Use the Present Continuous or the Simple Present, of the verb

given in parentheses
1. My brother Jim __________________________ in Boston at present. (work)
2. The secretary generally _________________________the office at 7:30 every
evening. (leave)
3. Mr. Scott ____________________________ the news on TV at the moment.
(watch)
4. We seldom _______________________ to the coast in the winter. (go)
5. Look! John __________________________ over there. (come)
6. Mary __________________________ to visit us once or twice a month. (come)
7. For the time being, Tom _____________________________ as a mechanic.
(work)
8. Where ________________ they _____________________at present? (live)
9. Where ________________ they usually _________________ in the summer? (go)
10. What _________________ the boy ___________________at the moment? (do)
11. Look! It __________________________ to rain! Lets go inside. (begin)
12. The bar _______________________ at 6:45 and _____________________at
10:30 every day. (open / close)
13. We ________not ___________________ anything special right now. We_______
just ____________ TV. (do / watch)
14. Hello, Bob! What _____________you _______________ there now? (do)
15. You must always speak to him in English. He ______________ not
________________ Spanish. (understand)
16. Listen! Somebody _______________________ the piano upstairs. Who can it
be? (play)
17. What ___________ you ______________________doing when you are at
home? (like)
18. Why ____________ you ______________________English now? Are you
planning to go to the USA? (study)
19. Why ____________ you always ____________________ home so late every
night? (Get) 20. Look at that man. He ___________________________a green
uniform. He must be a police officer. (wear)

Complete the sentences by using the Simple Present or the Present

Continuous of the verbs provided.
1. Shhh!! The little boy (sleep) _____________________ . He (sleep)
__________________ for ten hours every night.
2. Right now Im in class and I (sit) _______________________ at my desk. I
usually (sit) _______________________at the same desk in class every day.
3. Mustafa comes from Saudi Arabia .He (speak) _________________________
Arabic. Arabic is his native language, but right now he (speak)
_____________________English.
4. Our teacher (stand, not) _____________________up right now. He (sit)
_______________on the corner of his desk.
5. Its 7 oclock now. Mrs. Blacks at home. She (eat)
_________________________________ dinner. She always (eat)
______________________ dinner with her family around six oclock. 6. It (rain,
not) __________________right now. The sun (shine) ________________ and the
sky (be) ___________blue.
7. (Rain, it), _________________much in the South in the winter?
8. Look out of the window. (Rain, it) ______________________ now? Should I
take my umbrella?
9. Its 7:30 a.m. now and the Wilsons are in their kitchen. Mrs. Wilson (sit)
______________________
at
the
breakfast
table.
She
(read)
________________________
the
morning
paper.
She
(read)
____________________________ the newspaper every morning. Mr Wilson (pour)
____________________________________
a
cup
of
coffee.
He
(drink)
_________________________ two cups of coffee every morning before he (go) to
work. Theres a cartoon on TV now, but the children (watch, not)
___________________________________
it.
They
(play)
____________________________ with their toys instead. They usually (watch)
_____________________ cartoons in the morning, but this morning they (pay,
not) ____________________________ any attention to the TV. Mr and Mrs Wilson
(watch, not) __________________________ TV either. They (like, not )
__________________________ to watch cartoons.
10. Alice (take, not) ____________________________ the bus to work every day.
She usually (walk) _______________________________instead. (Take, you)
_______________________ the bus to get to work every day, or (walk, you)
__________________________________ sometimes?