Present Simple vs. Present Continuous
A Grade 6 ELA worksheet to practice distinguishing and using the present simple and present continuous tenses.
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Present Simple vs. Present Continuous
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Read each instruction carefully and complete the tasks. This worksheet will help you understand and use the present simple and present continuous verb tenses.
1. Which sentence uses the present simple tense correctly?
She is eating an apple now.
They are playing soccer every day.
He works at the library.
I am reading a book yesterday.
2. When do we usually use the present continuous tense?
For habits and routines.
For actions happening now.
For events in the past.
For future predictions.
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in parentheses (present simple or present continuous).
3. My sister (read) a fascinating book right now.
4. Birds (sing) every morning.
5. We (not watch) TV at the moment.
6. He always (forget) his keys.
Indicate whether each statement about verb tenses is True or False.
7. The present simple is used for actions happening at the exact moment of speaking.
True
False
8. Adding '-ing' to a verb always makes it present continuous.
True
False
9. Write two sentences. In the first sentence, describe something you do regularly (present simple). In the second sentence, describe something you are doing right now (present continuous).
Read the short passage below and answer the questions that follow.
Maria loves to draw. Every evening, she sits at her desk and sketches in her notebook. Today, however, is different. She is not drawing. Instead, she is carefully painting a small wooden birdhouse. Her cat, Whiskers, is sleeping peacefully on the window sill, occasionally twitching his tail. Maria usually listens to music while she works, but today she is enjoying the quiet.
10. Find two examples of the present simple tense in the passage.
11. Find two examples of the present continuous tense in the passage.