SIMPLE PRESENT X PRESENT CONTINUOUS Exercício de revisão 1. Complete the sentences below with the Simple Present Tense or the Present Continuous Tense of the verbs in parentheses: a) Jane to learn how to swim every day. ( to try) b) They often in the club on weekends. ( to dance) c) She her mother every day. ( to kiss) d) The children in the park now. ( to play) e) At this moment I apples to make a pie. ( to cut) f) I always newspaper at the corner. ( to buy) g) The boy the bus to school at 10 o clock every day. ( to catch) h) We for school now. ( to leave) i) Ted and I in the park at present. ( to run) j) We never dinner after 8 o clock in the evening. ( to have) k) My friend in London now. ( to live) l) She usually her hair before going to sleep. ( to brush) m) Karen and I frequently our homework together. ( to do) n) Linda now. ( to study) o) We often out of town. ( to go) p) Terry seldom her tennis lesson. ( to enjoy) q) The girls now. ( to swim) r) Mr. Taylor his shop at 8 o clock every day. ( to open) 2. (UnB) Hello, Ann, What are you doing? I my books. a) were looking b) has been looking c) looks d) had looked e) am looking for Sabia que você já é capaz de resolver questões de vestibulares? Vamos tentar? 3. (FMU) Everybody waiting, because the American people working on the project. a) is / are b) are / are c) was / is
d) is / is e) are / is 4. (OSEC) Jane is an excellent student. At this moment she her lesson. a) studys b) is studied c) is studying d) studied e) has studying 5. John usually a drink before meals but now he a tomato juice. a) has, is having b) is having, has c) have, is having d) is having, have e) had, have 6. The children usually in the afternoon, but now they in the garden. a) studies, are playing b) are studying, play c) study, plays d) study, are playing e) studies, is playing 7. You can t see Bob because he now. a) rest b) was resting c) has rest d) is resting e) resting 8. Fernanda generally a sandwich for lunch but now she an apple. a) eat, is eating b) is eating, eats c) eats, is eating d) was eating, eats e) was eating, eat 9. Raphael usually a good book, but at the present moment he TV. a) had read, was watching b) reads, watch c) has read, has watched d) reads, is watching e) read, watched
10. He can t talk to us now because he a bath. a) has b) has having c) have d) having e) is having 11. Smith always to classes on time. a) is coming b) come c) had come d) comes e) cames 12. Usando-se corretamente os verbos to live e to have (present tense), a frase seguinte: Peter in Spain and a bride there. ficará correta se preenchida, respectivamente, por: a) lives have b) lived had c) live has d) lives had e) lives has 13. (UF-BA) Escolha a pergunta cuja resposta é: No, he isn t. a) Are the students cheating? b) Is Mary worrying about the future? c) Is Tom working in the lab? d) Is the lesson interesting? e) Does he know to enjoy his life? 14. (UF-PR) What? Peter and Alice. a) are Peter and Alice doing / is working / is cooking. b) Peter and Alice are doing / is working / is cooking. c) Do peter and Alice do / is working / is cooking. d) Is Peter and Alice doing / is working / is cooking. e) Peter and Alice s doing / works / cooks 15. (ITA-SP) John is a good student, so he to school every day. a) go
b) goes c) to go d) going e) come 16. (UFPB) We go to school on Sundays. a) aren t b) weren t c) wasn t d) didn t e) don t 17. (FMU-SP) My wife always too much. a) worry b) worries c) have worried d) is worrying e) worried 18. (UFPB) Beatty usually what she wants? a) Do / get b) Does / gets c) Does / get d) was / got e) is / got 19. Does she study with you? a) yes, he does b) yes, she is c) yes, she does d) yes, she was e) yes, she do 20. (UFPB) Don t disturb! My brothers hard now. a) is working b) was working c) been working d) were working e) are working 21. (FUVEST-SP) At present he for a big company. a) work b) works
c) is working d) working e) are working 22. (UFS Carlos-SP) He the Times now, but on Sundays he The Observer. a) is reading / reads b) read / reads c) reads / read d) to read / is reading e) are reading / reads 23 (UFPA) What are Edward and Alice? Edward is his homework and Alice is a cake. a) doing / doing / making b) doing / making / making c) making / doing / doing d) making / making / making e) doing / doing / doing RESPOSTAS 1. a) tries b) dance c) kisses d) play e) am cutting f) buy g) catches h) are leaving i) are running j) have k) is living l) brushes m) do n) is studying o) go p) enjoys q) are swimming r) opens 2. E 3. A 4. C 5. A 6. D 7. D 8. C 9. D 10. E 11. D 12. E 13. C 14. A 15. B 16. E 17. B 18. C 19. C 20. E 21. C 22. A 23. A God bless you!!! Be happy!!!