Lesson 8 ☘ I am doing … and I do … (present continuous and present simple)

Nov 6, 2016

Choose present continuous (I am doing) or the present simple (I do) to complete the sentences below.
1. Excuse me, . . .
  do you speak
  English?
  - do you speak
  - does you speak
  - are you speak
  - do you speaking
2. “Where’s Ann?”
  “I . . .
  don’t know
  .”
  - don’t know
  - am not knowing
  - doesn’t know
  - am not know
3. What’s funny? Why . . .
  are you laughing
  ?
  - does you laughing
  - are you laughing
  - do you laugh
  - are you laugh
4. “What . . .
  does your sister do
  ?”
  “She’s a dentist.”
  - do your sister do
  - does your sister do
  - is your sister doing
  - is your sister do
5. It . . .
  ’s raining
  . I . . .
  don’t want
  to go out in the rain.
  - ‘s raining … am not wanting
  - raining … don’t want
  - rain … doesn’t want
6. “Where . . .
  are you
  from?”
  “Canada.”
  - are you
  - do you
  - does you
  - you are
7. How much . . .
  does it cost
  to call Canada?
  - it is costing
  - does it cost
  - does it costs
  - it is cost
8. George is a good tennis player but he . . .
  doesn’t play
  very often.
  - isn’t play
  - isn’t playing
  - doesn’t play
  - don’t play
Choose present continuous (I am doing) or the present simple (I do) to complete the sentences below.
1. Excuse me, . . .
  do you speak
  English?
  - do you speak
  - are you speak
2. “Where’s Tom?”
  “He . . .
  is having
  a shower.”
  - is having
  - has
3. I . . .
  don’t watch
  television very often.
  - don’t watch
  - am not watching
4. Listen! Somebody . . .
  is singing
  .
  - sings
  - is singing
5. Sandra is tired. She . . .
  wants
  to go home now.
  - is wanting
  - wants
6. How often . . .
  do you read
  a newspaper?
  - are you reading
  - do you read
7. “Excuse me, but . . .
  you are sitting
  in my place.”
  “Oh, I’m sorry.”
  - you are sitting
  - you sit
8. I’m sorry, I . . .
  don’t understand
  . Can you speak more slowly?
  - don’t understand
  - am not understanding
9. It’s late. I . . .
  ’m going
  home now. . . .
  Are you coming
  with me?
  - ‘m going … Are you coming
  - go … Do you come
10. What time . . .
  does your father finish
  to work in the evenings?
  - is your father finishing
  - does your father finish
11. You can turn off the radio. I . . .
  ’m not listening
  to it.
  - ‘m not listening
  - don’t listen
12. Martin . . .
  doesn’t usually drive
  to work. He . . .
  usually walks
  .
  - doesn’t usually drive … is usually walking
  - isn’t usually driving … usually walks
13. Sue . . .
  doesn’t like
  coffee. She . . .
  prefers
  tea.
  - doesn’t like … prefers
  - don’t like … is preferring
14. “Where’s Paul?”
  “In the kitchen. He . . .
  ’s cooking
  something.”
  - ‘s cooking
  - cooks

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