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B1 Present Tense Simple and Continuous T003

Complete the sentences using the correct form of the present tense.

1. Do you know
___________________ how old I am? (YOU KNOW)

2. How ___________________
do you get to work? – I usually ___________________
drive by car, but today Jack
___________________ me up (YOU GET, DRIVE, PICK)
is picking

3. It often ___________________
rains in Ireland, but it never ___________________
rains for days on end.
(RAIN, RAIN)

4. I usually _________________
speak so quickly that he __________________
don't understand me. (SPEAK, NOT
UNDERSTAND)

5. Jane’s husband ___________________

doesn't smoke . (NOT SMOKE)

6. Why ___________________
are you puttingon your coat? – I ___________________
am going for a walk. –
___________________
Do you want to come with me? (YOU PUT, GO, YOU WANT)

7. I always _________________
buy lottery tickets, but I never _____________
win anything. (BUY, WIN)

8. It ___________________
doesn't often rain in Egypt. (NOT OFTEN RAIN)

9. Are
___________________
you writing to him today? – Yes, I always ___________________
write to him on his
birthday. (YOU WRITE, WRITE)

10. Can you hear that? The car ___________________

is making such a strange noise. – It’s OK. It always
___________________
sounds like that. (MAKE, SOUND)

11. The plane that you ___________________

are looking at right now ___________________
leavesis he for Paris.
(LOOK, LEAVE)

12. What ___________________

is he doing to his car? – I think he ___________________
is polishing it. (HE DO, POLISH)

13. Susan ___________________

writes to her parents every Sunday. In fact, she ___________________
is writing
to them today. (WRITE, WRITE)

14. Stop at once! You ___________________

destroy lands
the flowers every time the ball ________________ in
the garden! (DESTROY, LAND)

15. Where is Kevin? I can’t find him anywhere. – He ___________________

is playing with Sue in the
garden (PLAY).
always
16. She normally ___________________
lives in London, but this weekend she _________________
is staying
with some friends in Liverpool. (LIVE, STAY)

17. Hurry up, the teacher ___________________

is waiting to begin! (WAIT)

18. I ___________________
don't believe a word he ___________________
is saying . (NOT BELIEVE, SAY)

19. What ___________________

do you do for a living, Claire? – Well as a secretary , I ___________________
write
emails for my boss all the time. (YOU DO, WRITE)

20. Look over there! He ___________________

is smoking in a non-smoking area! (SMOKE)

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 B1 Present Tense Simple and Continuous T004

Complete the sentences using the correct form of the present tense.

1. We ______________________ our break now, Mr. Miller. (TAKE)

2. She ______________________ for Liverpool later in the day (LEAVE).

3. The actor usually ______________________ a lot of fan mail, because he’s so famous. (GET)

4. The car ______________________ oil. Can you repair it? (LOSE)

5. Dorothy ______________________ reading good books during her holidays. (LOVE)

6. My brother ______________________ Italy at the moment (TOUR).

7. They ______________________ a game of cards right now. (HAVE)

8. I ______________________ a hat today because there’s a very special event in town. (WEAR)

9. Such bad behaviour always ______________________ me mad. (MAKE)

10. Unpopular songs ______________________ very well. (NOT SELL)

11. She usually ______________________ out with her friends on Saturday evenings. (GO)

12. What ______________________ , Mum? – It smells so good! (YOU BAKE)

13. ______________________ to the bridge club? (YOU BELONG)

14. The children ______________________ playing in the hut whenever we’re at our weekend
house. (ENJOY)

15. The headmaster rarely ______________________ a class. He normally

______________________ administrative work. (TEACH, DO)

16. ______________________ if I ask you a question? (YOU MIND)

17. I _________________________ some money because I want to travel to Spain next

summer. (CURRENTLY SAVE)

18. What ______________________ ? (THIS BOOK – COST)

19. The boy and his father ______________________ a long conversation. – I wonder what
they ______________________ about. (HAVE, TALK)

20. Robert ______________________ to catch the same bus every morning, but he
_________________________ . (TRY, NOT ALWAYS SUCCEED)

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