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 2]
2018
©Mr Luke Gabriel [www.kopitiamEnglish.blogspot.com]
1. John (1) ___________________________ (not come) home today. He (2)
_____________________ (go) to Penang to (3) ____________________ (meet) some of his
old school friends. They plan to (4) __________________ (hike) Penang Hill on foot. They
(5) __________________________ (start) their journey from the foot of the hill. They (6)
_______________________ (plan) to use the old hiking track to hike up to Penang Hill.
2. Every morning, Nancy goes (1) ____________________ (jog) with her father. They usually
like to (2) ___________________ (jog) early in the morning. They (3) ___________________
(wear) light clothing when jogging. They also (4) _____________________ (wear) good
sports shoes. They (5) ______________________ (believe) jogging helps them to keep fit.
3. People working in big cities (1) ________________________ (travel) back home during
festive seasons. Many (2) _________________________ (drive) back while some (3)
_____________________ (take) the bus to their village. During these seasons many
accidents happen. These accidents (4) _________________(be) mainly caused by
dangerous driving and speeding. Many innocent lives (5) ___________________ (be) lost
every year in these accidents.
4. Pak Mail (1) ____________________ (be) in his orchard. There are many (2)
____________________ (type) of fruit trees in his orchard. He (3) ________________ (go) to
his orchard every morning to check on the fruit trees. Today, he is (4)
___________________ (look) for durians which have fallen from the trees. He (5)
_____________________ (collect) and (6) ___________________ (sell) them at his road side
stall.

2. Fill in the blanks with the correct Simple Present or Present
Continuous Tense-[Exercise 2]
2018
©Mr Luke Gabriel [www.kopitiamEnglish.blogspot.com]
SAMPLE ANSWER
1. John (1) isn’t coming (not come) home today. He (2) is going (go)to Penang to (3) meet
(meet) some of his old school friends. They plan to (4) hike (hike) Penang Hill on foot. They
(5) are starting (start) their journey from the foot of the hill. They (6) plan (plan)to use the
old hiking track to hike up to Penang Hill.
2. Every morning, Nancy goes (1) jogging (jog) with her father. They usually like to (2) jog
(jog) early in the morning. They (3) wear (wear) light clothing when jogging. They also (4)
wear (wear) good sports shoes. They (5) believe (believe) jogging helps them to keep fit.
3. People working in big cities (1) travel (travel) back home during festive seasons. Many (2)
drive (drive) back while some (3) take (take) the bus to their village. During these seasons
many accidents happen. These accidents (4) are (be) mainly caused by dangerous
driving and speeding. Many innocent lives (5) are (be) lost every year in these accidents.
4. Pak Mail (1) is (be) in his orchard. There are many (2) types (type) of fruit trees in his
orchard. He (3) goes (go) to his orchard every morning to check on his fruit trees. Today,
he is (4) looking (look) for durians which have fallen from the trees. He (5) collects
(collect) and (6) sells (sell) them at his road side stall.