PRESENT SIMPLE/PRESENT CONTINUOUS
1. Every Monday, Sally _________________ (drive) her kids to football
practice.
2. Usually, I _________________ (work) as a secretary at ABT, but this
summer I _________________ (study) French at a language school in Paris.
That is why I am in Paris.
3. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John _________________ (sleep).
4. Don't forget to take your umbrella. It _________________ (rain).
5. I hate livig in Seattle because it _________________ (rain/always).
6. I'm sorry I can't hear what you _________________ (say) because
everybody _________________ (talk) so loudly.
7. Justin _________________ (write, currently) a book about his adventures in
Tibet. I hope he can find a good publisher when he is finished.
8. Jim: Do you want to come over for dinner tonight?
Denise: Oh, I'm sorry, I can't. I _________________ (go) to a movie tonight
with some friends.
9. The business cards _________________ (be/ normally) printed by a
company in New York. Their prices _________________ (be) inexpensive,
yet the quality of their work is quite good.
10.This delicious chocolate _________________ (be) made by a small
chocolatier in Zurich, Switzerland.
II
Next week, my friends and I _________________ (go) camping in the woods. I
_________________ (organize) the food, because I _________________ (like)
cooking. Dave _________________ (have) a big car with a trailer, so he
_________________ (plan) the transportation. Sam _________________
(bring) the tent – he _________________ (go) camping every day, so he
_________________ (have) a great tent and lots of other equipment. My wife
_________________ (think) we're crazy. She _________________ (like)
holidays in comfortable hotels, so she _________________ (take) a trip to Paris
instead.
III Put the right word in the right tense
Enjoy play work know wait finish
Prefer produce seem interview talk
1. I always ________ tennis on Fridays.
2.He ________ his report. He will bring it into the office
when it is
complete.
3. "My parents phoned me this morning. They _________
themselves in the Seychelles. Champagne every night! In fact,
they don't want to leave."
4.We ________ to entertain our guests in a local restaurant
rather than the canteen. Although it is expensive, we can talk
freely there.
5. I ___________ the answer to your problem. Get a new computer.
6. "Where is John?" "In his office ____________ for an important
telephone call."
7. I can't make the meeting tomorrow. I _____________ the applicants
for the sales mana ger's job.
8. My brother _____________ for Shink Inc. which makes
bathroom
fittings.
9. Who ___________ to Bill? Is it the new secretary?
10. The new contract ________________ fine to me. However,
could you just check it through once more?
IV Choose the correct tense
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!
