Present Simple vs Present Continuous (action verbs)

Descripción

This quiz aims to check the intemediate students' knowledge of difference between Present Simple and Present Continuous.
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Resumen del Recurso

Pregunta 1

Pregunta
Turn off the gas. Don't you see the kettle ______?
Respuesta
  • boil
  • boils
  • is boiling
  • is boil

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
A woman who ______ after other people's children is a nanny.
Respuesta
  • looks
  • is looking
  • looking
  • look

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
The children are still ill but they ______ better gradually.
Respuesta
  • get
  • getting
  • gets
  • are getting

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
Don't bother her. She ______ her French lesson; she always ______ it in the morning.
Respuesta
  • takes - is taking
  • is taking - takes
  • takes - takes
  • is taking - is taking

Pregunta 5

Pregunta
The living standards ______. Every month, things ______ more expensive.
Respuesta
  • are changing - are getting
  • are changing - get
  • change - are getting
  • change - get

Pregunta 6

Pregunta
I’m afraid I can’t come to your party. I ______ an appointment with my dentist at 4 pm.
Respuesta
  • have
  • am having
  • having
  • am have

Pregunta 7

Pregunta
Silver______ at 961.8 degrees centigrade.
Respuesta
  • melts
  • is melting
  • melting
  • melt

Pregunta 8

Pregunta
Johnny, ______ playing that game? I told you to stop an hour ago!
Respuesta
  • do you still play
  • are you still play
  • are you still playing
  • do you still playing

Pregunta 9

Pregunta
"We must buy new plates." - "It's useless. You ______ plates."
Respuesta
  • always break
  • are always breaking
  • always breaking
  • always breaks

Pregunta 10

Pregunta
Jogging ______ me keep fit.
Respuesta
  • helps
  • is helping
  • helping
  • help

Pregunta 11

Pregunta
Be quiet, please. I want to revise for the test and you ______ a lot of noise.
Respuesta
  • are making
  • making
  • are make
  • make

Pregunta 12

Pregunta
He is bad at making excuses, so he ______ the truth.
Respuesta
  • always tell
  • is always telling
  • always tells
  • always telling

Pregunta 13

Pregunta
I’m a student of a music college. This term we _______ modern music.
Respuesta
  • studying
  • are study
  • study
  • are studying

Pregunta 14

Pregunta
Miriam must be reading something funny because she ______.
Respuesta
  • smiles
  • is smiling
  • smile
  • smiling

Pregunta 15

Pregunta
In the morning, I ______ little time, so I ______ a shower in the evening.
Respuesta
  • have - take
  • am having - am taking
  • have - am taking
  • am having - take

Pregunta 16

Pregunta
Trudo ______ the ball and ________ it to Keith.
Respuesta
  • catches - passes
  • is catching – is passing
  • catches – is passing
  • is catching - passes

Pregunta 17

Pregunta
Her brother is from Liverpool, but he ______ in Cambridge at present.
Respuesta
  • working
  • works
  • is working
  • work

Pregunta 18

Pregunta
She ______ but ______ nothing to realise her dreams.
Respuesta
  • constantly dreams - does
  • is constantly dreaming – does
  • constantly dreams - is doing
  • is constantly dreaming - is doing

Pregunta 19

Pregunta
In an adventure novel by Jules Verne, Phileas Fogg, a wealthy English gentleman, ________ to travel around the world in 80 days.
Respuesta
  • claim
  • claims
  • claiming
  • is claiming

Pregunta 20

Pregunta
Hurry up, Jane! Our plane ______ at 5 pm. We ________ in half an hour.
Respuesta
  • takes off - leave
  • is taking – are leaving
  • takes off – are leaving
  • is taking - leave
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