ___________ at 6.oo in the morning.
26. Ha never (go) ___________ fishing in the winter but she always (do)
___________ it in the summer.
27. My teacher (tell) ___________ Hoa about Math.
28. There (be) ___________ animals in the circus.
29. ___________ he (watch) ___________ TV at 7.00 every morning?
30. What ___________ she (do) ___________ at 7.00 a.m?
31. How old ___________ she (be)?
32. How ___________ she (be)?
33. My children (go) ___________ to school by bike.
34. We (go) ___________ to the supermarket to buy some food.
35. Mr. Hien (go) ___________ on business to Hanoi every month.
36. Ha (like) ___________ coffee very much, but I (not like) ___________ it.
37. She (like) ___________ tea, but she (not like) ___________ coffee.
38. I (love) ___________ cats, but I (not love) ___________ dogs.
39. Every day, I (go) ___________ to school on foot, but today I (go) ___________
to school by bike.
40. Who you ___________ (wait) for Nam?

- No, I ___________ (wait) for Mr. Hai.

41. My sister (get) ___________ dressed and (brush) ___________ her teeth herself
at 6.30 every day.
42. Mrs. Smith (not live) ___________ in downtown. She (rent) ___________ in an
apartment in the suburb.
43. How ___________ your children (go) ___________ to school every day?
44. 44. It's 9 o'clock in the morning. Lien (be) ___________ in her room. She
(listen) ___________ to music.
45. We ___________ (play) soccer in the yard now.
46. My father (go) ___________ to work by bike. Sometimes he (walk)
___________.
47. ___________ You (live) ___________ near a market? - It (be) ___________
noisy?
48. Now I (do) ___________ the cooking while Hoa (listen) ___________ to music.
49. At the moment, Nam and his friends (go) ___________ shopping at the mall.
50. In the autumn, I rarely (go) ___________ sailing and (go) ___________ to school.
51. I (write)_____________________________ a letter to my friend now.
52. At 12 a.m every day, I (have)______________lunch and (go)____________to
bed.
53. On Monday, I (have)________________________ math and Art.
54. On Friday, I (have)______________________English.
55. At the moment, I (eat)______________an orange, and My sisters (Play)_______
Tennis.
56. _______her bags (be)?
- No, they (not be)______________.
57. What time _____________your children (go)____________ to school?
58. He (live)________________in HCM City.
 59. What time___________your brother usually (get)___________up?
60. My house (be)_________in the city and it (be)_________small.
61. Every morning, we (have)__________breakfast at 7.00 am.
62. This (be)________a book and there (be)_________pens.
63. Mr. Quang (live)____________in the countryside. He (have)__________a big
garden.
64. John (not have) _____________Literature lesson on Friday.
65. What time _________you (start)___________your class?
66. ___________you (be) in class 12A3?
67. Mrs. Ha (learn)__________________in Hanoi, but she (not live)
_________________ there.
68. My brother (not live) ____________________in London; he
(live)_______________ in Manchester.
69. Now Mr. Long (design) ____________________his dream house.
70. He (like)_____________ apples, but he (not
like)_____________________bananas.

Exercise 2. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1. John (play) _________ football at the moment.

2. We often (write) _________ tests at our school.

3. I (talk) _________ to my teacher now.

4. Look! Mandy and Susan (watch) _________ a film on TV.

5. Olivia (visit) _________ her uncle every weekend.

6. Now the sun (shine) _________.

7. They sometimes (read) _________ poems in the lessons.

8. Listen! The band (play) _________ the new guitar.

9. _________ you (go) _________ to school by bike?

10. Every morning, my mother (get) _________ up at 6 o’clock.

11. It’s seven o’clock and they (go) _________ to school now.

12. Mrs. Cooper (eat) _________ in the restaurant every Sunday.

13. Our cat never (jump) _________ on the kitchen table.

14. Look! The men (wear) _________ blue uniforms.

15. My father (not smoke) _________ but my uncle smokes too much.

16. It (be) _________ early in the morning.

17. Sally (get) _________ out of bed, (open) _________ the window and (go)
_________ into the bathroom.

18. Then she (have) _________ breakfast.

19. After breakfast, Sally usually (cycle) _________ to school.

20. After school, she (go) _________ back home.

21. Sally usually (have) _________ her lunch at home.

22. In the afternoon, she first (do) _________ her homework and then she (meet)
_________ her friends in the park.

23. What _________ she (do) _________ now?

24. She _________ (not play) _________ the guitar, but she (play) _________ the
piano.
25. Her friends are listening and some of them (sing) _________ along.

