PRESENT TENSES
SIMPLE AND PROGRESSIVE (CONTINUOUS)
TASK 1
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 living 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) 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) 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.
TASK 2
Marie-Claude isn't a Canadian. I ________ she comes from France.
a) Believe b) am believing
You won't find Jerry at home right now. He ________ in the library.
Studies b) is studying
I ________ to Toronto next Thursday. Do you want to come?
Go b) am going
Don't give Jan any cheese. She ________ it!
Hates b) is hating
Salman is rich — he ________ a Mercedes.
drives b) is driving
It ________ quite hard — perhaps we shouldn't go out tonight.
snows b) is snowing
Once a week, I ________ to an art class at the college.
go b) am going
Look! Junko ________ into the water.
jumps b) is jumping
I ________ you're crazy!
think b) am thinking
I ________ lunch in the cafeteria every day.
have b) am having
