1. N Put the verbs in brackets in the Present Continuous

1. He (read) the newspaper. Don’t disturb her.
2. My friend (open) a flower shop in the village at the moment.
3. Where is Robert? – He (discuss) an important question with his friend.
4. “What Maria (do) these days?” – “She (study) English at a school in London”.
5. “Sally (have) a shower?” – “No, she (speak) with her boyfriend by phone”.
6. I (not/do) my homework now.
7. I (send) a birthday card to aunt Margaret tomorrow.
8. He (reserve) a room by phone in three days before our leaving.
9. Excuse me, I (look for) a cash machine. Is there one near here?
10. I (not/play) football this week.
11. John (not/work) now. He (have a rest) with his best friends.
12. Helen (water) the flowers now.
PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Ex.1 Choose the correct verb form.
1 - I have / am having a great time on this holiday.
2 - She's Italian- she comes / is coming from Pisa.
3 - 'Are you enjoying / do you enjoy your meal?' 'Yes, it's very good.'
4 - This term, I study / am studying Latin.
5 - Do you come / are you coming to see us next month?
6 - Water boils / is boiling at a hundred degrees.
7 - I make / am making a lot of progress at the moment.
8- It worries / is worrying me a lot at the moment.
9- I get / am getting up at seven o'clock on weekdays.

Ex.2 Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in Simple Present tense or Present Continuous tense
1. Right now I (watch) _____________ a movie. I (watch) _______ a lot of movies.
2. Rickie (be) _______ my friend. We (like) _______ to talk together. Right now we (talk) ______________ about school.
3. The police officer (wear) ________ a badge and a gun to work every day.
4. Jaime usually (eat) _______ cold cereal for breakfast, but today he (eat) _______ ________ oatmeal instead.
5. Alison and I (study) _______ _______ for the exam. We (not, want) _______ ______________ to fail it!
6. Jonas (sing) ________ in the band on Saturdays, and Veda (play) _______ the guitar.
7. My uncle (live) _______ in Tennessee. I (live) _______ in North Carolina.
8. My mom (cook) ______________ dinner tonight. (You, want) ___________________ to eat with us?
9. Tiffany and Mark (travel) ______________ to Spain. They will stay in Madrid.
10. We (read) _______ the newspaper every morning.