26. The taxi (wait) _________ for them at the moment.

27. He always (help) _________ his grandmother with the housework.

28. They never (eat) _________ very much.

29. Listen! Bill (play) _________ his electric guitar.

30. He (wash) _________ his car every Sunday.

31. Where’s Cindy? – She (have) _________ a bath.

32. My father (live) _________ in a house near the river because he (like) _________
swimming.

33. Every morning, my mother (walk) _________ in the park.

34. What newspaper _________ you usually (read) _________? – The Times.

35. Be careful! The teacher (look) _________ at you.

36. _________ your mother (do) _________ morning exercise every day?

37. In summer, it (be) _________ very hot, so he often (go) _________ to the seaside on
holiday.

38. _________ you (look) _________ for Peter? I think he (read) _________ books in
the library.

39. Mother (cook) _________ in the kitchen at the moment.

40. Let’s (help) _________ her.

41. She (not/ want) _________ any coffee. She (want) _________ some tea.
42. They (not/ go) _________ fishing in winter.

43. I (like) _________ my English class very much.

44. He usually (go) _________ to the library when he has free time.

45. What _________ Mrs. Brown (do) _________? – She’s a teacher.

46. What _________ your father often (do) _________ in the evening?

47. Look! The boy (climb) _________ up a ladder.

48. They (play) ________ volleyball every afternoon, but they (not/ play) ________
badminton now.

49. He (learn) _________ English and I (read) _________ a book now.

50. He often (have) _________ coffee for breakfast.

51. What (be) _________ the weather like today? It (be) _________ cold.

52. He usually (go jogging) _________ in the morning.

53. He often (go) _________ swimming. He (go) _________ swimming at the moment.

54. My sister (do) _________ aerobics every morning.

55. Lan (go) _________ to school six days a week.

56. We (not/ go) _________ swimming in the winter.

57. He often (go) _________ the movie on Sunday.

58. The students (do) _________ their homework now.

59. My mother (like) _________ iced tea.

60. He never (go) _________ camping because he (not/ have) ________ a tent.

Exercise 3. Put the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following
passage (present simple tense or present continuous tense).

Passage A:

Dear Editor!

I (1) _______ (write) this letter because it seems to me that far too many changes (2)
_______ (take) place in my country these days, and, as a result, we (3) _______ (lose)
our identity. I am living in a small town but even this town (4) _______ (change) before
my eyes. For example, town authorities (5) _______ (build) a burger place where my
favourite restaurant used to be.

Our culture belongs to everybody, and I (6) _______ (not understand) why the town
leaders (7) _______ (not do) to preserve it. They simply (8) _______ (not care). In fact, I
(9) _______ (think) of starting an action group. I (10) _______ (appear) on a TV show on
Friday evening to make people aware of how important this issue is. It’s time for us to
start doing something before it gets too late.

Passage B:

Next week, my friends and I (1) _______ (go) camping in the woods. I (2) _______
(organize) the food, because I (3) _______ (like) cooking. Dave (4) _______ (have) a big
car with a trailer, so he (5) _______ (plan) the transportation. Sam (6) _______ (bring)
the tent - he (7) _______ (go) camping every year, so he (8) _______ (have) a great tent
and lots of other equipment. My wife (9) _______ (think) we're crazy. She (10) _______
(like) holidays in comfortable hotels, so she is taking a trip to Paris instead.
 HOMEWORK

Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1. __________________she (like)______________apples?
2. Usually, I (have)_________________lunch at 12.00.
3. __________________you (have) ___________________lunch at 11.00?
4. He can (swim)_______________but I can't (swim)_____________________.
5. At the moment, my sister (read)___________________ a comic book.
6. I (like)__________________ice-cream.
7. What ___________________Mr. Ha (live)_______________?
8. Monkeys can (climb)_________________ the tree.
9. Hang (go)__________________to the bookshop now because she (want)
___________to buy some books.
10. We (go) ______________to market and (buy)_________________some fruits.
11. Now, Lan (study)________________English and Lien (listen)______________to
music.
12. Every night , she (have)____________________dinner at 7.00 p.m.
13. Every year, I usually (go)______________________Vietnam.
14. In the summer, I sometimes (go)____________________swimming.
15. Every evening, my mother (like)___________ watching television.
16. Lan (have)_______________breakfast and (go)___________to school at 6.30 a.m.
17. We (not read)___________________after lunch.
18. Tom (be)___________my friend. He (play)______________sports everyday.
19. ______________your students (play)__________soccer every afternoon?
20. He (go)_____________to bed at 11.30 p.m.
21. They (go)___________home and (have)___________lunch.
22. ___________he (play)__________sports?
23. He (teach)_______________English in a big school in town.
24. Everyday she (go)____________to work by bike.
25. We usually (read)_________books, (listen)_________to music or
(watch)_______TV.
26. Sometimes, I (play)__________badminton.
27. Ann (like)____________her job very much.
28. ___________your mother (walk)_________to the market?
29. Look! They (run)_________________________together.