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Present Simple or Present Continuous

The document contains exercises focused on the use of present simple and present continuous tenses in English. It includes fill-in-the-blank sentences, sentence formation using given words, and identifying the correctness of underlined verbs. The exercises aim to reinforce understanding and application of these grammatical concepts.

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Present Simple or Present Continuous

The document contains exercises focused on the use of present simple and present continuous tenses in English. It includes fill-in-the-blank sentences, sentence formation using given words, and identifying the correctness of underlined verbs. The exercises aim to reinforce understanding and application of these grammatical concepts.

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Present Simple or Present Continuous

Exercise 1
Put the verb into the correct form, present continuous or
present simple.
1 Are you hungry? ……………………. (you / want)
something to eat?
2 Don’t put the dictionary away. ……………………. (I /
use) it.
3 Don’t put the dictionary away. ……………………. (I /
need) it.
4 Who is that man? What ……………………. (he / want)?
5 Who is that man? Why ……………………. (he / look) at
us?
6 Alan says he’s 80 years old, but nobody
……………………. (believe) him.
7 She told me her name, but ……………………. (I / not /
remember) it now.
8 ……………………. (I / think) of selling my car. Would
you be interested in buying it?
9 ……………………. (I / think) you should sell your car.
……………………. (you / not / use) it very often.
10 Air ……………………. (consist) mainly of nitrogen and
oxygen.

Exercise 2
Use the words in brackets to make sentences.
1 (you / not / seem / very happy today)
…………………….
2 (what / you / do?) …………………….
Be quiet! (I / think) …………………….
3 (who / this umbrella / belong to?) …………………….
I have no idea
4 (the dinner / smell / good) …………………….
5 Excuse me. (anybody / sit / there?) …………………….
No, it’s free.
6 (these gloves / not / fit / me) …………………….
They’re too small.

Exercise 3
Are the underlined verbs right or wrong? Correct them where
necessary.
1 Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. …………………….
2 The water boils. Can you turn it off? …………………….
3 Look! That man tries to open the door of your car.
…………………….
4 Can you hear those people? What do they talk about?
…………………….
5 The moon goes round the earth in about 27 days.
…………………….
6 I must go now. It gets late. …………………….
7 I usually go to work by car. …………………….
8 ‘Hurry up! It’s time to leave.’ ‘OK, I come.’
…………………….
9 I hear you’ve got a new job. How do you get on?
…………………….
10 Paul is never late. He’s always getting to work on time.
…………………….
11 They don’t get on well. They’re always arguing.
…………………….

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