The PRESENT (Continuous or simple) TENSE:

A-Complete it with the correct form of the verbs in brackets:

1-Phil (WRITE) .. to his parents now . He (WRITE)

to them every weekend.
2-I ( LIVE ) -----------------in a very nice flat in London, but now I( STAY)
with my aunt in Liverpool
3-The Earth (GO ) .. round the Sun.
4-It ( SNOW ) .outside now. It (COME )
down quite hard, look.
5- The train to Manchester (LEAVE) .. at 7.30 .
6-Tom usually (START ).. work at 8 oclock, but he (START)
....at 7 this week :
were very busy now.
7-We (BUILD ) a garage next to our house. We
(WANT ) somewhere to put the car.
8-Sheila usually (DRIVE ) .. to work., but she hasnt got a
car at the moment, so she (GO) ...
to work on the bus this week.
9-We ( GO) .camping every year. Its a good cheap
holiday .Hotels (COST ) .too much.
10-she (WRITE).. another novel? I bet she is:
she(WRITE ) .one every year.
11-your brother and .your parents (SPEAK ) .a
foreign language?
12-Normally I (READ) .2 newspapers , but not the same ones
every day. On Sundays I (BUY). 4 or 5
13-The sun (RISE)in the east, remember. Its behind
us, so we (TRAVEL) west.
14-We(LIVE )..quite close to the school, so the children
(WALK). there.
15-Whats the matter? You (not/ LOOK) very happy.
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Is writing writes
Live am staying
Goes
Is snowing is coming
Leaves
Starts is starting
Are building want
Go cost
Iswriting writes
Doesdo speak
Read buy
Rises are travelling
Live walk
Dont look