PRESENT SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS? COMPLETE THE TEXT WITH EITHER THE PRESENT SIMPLE OR THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS OF
THE VERBS GIVEN
This is Sandy, she
(be) thirteen, she
(live) in London with her
parents who (be) teachers. She (have) a niee bedroom where she
(spend) a lot of time chatting with friends on her laptop, She also
(watch) a lot of videos on You Tube but she also
(send)some videos she
(make) herself, and she (have) some followers | At the moment she
(prepare ) one in which she
(Sing) and
(play) the guitar
She
(have) to rehearse a lot to be ready but she
(not/mind) Ishe (be) also
very sporty. so she
(swim) three times a week and she
(play) handball in a club
right now, her team
(practise) for the next school championships, and she
(think) they
(90) to win IShe
(90) shopping a lot too!
Her best friend (be) Lee, he (be) thirteen as well.
He
(work) very well at school and Sandy usually
(say) he
(spend) too much time on his books Other pupils
(call him * Bookworm
as he
(stay) in the library for hours on end I But he
(be) also very
funny and (know) plenty of very good jokes In fact, now he
(learnt)
some to appear in one of Sandy's videos, but he
(not/ like) sports at all, so he never
(practise) any outside school, which (be) a shame Her
parents (be) both forty years old and they
(work) in the some
school which (be) quite for from their house so they
(take) the
underground every day to go there. With Sandy and her older sister Jenny, they
(live) in a semi-detached house with a small front garden and a bigger back garden At the
moment, they
(renovate) Jenny's bedroom while she (study) at university
She
(want) to become a doctor and she
(work) very hord for it. Apart
from that, they
(like) spending time with their daughters and
to Sandy's handball matches, or to the cinema. When they
(be) on holidays all together, they
usually
(visit ) their fomily in
(enjoy) golny
Totnes in Devon, because they really
(love) hiking in the countryside!​

This is a text about Sandy and her daily activities. We need to decide whether to use the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs in the brackets.

Sandy (be) thirteen and she (live) in London with her parents who (be) teachers.

She (have) a nice bedroom where she (spend) a lot of time chatting with friends on her laptop. She also (watch) a lot of videos on YouTube but she also (send) some videos she (make) herself, and she (have) some followers.

At the moment she (prepare) one in which she (sing) and (play) the guitar. She (have) to rehearse a lot to be ready but she (not/mind) it.

She (be) also very sporty, so she (swim) three times a week and she (play) handball in a club. Right now, her team (practice) for the next school championships, and she (think) they (win).

She (go) shopping a lot too!

Her best friend Lee (be) thirteen as well. He (work) very well at school and Sandy usually (say) he (spend) too much time on his books. Other pupils (call) him "Bookworm" as he (stay) in the library for hours on end.

But he (be) also very funny and (know) plenty of very good jokes. In fact, now he (learn) some to appear in one of Sandy's videos, but he (not/like) sports at all, so he never (practice) any outside school, which (be) a shame.

Her parents both (be) forty years old and they (work) in the same school, which (be) quite far from their house, so they (take) the underground every day to go there.

With Sandy and her older sister Jenny, they (live) in a semi-detached house with a small front garden and a bigger back garden.

At the moment, they (renovate) Jenny's bedroom while she (study) at university. She (want) to become a doctor and she (work) very hard for it.

Apart from that, they (like) spending time with their daughters and (go) to Sandy's handball matches or to the cinema.

When they (be) on holidays all together, they usually (visit) their family in Totnes in Devon because they really (love) hiking in the countryside!

Now let's go over the correct usage of the present simple and present continuous tense in each sentence:

1. Sandy (be) thirteen - present simple (general fact)
2. she (live) in London with her parents - present simple (habitual action)
3. who (be) teachers - present simple (general fact)
4. She (have) a nice bedroom - present simple (habitual action)
5. she (spend) a lot of time chatting - present continuous (current action)
6. She also (watch) a lot of videos - present simple (habitual action)
7. she (send) some videos - present simple (habitual action)
8. she (make) herself - present simple (habitual action)
9. she (have) some followers - present simple (habitual action)
10. At the moment she (prepare) - present continuous (current action)
11. she (sing) and (play) the guitar - present continuous (current action)
12. she (not/mind) it - present simple (habitual action)
13. she (swim) three times a week - present simple (habitual action)
14. she (play) handball - present simple (habitual action)
15. her team (practice) - present continuous (current action)
16. she (think) they (win) - present simple (opinion)
17. She (go) shopping a lot - present simple (habitual action)
18. Her best friend Lee (be) thirteen - present simple (general fact)
19. He (work) very well at school - present simple (habitual action)
20. Sandy usually (say) he (spend) - present simple (habitual action)
21. he (stay) in the library - present simple (habitual action)
22. But he (be) also very funny - present simple (general fact)
23. he (know) plenty of very good jokes - present simple (habitual action)
24. now he (learned) some - present perfect (recently completed action)
25. he (not/like) sports at all - present simple (general fact)
26. so he never (practice) any - present simple (habitual action)
27. which (be) a shame - present simple (general fact)
28. Her parents both (be) forty years old - present simple (general fact)
29. they (work) in the same school - present simple (habitual action)
30. which (be) quite far - present simple (general fact)
31. they (take) the underground every day - present simple (habitual action)
32. they (live) in a semi-detached house - present simple (habitual action)
33. they (renovate) Jenny's bedroom - present continuous (current action)
34. she (study) at university - present simple (habitual action)
35. she (want) to become a doctor - present simple (desire/goal)
36. she (work) very hard for it - present simple (habitual action)
37. they (like) spending time - present simple (habitual action)
38. they (go) to Sandy's handball matches - present simple (habitual action)
39. When they (be) on holidays - present simple (habitual action)
40. they usually (visit) their family - present simple (habitual action)
41. they really (love) hiking - present simple (habitual action)

I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any further questions.