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Present Simple vs Present Continuous – Worksheet 1

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This worksheet helps A2 learners choose between the present simple and the present continuous. Students practise positive sentences, negatives and questions, using time expressions such as every day, now and at the moment. It works well for classwork, homework or self-study.

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Exercise 1: Complete the sentences

Put the verb in brackets into the present simple or the present continuous.

Example: She ___ (read) a book right now. → is reading

  1. Listen! The baby (cry).

  2. My dad (work) in a hospital.

  3. Look! It (snow) outside.

  4. We usually (have) breakfast at seven.

  5. Tom (not/watch) TV at the moment. He's doing his homework.

  6. (you/like) chocolate?

  7. Sara (not/eat) meat. She's a vegetarian.

  8. What (you/do) right now?

  9. Water (boil) at 100 degrees.

Exercise 2: Use the words in the box

Complete each sentence with a verb form from the box. Use each form once. There are two extra forms.

Word box readsis cookingare playingplaydoesn't knowis raininggoesisn't knowingcooks

  1. My sister a book every week.

  2. Mum dinner in the kitchen now.

  3. The children football in the garden at the moment.

  4. I tennis every Saturday.

  5. Leo the answer. Can you help him?

  6. Take an umbrella. It .

  7. Anna to the gym twice a week.

Exercise 3: Negatives and questions

Rewrite each sentence as instructed in brackets.

Example: He is sleeping. (question) → Is he sleeping?

  1. She plays the piano. (negative)

  2. They are watching a film. (question)

  3. You live near the school. (question)

  4. I am wearing a jacket today. (negative)

  5. Ben works on Saturdays. (question)

  6. We are studying English now. (negative)

Exercise 4: Find the mistake

Each sentence has one mistake. Write the correct sentence.

Example: He play football every day. → He plays football every day.

  1. I am going to school by bus every day.

  2. Look! The dog runs after the cat.

  3. She don't like coffee.

  4. Are you understand the question?

  5. I'm knowing your brother.

  6. My friends is waiting for me outside.

  7. Does he usually walks to work?

  8. Kate is wanting a new phone.

Exercise 5: Put the words in order

Put the words in the correct order to make sentences or questions.

Example: he / is / sleeping / now → He is sleeping now.

  1. is / Maria / now / a / letter / writing

  2. you / do / where / live

  3. never / coffee / drinks / my mum

  4. doing / what / they / are

  5. at the moment / not / I / am / working

  6. does / start / when / the film

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Printable A2 worksheet: Present Simple vs Present Continuous. Practise form, meaning, negatives and questions with answers included.

Topics covered

Present simplePresent continuousNegatives and questionsTime expressionsState verbs

Notes for teachers

Start by reviewing signal words: usually, every day and never for the present simple; now, at the moment and Look!/Listen! for the present continuous. Common mistakes include forgetting the -s in the third person, using don't instead of doesn't, and using state verbs like know, like and want in the continuous form. As a follow-up, ask students to write five sentences about their usual routine and five about what people around them are doing right now.

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