More Exercises of I am doing/ I do

Here are the exercises about the use of Present Simple and Present Continuous. 
Hope you understand both better...

A.   Complete the sentences with the present continuous tense or the simple present tense of the verbs in brackets.

     1.       It usually ___ (get) dark about 7 o’clock, but it ___ (get) dark now.

     2.       On my way to school I usually ___ (meet) people who ___ (go) to work.

     3.       My father ___ (have) a bath now. He usually ___ (have) his bath at this time.

     4.       Henry always ___ (stay) home at night, but why ___ 1.       (he/go) out tonight?

     5.       Can I borrow your pen? Or __ (you/use) it now?

     6.       We ___ (cut) clothes with scissors and we ___ (chop) meat with a knife.

     7.       I ___ (not/understand) what he ___ (say).

     8.       I usually __ (drink) tea, but now I ___ (drink) coffee.

     9.       Listen! Someone ___ (cry) for help.

     10.     His father seldom ___ (watch) TV. 
     11.     I ____ (not/belong) to a political party.
     12.     Hurry! the bus _____ (come). I _____ (not/want) to miss it.
     13.     The River Nile _____ (flow) into the Mediterranean.
     14.     We usually _____ (grow) vegetables in our garden but this year we ____ (not/grow) any
     15.     Rocky is in Los Angeles at the moment. He ____ (stay) at the Hilton Hotel. He usually                      ____ (stay) at the Hilton Hotel when he's in L.A.
     16.     George says he's 80 years but I ____ (not/believe) him.
     17.     She _____ (stay) with her sister at the moment until she finds somewhere  to live.
     18.     Look at the crowd. I ____ (wonder) what they ______ (wait) for.
     19.     Why you _____ ( walk) so fast today? You usually _____ (walk) quite slowly.
     20.     He never ____ (listen) to what you say. He always _____ (think) about something else.
     21.     She always _____ (borrow) from me and never _____ (remember) to pay me back.
     22.     That film ____ (come) to local cinema next week. ____ (you/want) to see it?
     23.     I _____ (think) it is a pity you don't take more exercise. You ____(get) fat.
     24.     I won't go out now as it ____ (rain) and I ____ (not/have) an umbrella.
     25.     Matt and Brad ____ (have) a long conversation. I ___ (wonder) what they ___ (talk) about.
     26.     Mary usually _____ (learn) languages very quickly but she ____ (not/seem) able to learn                   modern Greek.
     27.     I ____ (wear) my sunglasses today because the sun is very strong.
     28.    He usually ____ (drink) coffee, but today he _____ (drink) tea.
     29.    Alie ___ (make) a dress for herself at the moment. She ___ (make) all her own clothes.
     30.    Ted can't have the newspaper now because his aunt ____ (read) it.
     31.    Margie usually____ (sit) next to Alice, but today she ____(sit) next to Janet.
     32.    Elephants ____ (have) trunks
     33.    What ___(he/do) with his car now? 
             I ____ (think) he ____ (polish) it.
     34.   You ____(understand) what the lecturer is saying?
             No, I ___ (not/understand) him at all.
     35.   This car ___ (make) a strange noise. You ___(think) is it alright?   
             

B.  Complete this postcard using the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use present continuous or simple present.

Greetings from Wales! Ben and I ___ (do) something different this year. We’re at the North Wales Activity Centre. People ___ (come) here every summer to learn more about their hobbies and interests. I ___ (do) photography and tennis this week and Ben ___ (learn) about computers. We ___ (get) up at half past eight every morning and ___   (do) lessons from ten to half past twelve. We ___ (have) lunch at one, and then there are more lessons. So it’s hard work. But I ___ (like) it here. We ___ (have) super time. It’s half past seven in the evening now, and we ___ (sit) out on the grass in front of the Centre. The weather is good. See you soon. Love, Kate

C.       Complete this newspaper story about Lord Stonebury. Put in the correct simple present form of these verbs: go (x4), have (x3), live (x2), get, meet, own, play, read, spend, talk.

Lord Stonebury is twenty-eight years old. He ___in Belgravia in London’s West End. He’s very rich, and he ___ a company Office Blocks International.       Every morning the young Lord ___ breakfast in bed and ___ the newspaper. He ___ up at ten o’clock and usually ___ for a walk in Hyde Park. He ___ lunch at his club. He sometimes ___ the directors of OBI, and they ___ about the company’s plans.       In the afternoon Lord Stonebury and his friends sometimes ____ golf. Then they ____ a few drinks. Or sometimes he and a girl-friend ___ for a drive in his sports car.       After dinner Lord Stonebury ____ to a night club or a casino with one of his girl-friends. They ___ home at about two o’clock.       In the winter the young Lord ____ in Monte Carlo. And he ___ summer holidays in the West Indies.

[References:

Sesa, Leonardus (2000) English Workbook, Makassar

Murphy, Raymond (1985) English Grammar in Use, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.

Thomson, A.J & Martinet, A.V (1961) A Practical English Grammar, Oxford, Oxford University Press]