Colegio Cristiano Semilla de Vida
P.E.I. Educación Cristiana, la estrategia para implementar calidad y excelencia en los procesos educativos.
Nivelación de Inglés
Nivel: textual
Periodo 1
Name: __________________________________________ Grade: _______ Date: _____________
PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Choose the correct verb form.
1 - I have / am having a great time on this holiday.
2 - She's Italian- she comes / is coming from Pisa.
3 - 'Are you enjoying / do you enjoy your meal?' 'Yes, it's very good.'
4 - This term, I study / am studying Latin.
5 - Do you come / are you coming to see us next month?
6 - Let me know when you receive / are receiving this letter.
8 - Water boils / is boiling at a hundred degrees.
10 - I make / am making a lot of progress at the moment.
11 - It worries / is worrying me a lot at the moment.
12 - I get / am getting up at seven o'clock on weekdays.
Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in simple present tense or present continuous
tense.
1. Right now I (watch) _____________ a movie. I (watch) _______ a lot of movies.
2. Rickie (be) _______ my friend. We (like) _______ to talk together. Right now we (talk)
______________ about school.
3. The police officer (wear) ________ a badge and a gun to work every day.
4. Jaime usually (eat) _______ cold cereal for breakfast, but today he (eat) _______
________ oatmeal instead.
5. Alison and I (study) _______ _______ for the exam. We (not, want) _______
______________ to fail it!
6. Jonas (sing) ________ in the band on Saturdays, and Veda (play) _______ the guitar.
7. My uncle (live) _______ in Tennessee. I (live) _______ in North Carolina.
8. My mom (cook) ______________ dinner tonight. (You, want) ____________
_______ to eat with us?
9. Tiffany and Mark (travel) ______________ to Spain. They will stay in Madrid.
10. We (read) _______ the newspaper every morning.
Complete the text with the correct form of the verb in simple present tense or present continuous
tense.
1. My favourite aunt, Monica, ____________ (teach) archeology at the university. Right now
she ____________ (give) a class on the art of ancient Egypt.
She ____________ (do) a lot of sports and ____________ (go) to the cinema regularly. This
month, she ____________ (learn) to hang glide. But she also ____________ (climb)
mountains every weekend and ____________ (do) scuba diving when she is on holidays.
Fill the blanks with the right form of the adjective in
brackets:
1. Your bag’s zip is ____________ (easy) to close than mine.
2. My mother’s advice is always _____________ (useful).
3. This summer is _____________ (dry) than ever.
4. It is _________________ (difficult) rule of all.
5. This pen writes _______________ (good) than my previous one.
6. This athlete is _______________ (strong) than his competitor.
7. This pupil is _____________ (clever) in the class.
8. This is ______________ (old) castle in Britain.
9. Health is _____________ (important) than money.
10. This path is ______________ (narrow) than the parallel one.
11. This actor is _________________ (famous) actor in Spain.
12. Kenyans are ________________ (good) sprinters.
13. Luxurious hotels are___________ (expensive) than economic ones.
14. My _____________ (old) sister is afraid of mice.
15. Saturn is ________ 2nd ___________ (large) planet in our solar system.
16. We have ______________ (much) homework today than we had yesterday.
17. If you need any __________ (far) information, please contact our assistant.
18. The second part of the film is _______________ (boring) than the first.
19. In childhood my aunt was ____________ (thin) than she is now.
20. This highway is ______________ (wide) than that highway.