Notre- Dame de Jamhour English (Grade 6)
Tenses : Present Simple Present Continuous/Progressive
Exercise 1: Complete the sentences with the present simple or present continuous form of the verb in brackets.
1- Listen! The birds ______(to sing) in the garden.
2- I often ______(to buy) fruit from the greengrocer's.
3- Look at Tom and Mary! They ______(to walk) up the hill.
4- SSSHHHH! The baby ______(to sleep).
5- He ______(to wear always) warm clothes in the winter.
6- He ______(to watch usually) TV in the evenings.
7- My brother ______(to eat sometimes) a sandwich at lunchtime.
8- The cat ______(to play) with a ball now.
9- That man ______(to listen) to music at the moment.
10- My brother ______(to do) his homework every day.
11- They ______(not, to sleep), they ______(to run) happily.
12- My parents ______(to go) to the cinema this evening.
13- Look! Rita and Eliane ______(to swim) in the sea.
14- What ______(they/to do) tonight?
They ______(to stay) at home.
15- Where ______(to be) Clara, Nahida and Nathalie?
They ______(to sit) in their room. Clara ______(to chat) with her friend, Nahida ______(to write) a letter and Nathalie______(to dance).
16- ______(William/ to go) to school by taxi? Yes, sometimes.
17- ______(your friends/ to go) to school by bus? Yes, always.
18- Helen ______(to have) a wonderful smile but she ______(not , to have) pretty eyes.
19- Rola and Rima ______(not , to cook) every day.
20- Be quiet! The teacher ______(to come). She seems really angry.
21- She can't answer the phone now because she______(to study).
22- Fred and I ______(not , to play) computer games now.
23- My friends ______(to go) to Paris next weekend.
24- Why ______(you/ to wear) a suit? You ______(to wear usually) jeans.
25- Stop! A car ______(to come).
26- Quiet! My brother ______(to listen) to the radio show. He really ______(to like) it.
Exercise 2 (Have to): Complete the sentences with the correct form of "have to".
a- Tom______(help) his mum with the cooking but he ______(do ) the washing-up; it's up to him.
b- We ______(study) English at school but we ______(study ) Chinese because it's not obligatory.
c- ______(you, get up) before eight o'clock on Sunday morning?
d- ______(she, come) home before eleven o'clock at the weekend?
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