This document provides information about the simple present and present progressive tenses in English. It includes examples of how to use each tense to describe habitual or repeated actions, actions happening one after another, and actions occurring now. Signal words that are used with each tense are listed. Exercises are then provided for students to practice filling in sentences using the correct verb forms.

1. Mrs. Anabel Montes - English teacher

2. Simple PresentSimple Present Present ProgressivePresent Progressive
In general (regularly,
often, never)
Colin plays football
every Tuesday.
Present actions
happening one after
another
First Colin plays
football, then he
watches TV.
Right now
Look! Colin is playing
football now.
Also for several
actions happening at
the same time
Colin is playing football
and Anne is watching.

3. Signal words
•always
•every ...
•often
•normally
•usually
•sometimes
•seldom
•never
•first
•then
•at the moment
•at this moment
•today
•now
•right now
•Listen!
•Look!
Note: The following verbs are usually only used in
Simple Present:
be, have, hear, know, like, love, see, smell, think, want

4. ExercisesExercises
1) John ____________ football at the moment.
(play)
2) We often____________ tests at our school.
(take)
3) I ____________to my teacher now. (talk)
4) Look! Mandy and Susan____________ a film on
TV. (watch)
5) Olivia ____________her uncle every weekend.
(visit)
A. Complete these sentenes using
the correct form of verb:

5. 6) Now the sun____________ .
7) They sometimes ____________ poems
in the lessons.
8) Listen! The band ____________the
new guitar.
9) First I ____________ , then I dress.
10) Every morning my
mother____________ up at 6 o'clock.

6. B. Read and Complete these sentenes
using the correct form of verb:
1) Andy sometimes ____________comics. (to
read)
2) We never ____________TV in the morning. (to
watch)
3) Listen! Sandy ____________in the bathroom.
(to sing)
4) My sister usually ____________in the kitchen.
(to help)
5) My mother ____________breakfast now. (to
make)

7. 6) They often ____________the bathroom.
(to clean)
7) Look! The boys ____________ home. (to
come)
8) Every day his grandfather
____________for a walk. (to go)
9) I ____________with my friend at the
moment. (to chat)
10) Cats ____________ mice. (to eat)