The Best Present Simple vs. Present Progressive Exercises

Hello English learners and teachers! This is a collection of the best exercises on the topic of the present simple that I have encountered around the web in my years of teaching English. My students complete these exercises regularly as homework based on their level; their grammar improves and they thrive!

If you find any mistakes, have additional exercises to recommend, or if you would like any text added to the “Notes” column, let me know!

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Your English Coach

Exercise	Website name	Length	Type of exercise	Difficulty	Link	Notes
Mixed topics: present to-be, simple, progressive
Present simple vs. progressive -- positive	ego4u	5	Conjugate in story	1 - "Level 1"	https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises?ex03
Present simple vs. progressive -- positive	ego4u	6	Conjugate in story	1 - "Level 1"	https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises?ex02
Present simple vs. progressive -- positive	ego4u	8	Conjugate in story	1 - "Level 1"	https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises?ex05
Present simple vs. progressive -- positive, one negative, one question	ego4u	7	Conjugate in story	1 - "Level 1"	https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises?ex04
Present simple vs. progressive -- positive, one negative, one question	ego4u	10	Conjugate in sentences	1 - "Level 1"	https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises
Present simple vs. progressive -- positive, one question	ego4u	14	Conjugate in story	1 - "Level 1"	https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises?ex06
Present simple vs. progressive -- positive, one question	ego4u	9	Conjugate in story	3 - "Level 3"	https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises?ex10	Narrative use of the present simple
Present simple vs. present progressive -- mixed sentence types	ego4u	35	7x5 Various exercises	2 - "Level 1"	https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/tests?test1
Present simple vs. present progressive -- mixed sentence types	ego4u	12	Conjugate in story	REASSESS IN FUTURE SHEET "Level 3"	https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises?ex12	Includes stative verbs and the narrative use of the present simple

A few notes about the table structure:

Length — Indicates the number of questions in the exercise.

Difficulty — Indicates the relative difficulty of the exercises among those mentioned here

Notes — Any errors or sub-topics are indicated here.