Present Simple and Present Continuous exercise - answers

  • 1. What is he doing? He is sitting at his desk.
  • 2. Listen, someone is knocking at the door.
  • 3. On my way home I usually stop to drink a cup of coffee.
  • 4. Architects make plans of the buildings.
  • 5. Look at Betty: she is playing the piano.
  • 6. At this moment I am correcting my pupils' exercises.
  • 7. Where are you? I am preparing my lessons in the study.
  • 8. She earns a lot of money.
  • 9. Chris is standing near the table.
  • 10. We often take tea for breakfast.
  • 11. William comes to our workshop on Mondays.
  • 12. Let's wait a moment still. Tom is coming soon.
  • 13. I must run home, mother is waiting for me.
  • 14. The telephone often rings during supper.
  • 15. Stephen is smoking a cigarette now.
  • 16. It is snowing hard at the moment.
  • 17. I always go to my office early.
  • 18. Two and two makes four.
  • 19. What are you doing here? I am looking for my book.
  • 20. It rains in autumn.
  • 21. Look, a man is running across the street.
  • 22. Listen: Sting is singing!
  • 23. Henry's letters come by air mail.
  • 24. We build many roads nowadays.
  • 25. They usually catch the ten o'clock bus.