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Put the verbs into the correct tense (present simple OR present continuous):
1. The train always ________________ (leave) on time.
2. "What's the matter? Why ________________(cry/you)?
3. We ___________________ (watch) TV at the moment.
4. He________________(not speak) very good English.
5. Please be quiet! I________________(do) my homework.
6. Where______ they _________ (go)on holiday every summer?
7. Listen! John ________________ music! (play).
8. She never ______________ (swim) in pools.
Harold Black's a famous pianist. He________________(give) two or three concerts every
week. He_______________(travel) a lot. This week he's in New York.
He________________(stay) at an expensive hotel. He's at his hotel now.
He________________( have) breakfast at the dining−room. He ________________(drink) a
cup of coffee and he________________(read) a newspaper. Harold's always very busy.
He usually ________________(play) the piano. He________________(practise) for four
hours every day. He never ________________(go) to bed late and he always
________________(get up) early. He ________________(get) dressed, and this morning
he________________(wear) blue jeans and a white shirt!
2. Choose the correct.
1. Marie-Claude isn't Canadian. I ________ she comes from France.
A. believe
B. am believing
2. Look! Junko ________ into the water.
A. jumps
B. is jumping
3. I ________ you're crazy!
A. think
B. am thinking
4. Don't give Jan any cheese. She ________ it!
A. hates
B. is hating
5. I ________ to Toronto next Thursday.Do you want to come with me?
A. go
B. am going
6. I ________ the question. Can you repeat it, please?
A. don’t understand
B. am not understanding
7. She likes __________ books.
A. read
B. reading
8. He ________ in Manhattan.
A. is living
B. lives
9. I love _________ to music.
A. listening
B. listen
10. This cake _________ very good.
A. tastes
B. is tasting
3. Present Simple or Continuous? Choose the correct alternative(s) in the sentences 1-
8 below.
1. Today she ’s spending/spends time with her grandmother.
2. They usually are going/go to the gym on Sundays.
3. We ’re having/have a barbecue later on. Do you want to come?
4. No, she can’t answer the phone, she has/is having a shower.
5. I always have/am having a coffee before I ’m leaving/leave for work in the
morning.
6. They sometimes fly/are flying to Sweden, but usually they are going/go by
boat.
7. Where are you? I ’m sitting/sit outside in the sunshine!
8. He always brings/is bringing a monolingual dictionary to his English class.
Imagine that you are on a holiday. Write a letter to your friend telling him about:
where you are
if you are having a good time
what time you get up and what you always do in the morning
something different you are doing this morning
how you usually spend your afternoons (go swimming/do water sports)
something different you and your friends are doing this afternoon
how you sometimes spend your evenings (eat at home/eat in restaurants)
something different you and your friends are doing tonight
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