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Present: Simple and Continuous

Complete the following sentences using the Complete the sentences using one
Simple Present Tense of the verbs given in of the following:
parentheses.
cause(s) open(s) close(s) speak(s)
1. The children ________get up____at this time every drink(s) live(s) take(s) place
morning. (get up)
2. We seldom ____________go_______________ to the 1. Ann __speak______________ German
North in the summer. (go) very well.
3. I _____have_________________________ breakfast at 2. I never _____drink_____________
7:15 every morning. (have) coffee.
4. John ___read____________________ the newspaper 3. The swimming pool
on the train every day. (read) ____opens_____________at 9:00 a.m and
5. The students sometimes ______closes________ at 6:30 p.m. every
______play___________________rugby at school. (play) day.
6. Peter ___plays________________ bridge with his 4. Bad driving_____causes___ many
friends every Friday night. (play) accidents.
7. The train ___arrives___________________in London at 5. My grand parents
7:50 every morning. (arrive) _____live____________ in a very small
8. Myriam _________washes_________________ the floor apartment.
once or twice a week. (wash) 6. The Olympic Games__take
9. I never __________speak_________Spanish at school. place____________every four years.
(speak)
10. The manager generally __leaves_______________
the office after 8:00 p.m. (leave)
11. My wife and I often
______eat_______________________ in that restaurant.
(eat)
12. Mr Smith ____watches____________________ TV
after dinner every evening. (watch)
Use the Present Continuous or the Simple Present, of the verb given in parentheses

1. My brother Jim ____is working_________ in Boston at present. (work)


2. The secretary generally __leaves_________the office at 7:30 every evening. (leave)
3. Mr. Scott __is watching__________ the news on TV at the moment. (watch) 4. We seldom
______go_________________ to the coast in the winter. (go)
5. Look! John _______is coming___________________ over there. (come)
6. Mary _________comes_________________ to visit us once or twice a month. (come)
7. For the time being, Tom ______is workimg_______________________ as a mechanic. (work)
8. Where __are______________ they ______living_______________at present? (live)
9. Where ____do____________ they usually ___go______________ in the summer? (go)
10. What ___is______________ the boy ______doing_____________at the moment? (do)
11. Look! It __is beginning______ to rain! Let´s go inside. (begin)
12. The bar ____opens__________ at 6:45 and ____closes___at 10:30 every day. (open / close)
13. We _are_______not _____doing______________ anything special right now. We __are_____ just
_watching___________ TV. (do / watch)
14. Hello, Bob! What _are____________you ____doing__________ there now? (do)
15. You must always speak to him in English. He __does___ not ____undestand____________
Spanish. (understand)
16. Listen! Somebody ____is playing___________________ the piano upstairs. Who can it be? (play)
17. What __do_________ you ____like__________________doing when you are at home? (like)
18. Why __are__________ you ________studyng______________English now? Are you planning to go
to the USA? (study)
19. Why _do___________ you always __get__________________ home so late every night? (Get)
20. Look at that man. He ___is wearing________________________a green uniform. He must be a
police officer. (wear)

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