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Exercise 14
Simple Present Tense Review
Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in simple present tense.

Hi. My name (be) _______ (1) Albert. My friends (call) _______ (2) me Al. You can
call
me Al if you (like) _______ (3) .
I (want) to tell you about a problem I (have) _______ (4) .It (be, not) ______ ______ (5)
a big problem, but it is not a small problem, either. I (guess) _______ (6) it's somewhere
between big and small.
I (have) _______ (7) a best friend. His name (be) _______ (8) Joe,
but everybody (call) _______ (9) him Joey. Joey and I have been friends for a long time.
That's the problem. Joey (like) _______ (10) to smoke. He (say) _______ (11)
he (do, not) _______ ______ (12) but I (know) _______ (13) he (do) _______ (14)
.He (try) _______ (15) to hide it from me, but I (see) _______ (16) him do it
sometimes. When I see him do it, he just (laugh) _______ (17) and (walk) _______ (18)
away.
Now, Joey (smoke) _______ (19) every day. When he (come) _______ (20) over to my
house, he (always, bring) _______ _______ (21) his cigarettes with him. He (keep)
_______ (22) them in his pocket. He (think) _______ (23) they are cool. He (not, think)
_______ _______ _______ (24) it's a bad idea to smoke. He (say) _______ (25) "(not,
worry) _______ _______ _______ (26) Al. I'm okay." He (tell) _______ (27) me that I (not,
understand) _______ _______ _______ (28) ,but I (think) _______ (29) I (do) _______ (30) .
I (feel) _______ (31) like it's his right to smoke. He can do what he (want) _______ (32)
to do, right? But I can (not, help) _______ _______ (33) worrying. He's my best friend.