Present Simple and Present Simple Continuous exercise to brush up your English tenses.

1. Fill in the blanks with the correct Simple Present or Present
Continuous Tense-[Exercise 1]
2018
©Mr Luke Gabriel [www.kopitiamEnglish.blogspot.com]
1. John (1) ___________________________ (read) a novel in his room while his sister (2)
______________________ (do) her school homework. Peter, his younger brother (3)
_____________________________ (watch) TV in the hall. Father is (4)
____________________________ (wash) his car in the porch and mother (5)
____________________________ (cook) in the kitchen.
2. My teacher’s name (1) ______________(be) Mr Tan. He (2) ______________(teach) us Maths.
Currently he (3) _____________________(teach) form 1 and form 2 classes. He (4)
_______________(come) to school by car. He (5) ________________(like) to play badminton
and also (6) __________________ (enjoy) country music.
3. Pak Man is a fisherman. He (1) __________________(go) to fish in the sea every day. He (2)
_________________(wake) up early in the morning before sunrise. Ali (3) _____________(be)
his good friend. Both of them go (4) _________________ (fish) together. They (5)
______________(catch) a lot of fish but sometimes they don’t (6) _________________ (catch)
any.
4. Miss Ratnam likes to (1) ________________ (jog). She (2) _________________(jog) around the
park every evening. Today, she (3) _________________________ (jog) with her friends. They
(4) ________________________(jog) for a cause. They (5) ___________________(want) ) to raise
funds for the poor and needy students in their neighbourhood.
5. John’s mother (1) ______________________ (bake) a birthday cake for his birthday. He (2)
________________________(celebrate) his 16th birthday today. It (3) _______(be) a surprise
and he (4) ______________________ (not know) about it.

2. Fill in the blanks with the correct Simple Present or Present
Continuous Tense-[Exercise 1]
2018
©Mr Luke Gabriel [www.kopitiamEnglish.blogspot.com]
SAMPLE ANSWER
6. John (1) is reading (read) a novel in his room while his sister (2) is doing (do) her school
homework. Peter, his younger brother (3) is watching (watch) TV in the hall. Father is (4)
washing (wash) his car in the porch and mother (5) is cooking (cook) in the kitchen.
7. My teacher’s name (1) is (be) Mr Tan. He (2) is teaching (teach) us Maths. Currently he (3)
is teaching (teach) form 1 and form 2 classes. He (4) comes (come) to school by car. He
(5) likes ( like) to play badminton and also (6) enjoys (enjoy) country music.
8. Pak Man is a fisherman. He goes (1) fishing (fish) in the sea every day. He (2) wakes
(wake) up early in the morning before sunrise. Pak Ali (3) is (be) his good friend. Both of
them go (4) fishing (fish) together. They (5) catch (catch) a lot of fish but sometimes they
don’t (6) catch (catch) any.
9. Miss Ratnam likes to (1) jogging (jog). She (2) jogs (jog) around the park every evening.
Today, she (3) is jogging (jog) with her friends. They (4) are jogging (jog) for a good cause.
They (5) want (want) to raise funds for the poor and needy students in their
neighbourhood.
10. John’s mother (1) is baking (bake) a birthday cake for his birthday. He (2) is celebrating
(celebrate) his 16th birthday today. It (3) is (be) a surprise and he (4) doesn’t know (not
know) about it.