Nicht vergessen: Regeln sind Leitlinien – sie sind nur selten absolut.
Simple Present vs Present Progressive
Simple Present → routines, habits, facts
Present Progressive → happening now / temporary situations
He plays tennis every Saturday. (routine)
[Er spielt jeden Samstag Tennis.]
He is playing tennis now. (now)
[Er spielt gerade Tennis.]
1. He ______ tennis every Saturday. (routine)
plays
a) plays
b) is playing
[Er spielt jeden Samstag Tennis.]
2. He ______ tennis now. (now)
is playing
a) plays
b) is playing
[Er spielt gerade Tennis.]
3. He ______ tennis today. (temporary negative)
is not playing
a) is not playing
b) does not play
[Er spielt heute nicht Tennis.]
4. He ______ tennis in winter. (habit negative)
does not play
a) is not playing
b) does not play
[Er spielt im Winter kein Tennis.]
5. ______ he playing tennis now?
Is
a) Is
b) Does
[Spielt er gerade Tennis?]
6. ______ he play tennis every Saturday?
Does
a) Is
b) Does
[Spielt er jeden Samstag Tennis?]
7. I ______ breakfast at 7 every day. (routine)
eat
a) eat
b) am eating
[Ich frühstücke jeden Tag um 7.]
8. I ______ breakfast now. (now)
am eating
a) eat
b) am eating
[Ich frühstücke gerade.]
9. I ______ breakfast at the moment. (temporary negative)
am not eating
a) am not eating
b) do not eat
[Ich frühstücke gerade nicht.]
10. I ______ breakfast at noon. (habit negative)
do not eat
a) am not eating
b) do not eat
[Ich frühstücke nicht mittags.]
11. ______ I eating now?
Am
a) Am
b) Do
[Esse ich gerade?]
12. ______ I eat breakfast every day?
Do
a) Am
b) Do
[Frühstücke ich jeden Tag?]
13. My parents ______ in a small town. (fact)
live
a) live
b) are living
[Meine Eltern leben in einer kleinen Stadt.]
14. My parents ______ with us this month. (temporary)
are living
a) live
b) are living
[Meine Eltern wohnen diesen Monat bei uns.]
15. My parents ______ with us this week. (temporary negative)
are not living
a) are not living
b) do not live
[Meine Eltern wohnen diese Woche nicht bei uns.]
16. My parents ______ in Hamburg. (fact negative)
do not live
a) are not living
b) do not live
[Meine Eltern leben nicht in Hamburg.]
17. ______ my parents living here now?
Are
a) Are
b) Do
[Wohnen meine Eltern gerade hier?]
18. ______ my parents live near here?
Do
a) Are
b) Do
[Leben meine Eltern in der Nähe?]
19. We ______ German on Tuesdays. (routine)
study
a) study
b) are studying
[Wir lernen dienstags Deutsch.]
20. We ______ German now. (now)
are studying
a) study
b) are studying
[Wir lernen gerade Deutsch.]
21. We ______ German this afternoon. (temporary negative)
are not studying
a) are not studying
b) do not study
[Wir lernen heute Nachmittag nicht Deutsch.]
22. We ______ German on Sundays. (habit negative)
do not study
a) are not studying
b) do not study
[Wir lernen sonntags nicht Deutsch.]
23. ______ we studying German now?
Are
a) Are
b) Do
[Lernen wir gerade Deutsch?]
24. ______ we study German every week?
Do
a) Are
b) Do
[Lernen wir jede Woche Deutsch?]
25. She ______ her room now. (temporary)
is cleaning
a) is cleaning
b) cleans
[Sie putzt gerade ihr Zimmer.]