Choose the following verbs and put them into the Present Simple or Present Continuous: read, leave, play, rain, wear, do, think, work, talk, go, fly. Complete the dialogues: 1) Helen ______ the violin very well. — Yes, she’s a very good violinist. 2) Where are your children? — They ______ a kite with their uncle. 3) What ______ you ______ at weekends? — We ______ to the theatre or to the cinema. 4) We ______ the house at 6 every morning. — That’s very early. 5) Look! Kate ______ a beautiful suit today. — Yes, it suits her. 6) Why ______ they ______ so loudly? — They always do. 7) It ______ today. — Let’s go on a picnic tomorrow. 8) I ______ of buying a new bicycle. — That’s a good idea. 9) What ______ you ______? — Look! It’s my favourite magazine.

1. Helen plays the violin very well. — Yes, she’s a very good violinist.
2. Where are your children? — They are flying a kite with their uncle.
3. What do you do at weekends? — We go to the theatre or to the cinema.
4. We leave the house at 6 every morning. — That’s very early.
5. Look! Kate is wearing a beautiful suit today. — Yes, it suits her.
6. Why are they talking so loudly? — They always do.
7. It is raining today. — Let’s go on a picnic tomorrow.
8. I am thinking of buying a new bicycle. — That’s a good idea.
9. What are you reading? — Look! It’s my favourite magazine.

Present Simple выражает привычные или повторяющиеся действия; Present Continuous — действия, происходящие сейчас или временно.