Use the Present Continuous or the Simple Present, of the verb
given in parentheses 1. My brother Jim __________________________
in Boston at present. (work) 2. The secretary generally
_________________________the office at 7:30 every evening. (leave)
3. Mr. Scott ____________________________ the news on TV at the
moment. (watch) 4. We seldom _______________________ to the coast
in the winter. (go) 5. Look! John __________________________ over
there. (come)6. Mary __________________________ to visit us once or
twice a month. (come) 7. For the time being, Tom
_____________________________ as a mechanic. (work) 8. Where
________________ they _____________________at present? (live) 9.
Where ________________ they usually _________________ in the
summer? (go) 10. What _________________ the boy
___________________at the moment? (do) 11. Look! It
__________________________ to rain! Lets go inside. (begin) 12. The
bar _______________________ at 6:45 and _____________________at
10:30 every day. (open / close) 13. We ________not
___________________ anything special right now. We_______ just
____________ TV. (do / watch) 14. Hello, Bob! What _____________you
_______________ there now? (do) 15. You must always speak to him in
English. He ______________ not ________________ Spanish.
(understand) 16. Listen! Somebody _______________________ the piano
upstairs. Who can it be? (play) 17. What ___________ you
______________________doing when you are at home? (like) 18. Why
____________ you ______________________English now? Are you
planning to go to the USA? (study) 19. Why ____________ you always
____________________ home so late every night? (Get) 20. Look at
that man. He ___________________________a green uniform. He must be
a police officer. (wear)
Complete the sentences by using the Simple Present or the
Present Continuous of the verbs provided.1. Shhh!! The little boy
(sleep) _____________________ . He (sleep) __________________ for
ten hours every night.2. Right now Im in class and I (sit)
_______________________ at my desk. I usually (sit)
_______________________at the same desk in class every day. 3.
Mustafa comes from Saudi Arabia .He (speak)
_________________________ Arabic. Arabic is his native language,
but right now he (speak) _____________________English. 4. Our
teacher (stand, not) _____________________up right now. He (sit)
_______________on the corner of his desk. 5. Its 7 oclock now. Mrs.
Blacks at home. She (eat) _________________________________ dinner.
She always (eat) ______________________ dinner with her family
around six oclock. 6. It (rain, not) __________________right now.
The sun (shine) ________________ and the sky (be) ___________blue.
7. (Rain, it), _________________much in the South in the winter? 8.
Look out of the window. (Rain, it) ______________________ now?
Should I take my umbrella? 9. Its 7:30 a.m. now and the Wilsons are
in their kitchen. Mrs. Wilson (sit) ______________________ at the
breakfast table. She (read) ________________________ the morning
paper. She (read) ____________________________ the newspaper every
morning. Mr Wilson (pour) ____________________________________ a
cup of coffee. He (drink) _________________________ two cups of
coffee every morning before he (go) to work. Theres a cartoon on TV
now, but the children (watch, not)
___________________________________ it. They (play)
____________________________ with their toys instead. They usually
(watch) _____________________ cartoons in the morning, but this
morning they (pay, not) ____________________________ any attention
to the TV. Mr and Mrs Wilson (watch, not)
__________________________ TV either. They (like, not )
__________________________ to watch cartoons. 10. Alice (take, not)
____________________________ the bus to work every day. She usually
(walk) _______________________________instead. (Take, you)
_______________________ the bus to get to work every day, or (walk,
you) __________________________________ sometimes?
