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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

Dear _____________,

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