The document provides 53 sentences with blanks to be filled in with the correct present simple or present continuous verb form. The sentences test a variety of present tense verbs and contexts, including habitual actions, ongoing actions, scheduled events and more.
The document provides 53 sentences with blanks to be filled in with the correct present simple or present continuous verb form. The sentences test a variety of present tense verbs and contexts, including habitual actions, ongoing actions, scheduled events and more.
The document provides 53 sentences with blanks to be filled in with the correct present simple or present continuous verb form. The sentences test a variety of present tense verbs and contexts, including habitual actions, ongoing actions, scheduled events and more.
The document provides 53 sentences with blanks to be filled in with the correct present simple or present continuous verb form. The sentences test a variety of present tense verbs and contexts, including habitual actions, ongoing actions, scheduled events and more.
Present Tense – Simple or Continuous: Fill in the correct form.
1. It often __________________ in Ireland (rain).
2. __________________ there now (rain)? 3. Susan __________________ to her parents every Sunday night (write). 4. Stop at once! You __________________ the flowers every time the ball __________________ in the garden (break, land) 5. Where is Kevin? He __________________ tennis with Sue. (play) 6. She normally __________________ in Northbridge but she __________________ with friends at the moment. (live, stay) 7. Hurry up, the teacher __________________ to begin (wait). 8. I __________________ a word Tim says (not believe). 9. The new lawnmower __________________ well at the moment (work) 10. What __________________ do for a living? (you, do) 11. As a secretary I __________________ hundreds of letters every week (write). 12. My boss __________________ to change jobs soon (want) 13. Look! She __________________ in the non- smoking area (smoke) 14. We __________________ our break now, Mr. Smith (take) 15. The well-known actor __________________ a lot of fan mail (get) 16. Dorothy __________________ to read a good novel in her holidays (love) 17. My brother __________________ Italy the very moment I speak (tour) 18. Such bad behaviour __________________ me mad (make). 19. He usually __________________ out on Saturday night. (go) 20. She __________________ by train to Liverpool today. (depart) 21. They __________________ a game of cards right now. (have) 22. What __________________ , Mom? (you bake) 23. Songs that are not popular __________________ very well (not sell) 24. I __________________ a hat today because it is a special day (wear) 25. __________________ to the bridge club? (you belong) 26. The car __________________ oil. Can you fix it? (lose) 27. Our children __________________ playing in the hut (enjoy) 28. The headmaster rarely __________________ a class (teach) 29. __________________ if I ask a question? (you mind) 30. I __________________ some money because we __________________ to Vienna for the weekend. (save, travel) 31. What __________________ ? – It __________________ forty euros (this one – cost, cost) 32. He never __________________ to what you say. – He always keeps __________________ about someone else (listen, think) 33. The boy and his father __________________ a long conversation. – I wonder what they __________________ about (have, talk) 34. Robert __________________ the same bus every morning (catch) 35. At the moment they __________________ in a small flat but they are looking for something else. (live, look) Present Tense – Simple or Continuous: Fill in the correct form. 17. It often __________________ in Ireland (rain). 18. __________________ there now (rain)? 19. Susan __________________ to her parents every Sunday night (write). 20. Stop at once! You __________________ the flowers every time the ball __________________ in the garden (break, land) 21. Where is Kevin? He __________________ tennis with Sue. (play) 22. She normally __________________ in Northbridge but she __________________ with friends at the moment. (live, stay) 23. Hurry up, the teacher __________________ to begin (wait). 24. I __________________ a word Tim says (not believe). 25. The new lawnmower __________________ well at the moment (work) 26. What __________________ do for a living? (you, do) 27. As a secretary I __________________ hundreds of letters every week (write). 28. My boss __________________ to change jobs soon (want) 29. Look! She __________________ in the non- smoking area (smoke) 30. We __________________ our break now, Mr. Smith (take) 31. The well-known actor __________________ a lot of fan mail (get) 32. Dorothy __________________ to read a good novel in her holidays (love) 17. My brother __________________ Italy the very moment I speak (tour) 36. Such bad behaviour __________________ me mad (make). 37. He usually __________________ out on Saturday night. (go) 38. She __________________ by train to Liverpool today. (depart) 39. They __________________ a game of cards right now. (have) 40. What __________________ , Mom? (you bake) 41. Songs that are not popular __________________ very well (not sell) 42. I __________________ a hat today because it is a special day (wear) 43. __________________ to the bridge club? (you belong) 44. The car __________________ oil. Can you fix it? (lose) 45. Our children __________________ playing in the hut (enjoy) 46. The headmaster rarely __________________ a class (teach) 47. __________________ if I ask a question? (you mind) 48. I __________________ some money because we __________________ to Vienna for the weekend. (save, travel) 49. What __________________ ? – It __________________ forty euros (this one – cost, cost) 50. He never __________________ to what you say. – He always keeps __________________ about someone else (listen, think) 51. The boy and his father __________________ a long conversation. – I wonder what they __________________ about (have, talk) 52. Robert __________________ the same bus every morning (catch) 53. At the moment they __________________ in a small flat but they are looking for something else. (live, look)