Part A. Grammar focus
Present Simple and Present Continuous
Exercise 1. Choose a verb from the list and complete the text and put the verbs into Present Continuous.
read, sleep, eat, sail, cry, drink, run, sing, play, fish, sit
Laura 1) is sitting under a sunshade. Two boys 2) _______ round a sandcastle while their father 3) _______ a newspaper. Tom 4) _______ Coke. Two girls 5) _______ ice-cream while their mother 6) _______ along with the radio. Some boys 7) _______ football near a man who 8) _______. Jim 9) _______ On his right a baby 10) _______ Some people 11) _______ past the beach.
Exercise 2. Put the verbs in brackets into Present Simple or Present Continuous.
Chris is asking Kim about her holiday arrangements.
1) Where are you going? (go)
2) How _______ you _______ there? (get)
3) What time _______ the plane _______? (leave)
4) When _______ it _______ in Cairo? (arrive)
5) Where _______ you _______ when you get there? (stay)
6) Why _______ you _______ to go there? (want)
7) _______ you _______ a camera with you? (take)