Question

Complete using the verbs in PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1- My mother (not/work) at the moment.

2- What (your brother/study) now?

3- They (not/have) lunch now.

4- Tom (walk) to school now.

5- My cat (drink) milk now.


Turn into interrogative or negative using PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1- He is travelling to the beach now. (?)

2- We are making a cake at the moment. (-)

3- My parents are sleeping now. (?)

4- She is cooking now. (-)


PRESENT SIMPLE and CONTINUOUS.

1-Sue (get up) ___________________ early on Saturday because she (like) __

weekends. Then she (meet) ______ her best friend, Julia, and they (play)

_________ computer games. They (go) __________________ out to the disco on Saturday nights. On Friday evenings she (go) __________________ to salsa classes. She (not/like) ___________ classical music. Now she (watch) ______ a movie at the cinema with her boyfriend. They (eat) _____________ popcorn and they (drink) ___ coke at the moment.


2- Alex and Bob are in Rome at the moment and they (stay)__________________ for a week in a small hotel near the Coliseum. They (have) ___________________ a great time now! Rome is full of history and it always (have) _______________ a special atmosphere. During the day they usually (walk)_______ around the city and they (take)_________________ a lot of photos. At night they usually (go)______________to different restaurants, (eat) _____ fantastic pasta and (drink) _______________ red wine. At the moment they (visit) ______________________ the “Trevi Fountain”. Now they (buy) _____ a lot of presents for their families too.


3- Justin Cummings (be) ________________ twelve years old. He (live)_____________ in a village near the town of Bondoukou on the Ivory Coast. Justin (get up)________________ at six o’clock every day because he always (walk)______________ to school. School (start)_____________ at eight o’clock and it (be)_____________ many kilometers away from Justin’s house. After school Justin (help)______________ his father on their small farm but he (not/like) ________________ it very much. Now Justin (play) __ football with his friends. They (have) __ a great time at the moment.

Answer 1

Respuesta:

1. My mother isn't working at the moment.

2. What is your brother studying nor?

3. They aren't having lunch now.

4. Tom is walking to school now.

5. My cat is drinking milk now.

1. Is he travelling to the beach now?

2. We aren't making a cake at the moment.

3. Are my parents sleeping now?

4. She isn't cooking now.

1. Sue gets up early on Saturday because she likes weekends.

Then she meets her best friend, Julia, and they play computer games. They fo out to the disco on Saturday nights. On Friday evenings she goes to salsa classes. She doesn't like classical music. Now she is watching a movie at the cinema with her boyfriend.  They are eating popcorn and they are drinking coke at the moment.

2. Alex and Bob are in Rome at the moment and they are staying for a week in a small hotel near the Coliseum. They are having a great time now! Rome is full of history and it always have a special atmosphere. During the day they usually walk around the city and they take a lot of photos. At night they usually go to different restaurants, eat fantastic pasta and drink red wine. At the moment they are visiting the "Trevi Fountain". Now they are buying a lot of presents for their families too.

3. Justin Cummings is twelve years old. He lives in a village near the town of Bondoukou on Ivory Coast. Justin gets up at six o'clock every day because he always walks to school. School starts at eight o'clock and it is many kilometers away from Justin's house. After school Justin helps his father in their small farm but he doesn't like it very much. Now Justin is playing football with his friends. They are having a great time at the moment.

Explicación:

Present continuous:

Afirmativa: sujeto + to be + raíz + ing

Negativa: sujeto + to be + not + raíz +  ing

Interrogativa: to be + sujeto + raíz + ing

Cuando habla de algo que esta pasando ahora mismo es present continuous y cuando habla (en este caso) de hábitos diarios se usa el present simple. El problema es que hay verbos donde no se puede usar el present continuous. Ej. wanting

Espero haberte ayudado :)