- Discriminate the uses of present simple and present continuous
Points: 30
A. PRESENT SIMPLE. Complete with the Present Simple form of the following verbs. (10 Points)
Manuel and Lila Vega
Manuel and Lila Vega (have) a busy lifestyle. Manuel is a doctor at a hospital. He (work) at night, so he (go) to work at 7:00 p.m. and (come) home at 7:00 a.m. His wife Lila (not work) at a bank, She is a pharmacist. She (go) to work at 8:00 a.m. and comes home at 6:00 p.m. They (not see) each other a lot during the week. Manuel and Lila also (have) two children, Luis and Carla. Every morning they all (have) breakfast together at 7:30. Then, Luis and Carla (go) to school, and Lila (go) to work. Manuel (do) the dishes, and then (sleep). Carla usually (do) her homework at a friend’s house in the afternoon, and Luis (practise) soccer. Manuel (get) up at 4:00 p.m. At 6:00 p.m., he (eat) something with Lila, Luis, and Carla. After dinner, he (go) to work. Manuel and Lila (have) a busy schedule during the week, but on weekends they (relax).
B. PRESENT CONTINUOUS. Complete with the Present Continuous form of the following verbs. (10 Points)
make read not take rain take visit wear not work work
1 We an interesting book about Harry Potter's history.
2 He photos for fashion magazines this week because he’s on holiday.
3 We different cities in Asia this month.
4 they on a project together?
5 It’s Friday so everyone casual clothes in the office today.
6 My email at the moment. Can I send the designs tomorrow?
7 She masks for the festival at the weekend.
8 I usually walk to work but I a train today because it .
B. PRESENT SIMPLE vs PRESENT CONTINUOUS. Complete with the Present Continuous form of the following verbs. (10 Points)
I normally at seven o’clock, but this week I work earlier because it’s a busy period. I usually at work by nine and I my emails. Today, I on reports on our websites because these tell me how many people our websites. For example, we about six million visitors every month and this number . We a lot of improvements to our sites at the moment. The internet business is very competitive and it harder to stay at the top.
