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Exercise 25
Present Tense
Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in simple present tense or
present progressive tense.
Example:
Example:
Example:
Example:
Example:
Example:

I (watch) watch a lot of movies. [simple present tense]

I (watch) am watching a movie now. [present progressive tense]
You / We / They (play) play games every day. [simple present tense]
You / We / They (play) are playing a game now. [present progressive tense]
He / She /It (eat) eats eggs for breakfast. [simple present tense]
He / She / It (eat) is eating an egg now. [present progressive tense]

1) Jessie (ride) ________ his bike every day. In fact, he (ride) ________ ________ his
bike right now.
2) Arnold and Peter (take) ________ ________ a test now. They (take) ________ a lot
of tests.
3) I (want) ________ some new shoes. The pair I (have) ________ now (get)
________ ________ old.
4) Tony (be) ________ my friend. We (spend) ________ a lot of time together.
5) What (be) ________ your name? Where (be) ________ you from? Where (do)
_______ you live?
6) I (no, watch) _______ _______ _________ TV now. I (talk) _______ _________
on the phone. I (like) ________ to talk on the phone.
7) Andrea (like) ________ to cook. Right now, she (make) _______ _________
vegetable soup.
8) When (do) _______ the bus leave? I hope we (be) _______ not too late!
9) I (be) _______ so thirsty! (you, have) _______ _______ ________ anything to
drink?
10) Thomas (read) _______ ________ the newspaper and (drink) _________ coffee in
the living room. He (no, do) _______ ________ have to go to work today.