Present Simple and Present Continuous Active Grammar

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PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS

A. Choose the correct answer. Justify your answers.

e.g He is living in Madrid until September. ( temporary situation)

1. Bees _____ (give) honey.( a. are giving b. giving c. give d. gives)

2.You ______ to pay the bills.(a. always forget b. are always forgetting c. forgetd.forgets)

3.The story is about a man who____his wife (a. is killing b. kills c.kill d. killing)

4.The action of the film ____( a. begin b. begins c. is beginning d. arebeginning) when two young men ____a bank. (a . robs b. rob c. are robbing d. robb)

5. More and more forests ______ ( a. disappear b. are disappearing c. disappears d.disappearing) because of fires.

6.It ________in the desert. (a.rarely rains b.is rarely raining c. rains rarely d. arerarely rains)

7.The climate _______ warmer every year. (a. get b. is getting c. gets d. getting)

8. Computers ______ faster every year (a. become b. are becoming c. became d.becoming)

9. I ______an ice cream now( a. am wanting b.wants c. want d. wanted)

10. The man ______a blue T-shirt (a. wears b. is wearing c wear d. wearing) andthe woman next to him ______ a yellow dress (a. wears b. wear c is wearing d.wore).

11. More young people __________( a. buy b. buying c. are buying d. is buying)cars nowadays.

12.Every morning he _________(a. is leaving b. leaves c. leave d. leave)home at8:00.

13. I _______________(a. am staying b. stay c.staying d. am staing)with my myaunt and uncle at the moment.

14. I____________( a. am thinking b. think c. thinking d. thinks) we are lost.

15. More wild animals _________(a. become b. are becoming c. becoming d. becomes) extinct these days.

16. Beckham _________(a.kicks b. is kicking c.kicking d. kickes) the ball and _________( a. is passing b. pass c. passes d. passing ) it to Rooney.

17. He ___________( a. is constantly complaining b. constantly complains c. constantly complaining d. constantly complain) about everything!!!

18. He ________( a. has b. is having c.have d.having ) a shower at the moment.



19. He ________( a.is having b. has c. have d. having)a lunch now.

20._____you often _____(a.Do,go b. Are, going c. Does, goes d. Does,go)

B. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense.

These days, it seems that everything _________(change). Cities ______( become)bigger and busier every year, technology ___________(develop) faster than ever

before, and scientists ________(learn) more about the way things work.

Water _______(boil) at 100C and ________(freeze) when the temperature ______(drop) below 0 C. Salt water ________(be) different, however.

This film _____(be) great. It_____(have) an all-star cast and the script _____(be)very funny. The action ______(start) when a woman _______(lose) her son.

Michael McIntosh ______(be) a very busy man. On Mondays he ________(leave)home at 9:00 and _______(go) to his office. He _________(usuallyhave) meetings until lunchtime, and in the afternoon, he ___________(often visit)

the people of Madewell. He really _________(enjoy) talking to people. At themoment, he____________( organise) his election campaign.

STATE VERBS

1. I _____ (see) you are feeling better.

2. I _____ (see) Jack at 9:00 tomorrow.

3. Graham ____ (have) a new computer.4. The people next door _______ ( have) a party.

5. I ______ ( think ) someone is following us.

6. I _______ ( think ) what to do next.

7. What ________ (look ) at?

8. You ________ (look ) very pretty.

9. _____________(know) that man over there?

10. I am sorry but I __________( not understand ) what you say.

11. Your skin _______( feel ) like silk.

12. I _________( feel ) the radiator to see if it’s getting warm.

13. This cake _______( taste) awful.

14. I ___________( taste) the soup to see if it has salt.

15. He ___________(weigh) 65 kilos.

16. He ___________ (weigh) the ingredients of the cake.

17. T his book is mine .It _________(belong) to me.



18. Your perfume_________(smell) nice.

19. The soup ______(taste) awful.

20. Mark ______________(feel) his son’s forehead to check histemperature.

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