Ex. 1 Present Simple or Continuous? Choose the correct alternative. 1 Today she ’s spending/spends time with her grandmother. 2 They usually are going/go to the gym on Sundays. 3 We ’re having/have a barbecue later on. Do you want to come?4 No, she can’t answer the phone, she has/is having a shower. 5 I always have/am having a coffee before I ’m leaving/leave for work in the morning. 6 They sometimes fly/are flying to Sweden, but usually they are going/go by boat. 7 Where are you? I ’m sitting/sit outside in the sunshine 8 He always brings/is bringing a monolingual dictionary to his English class. 9. Are you having/ do you have a motorbike?10. I ’m staying/stay in a hotel near the sea. 11. I’d like to buy this coat. How much is it costing/does it cost?12. What are you doing/do you do?13. I’m usually getting/get up at 6. 00. 14. This book is difficult. I’m not understanding/don’t understand it. 15. I ‘m watching/watch a lot of TV every night. 16. Excuse me. Are you knowing/Do you know the way to the museum?17. Henry's letters are coming/come by air mail. 18. We are building/build many roads nowadays. 19. They usually catch/are catching the ten o'clock bus. 20. He’s leaving/leaves London on Monday morning. Ex. 2. VI. Present Simple or Continuous? Open the brackets. Don’t use contracted forms. 1. John lives and works in Florida but he . . . (have) a holiday in England at the moment. 2. I wonder why the neighbor's dog . . . (bark) again. Maybe there is a burglar 3. Alan . . . (get up) at seven o'clock every morning. 4. Then he . . . (go) to have a shower before breakfast. 5. Then he . . . (drive) to the beach and stays all day. 6. He . . . (not/work) because he won the lottery last year. 7. Why . . . (you/learn) English this year?8. I . . . (live) with my sister for a month because she is pregnant and I can help her. 9. Tell me – what . . . (you/wear). That way, I will recognise you at the station. 10. Jane is in the kitchen and very stressed She . . . (cook) dinner for 20 people. 11. She . . . (run) because she's late for her lesson. 12. Our teacher always . . . (give) us lots of homework. 13. We . . . (not want) to go to the concert. 14. What time . . . (you / meet) Pete tomorrow?15. I . . . (not work) today. I'm on holiday. 16. People . . . (speak) English in Jamaica. 17. Archie . . . (not use) his computer at the moment. 18. . . . (Tony / live) near the park?19. Look, a man . . . across the street. (run)20. Listen: Sting . . . (sing)Ex. 3. VII. Present Simple or Continuous? Open the brackets. Don’t use contracted forms. 1. What is he doing? He . . . at his desk. (sit)2. Listen, someone . . . at the door. (knock)3. On my way home I usually . . . to drink a cup of coffee. (stop) 4. Architects . . . plans of the buildings. (make)5. Look at Betty: she . . . the piano. (play)6. At this moment I . . . my pupils' exercises. (correct)7. Where are you? I . . . my lessons in the study. (prepare)8. She . . . a lot of money. (earn)9. Chris . . . near the table. (stand)10. We often . . . tea for breakfast. (take)11. William . . . to our workshop on Mondays. (come)12. Let's wait a moment still. Tom . . . soon. (come)13. I must run home, mother . . . for me. (wait)14. The telephone often . . . during supper. (ring)15. Stephen . . . a cigarette now. (smoke)16. It . . . hard at the moment. (snow)17. I always . . . to my office early. (go)18. Two and two . . . four. (make)19. What are you doing here? I . . . for my book. (look) 20. It . . . in autumn. (rain)Ex. 4. VIII. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form (present simple or present continuous)A. Next week, my friends and I . . . (go) camping in the woods. I . . . (organize) the food, because I . . . (like) cooking. Dave . . . (have) a big car with a trailer, so he . . . (plan) the transportation. Sam . . . (bring) the tent – he . . . (go) camping every year, so he . . . (have) a great tent and lots of other equipment. My wife . . . (think) we're crazy. She (like) . . . holidays in comfortable hotels, so she . . . (take) a trip to Paris instead. B. Harold Black's a famous pianist. He . . . (give) two or three concerts every week. He . . . (travel) a lot and this week he's in New York. He . . . (stay) at an expensive hotel. He's at his hotel now. He . . . (have) his breakfast in the dining-room. He . . . (drink) a cup of coffee and he . . . (read) a newspaper. Harold's always very busy. He . . . (play) the piano regularly. He . . . (practise) for four hours every day. He . . . (go) to bed late and he always . . . (get up) early. But he sometimes . . . (get) dressed too quickly, and this morning he . . . (wear) one blue sock and one red one