The simple present and the present continuous

Submitted To: Ms. Adeela

Submitted by: Haroon khan

Subject: GR

Semester: 1st

Date: 13/03/2021

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT NUML UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD

Put the verbs in brackets into the simple present or present continuous tense.

1. What does Tom think of the Budget? – He thinks it most unfair. ~ I agree with him.
2. What does this one cost? – It costs forty pence.
3. Do you hear the wind? It is blowing very strongly tonight.
4. Do you see my car keys anywhere? – No, I am looking for them but I do not see them.
5. He never listens to what you say. He always thinks about something else.
6. This book is about a man who deserts his family and goes to live on a Pacific island.
7. Do you understand what the lecturer is saying? ~ No, I do not understand him at all.
8. What do you have for breakfast usually? ~ I usually eat a carrot and drink a glass of cold
water.
9. When the curtain rises we see a group of workers. They are picketing factory gate.
10. Why are you walking so fast today? You usually walk quite slowly. ~ I am hurrying
because I am meeting my mother at 4 o’clock and she does not like to be kept waiting.
11. I wish that dog would lie down. He keeps jumping up on my lap. – I think he wants to go
for a walk.
12. Do you recognize that man? ~ I think that I have seen him before but I do not remember
his name.
13. Look at the crowd. I wonder what they are waiting for.
14. This message has just arrived and the man is waiting in case you want to send a reply.
15. Stop! Do not you see the notice? ~ I see it but I can’t read it because I am not wearing my
glasses. What does it say? ~ It says ‘These premises are patrolled by guard dogs.’
16. She always borrows from me and she never remembers to pay me back.
17. Do you need another blanket or you feel warm enough?
18. Does it save time if you take the path through the wood? ~ No, it does not matter which
path you take.
19. I am saving up because I am going abroad in July.
20. I think it is a pity you don’t take more exercise. You are getting fat.
21. The plane that you are looking at now is just taking off for Paris.
22. Tom never do any work in the garden; he always works on his car.
23. What is he doing to his car now? ~ I think he is polishing it.
24. That film is coming to the local cinema next week. Do you want to see it?
25. How is Peter getting on at school? ~ Very well. He seems to like the life.
26. Why does Mrs. Pitt look so angry? ~ Mr. Pitt is smoking a cigarette and dropping the ash
on the carpet.
27. This is our itinerary. We leave home on the 8 th, arrive in Paris on the 9 th, spend the day in
Paris, and set out that night for Venice. ~ That sounds most interesting you must tell me
all about it when you get back.
28. This story is about a boy who makes friends with a snake which he finds in his garden.
Then he goes away but he does not forget the snake and some years later he returns and
looks for it.
29. He finds the snake who recognizes its old friend and coils round him affectionately. But,
unfortunately, the snake is by now a full-grown boa-constrictor and its embrace kills the
poor boy.
30. Does the snake feel sorry about this? ~ I do not know. The story ends there.
31. How do you end a letter that begins, ‘Dear Sir’? ~ I always put, ‘Yours’ truly’, but Tom
prefers ‘yours faithfully’.
32. What does the word ‘catastrophe’ mean? ~ It means ‘disaster’.
33. What are you waiting for? ~ I am waiting for the shop to open. ~ But it does not open till
9.00 ~ I know but I want to be early, as their sale starts today.
34. Why are you smoking a cigar, Mrs. Pitt? You do not smoke cigars ash mixed with oil
removes heat stains from wood.
35. Who does owns this umbrella? ~ I do not know. Everybody uses it but nobody knows
who owns it.
36. Do you mind if I ask you a question? ~ That depends on the question? ~ It concerns your
brother. ~ I refuses to answer any question about my brother.