THE PRESENT SIMPLE OR THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS?

1. Diana _____________________(work) as a nurse in a big hospital and she usually

___________________(help) patients.
2. At the moment Daniel ____________________________(travel) in North America.
3. ________________________________(Bob/like) dogs or cats?
4. James ________________________________(not+visit) his grandparents every
weekend. He ____________________(go) to his grandmother twice a week.
5. The Browns _________________(live) in the countryside but this week they
______________________(stay) in a hotel.
6. Who usually ____________________(do) the ironing? – My granny _________.
7. I can’t come with you because we _________________________(have) lunch now.
8. The Moon _______________________(go) round the Earth. _______________
_________________(the Earth/go) round the Sun?
9. Be quiet! I ___________________________(try) to listen to his talk on Queen
Victoria. He _____________________________(always/ use) interesting facts.
10. Let’s go for a walk. It _______________________(not+rain) just now.
11. Hurry up! They _________________________(wait) for us.
12. Look! Somebody _______________________________(hide) there behind the tree.
13. Water ____________________(boil) at 100 degrees and _________________
(freeze) at 0 degrees.
14. The water __________________(boil). Will you please turn it off?
15. You should go now. It ____________________(get) dark.
16. Look! They ___________________(lie) in the sun again.
17. It seldom ____________________(rain) in the desert but in the jungle it
_______________ (rain) almost every day.
18. Why _____________________________(the little gitl/cry) so unhappily?
19. __________________________________(your baby brother/cry) much?
20. You must not go there. They ___________________________(practise) for the
concert there.

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