Z Present Continuous - Present Simple 12 George driver (drive) 6 a They do their homework now. to work every morning. 13 He walking. (walk) in the park now. 14 Julie sometimes (wear) long skirts. 15 It... mowing (snow) heavily today. 8 6 Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the present continuous. b They are doing their homework now. 7 a Charles catches the bus to work every morning. b Charles is catching the bus to work every morning. a The children are making a snowman at the moment. b The children make a snowman at the moment. Dear Steve, 11) 2) We 3) beautiful Montreal. It usually 4) (write) to you from Canada. (be) on holiday with my brother. (visit) my parents in (snow) here this time of year, but the weather is lovely and the sun 5). (shine) today. 6) (be) very My brother and busy this week. There is a big family dinner on Tuesday and we 7) very hard to have everything ready. My brother 9 a It rains in Prague today. b It is raining in Prague today. 10 a I listen to music every evening. b I am listening to music every evening. 8 a) Fill in the correct form of the verbs below. watch, have, make, play, wear, go Every winter my sister and I make a snowman. We 1) .......... heavy jackets and gloves and 2) outside. Our mum 3) and our dad 4) ............. us from the window hot chocolate for everybody. Sometimes our mum comes outside and in the snow with us. We 6) (try) 8) 9) 10) (sleep) now and I (listen) to music. We (have) a really good time . 5) a great time! See you soon. Yours, Mike 7 Tick the correct sentences, as in the example. 1 a It is raining heavily today. b It rains heavily today. 2 a Frank plays football every weekend. b Frank is playing football every weekend. 3 a The sun is shining at the moment. b The sun shines at the moment. 4 a Jessica is playing the drums in her free time. b Jessica plays the drums in her free time. 5 a James usually wears a shirt and tie. b James is usually wearing a shirt and tie. 327 ....... b) Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. It's Sunday today. It is summer and we are all at the beach. Mum 1) the moment and dad 2) a book. My sister 3) now. She 4) with a friend. 15) swimming-costume and I 6) (make) a sandcastle. Everyone 7) (have) fun and 8) great weather! Plurals (sunbathe) at (read) (not/swim) (have) coffee (wear) my new (enjoy) the 9 Rewrite the sentences with the underlined words in the plural, as in the example. 1 Do you like that.book? Do you like those books? 2 This boy loves playing football. These boys love playing football.​