Multiple Choice Exercise for Present Simple and Present Progressive

1 John __________ at this moment. arrive arrives are arriving is arriving 2 John always __________ on time for meetings. arrive arrives are arriving is arriving 3 Barbara usually __________ dinner for her husband after work. cook cooks are cooking is cooking 4 This week Barbara is away on business so Tom __________ dinner for himself. cook cooks are cooking is cooking 5 Mr. and Mrs. Parsons __________ to work together every day. drive drives are driving is driving 6 another branch.
Today Mr. and Mrs. Parsons __________ to work separately because Mr. Parsons has to go to a meeting at

drive drives are driving is driving

7 My parents normally __________ breakfast at 7:00 a.m. eat eats are eating is eating 8 At the moment my parents are on vacation, so they __________ breakfast much later. eat eats are eating is eating 9 My husband and his colleague__________ golf right now. play plays are playing is playing 10 My husband and his colleague __________ golf whenever they are not too busy. play plays are playing is playing

1: Work it Out Adam_______ (go) to the same school as my sister. I______( go) to evening classes at the moment to get ready for the exam. We ______(eat) dinner as soon as John gets home from work. I______(eat) dinner just now. Can I call you back? All children______( learn) a foreign language at our school. Christine_______( learn) French for her trip to Paris. That book ________(belong) to Claire. The children _______(love) baking cakes.

2: Check Present Simple or Continuous Complete each sentence by choosing the correct form:
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) Most mornings my husband_____ for work at 7.30. I _____for work earlier this week as I have some important jobs to get done. Steve ______guitar for a local group. Sshh, I ________to the news. I_________ to the gym whenever I get the chance. I _______a good book at the moment. My youngest daughter________ all the words to that song. I _________getting up for school on cold winter mornings.

3: Multiple Choice Cloze Practice Read the text below. For each question choose the correct answer.
How are you? I _____ you are well. You wanted me to tell you about my job. Well, I _____ in an office in London just for the summer holidays. It's a magazine publishing company and usually I _____my time answering customers questions on the phone but as there are some people off sick I ____ letters at the moment. I really _____the people here. They always _____ each other out when there are any problems. Unfortunately, this week we ____a course in health and safety, which is a bit boring but it will soon be over. The good news is I ____ Spanish as well during my lunchtime! I much at the moment but I better. Write back soon!