Present simple and continuous – B1 English Grammar Test

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1  Complete the sentences with the correct present simple form of the verbs in the box. Then categorise the sentences.

be (x2)     go (x2)     have got     play

1   I ……go…… to school every day.

2   He ……………. an only child.

3   She ……………. straight blonde hair.

4   They often ……………. to the cinema at weekends.

5   We ……………. in our late twenties.

6   Sam always ……………. tennis on Wednesdays.

Fact

Something that happens regularly

1

 

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1 go   2 ’s / is   3 ’s / has got   4 go   5 ’re / are

6 plays

Fact

Something that happens regularly

2 3 5

1 4 6

 

2  Complete the sentences with the correct present continuous form of the verbs in the box. Then categorise the sentences.

come     do     go     live     start     study

1   I …’m studying…… Spanish for a few months.

2   We …………… to the USA on holiday this year.

3   She …………… to the concert with us tonight.

4   He …………… his homework at the moment.

5   They …………… with their grandparents until the house renovations are finished.

6   Be quiet please! The film …………… .

Something that’s happening now

Temporary situation

Future plans

1

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1 ’m / am studying   2 ’re / are going

3 ’s / is coming   4 ’s / is doing

5 ’re / are living   6 ’s / is starting

Something that’s happening now

Temporary situation

Future plans

4 6

1 5

2 3

3  Rewrite the sentences with the correct form of the verbs.

1   Carla comes shopping with me on Saturday.

      ……Carla is coming shopping with me on Saturday. ……

2   When we’re together, we always are having fun.

      …………………………………………………..

3   I want to go to a shop which is having really lovely clothes.

      …………………………………………………..

4   Carla meets me there tomorrow at 6 pm.

      …………………………………………………..

5   After shopping, we join our friends at the café.

      …………………………………………………..

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1   Carla’s / is coming shopping with me on Saturday.

2   When we’re together, we always have fun.

3   I want to go a shop which has / has got really lovely clothes.

4   Carla’s / is meeting me there tomorrow at 6pm.

5   After shopping, we’re / are joining our friends at the café.

4  Write sentences using the present simple or continuous form of the verbs.

1   Tim / code / computer programs / free time

      ……Tim codes computer programs in his free time. ……

2   I / take part / swimming competition / tomorrow

      …………………………………………………..

3   Stella / have got / dark / curly / hair

      …………………………………………………..

4   My sister / be / usually / cheerful / but today / feel / a bit miserable

      …………………………………………………..

5   John / practise / guitar / bedroom / moment

      …………………………………………………..

6   Alicia / be / really into / tennis / but / not play / very well

      …………………………………………………..

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1   Tim codes computer programs in his free time.

2   I’m taking part in a swimming competition tomorrow.

3   Stella has got dark curly hair.

4   My sister is usually cheerful, but today she’s feeling a bit miserable.

5   John is practising the guitar in his bedroom at the moment.

6   Alicia is really into tennis, but she doesn’t play very well.

5  Choose the correct verbs. Then tick (✓) the sentences that use a state verb which describe what we think or feel.

1   What does ‘careless’ meaning / mean?   ✓

2   Say the truth! I don’t believe / ’m not believing you.

3   We have / has got PE on Mondays.

4   She isn’t knowing / doesn’t know the answer.

5   Do you own / Are you owning a mobile phone?

6   My dad works / working at the city bank.

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1 mean ✓   2 don’t believe ✓

3 have -   4 doesn’t know ✓

5 Do you own   6 works

6  Decide if the adjectives need a weaker or a stronger adverb. Then complete the sentences with a suitable adverb from the box.

a bit     fairly     quite     really     very

1   My friend Adam is ↑ ……really…… sporty. He’s great at all ball sports, and swims ↑ ……………… well, too.

2   Sonia is ↓ ……………… friendly with me, but I notice that she’s often ↑ ……………… unkind to others.

3   My friends say I can sometimes be ↓ ……………… impatient, but luckily it isn’t ↑ ……………… often.

4   We went to a ↑ ……………… interesting concert at the weekend. It was ↑ ……………… amazing!

5   Our teacher was ↓ ……………… impolite about our test results. She said we could do ↑ ……………… well if we made more effort.

6   Poor Tessa is ↑ ……………… miserable since her best friend moved to a town ↓ ……………… far away.

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1   really / very

2   quite / fairly; really / very

3   a bit / fairly / quite; very

4   very / really; really

5   fairly / a bit / quite; really / very

6   really / very; quite

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