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Change the verbs in the bracket into the correct form of The Present
Simple or The Present Continuous tense !
Exercise A
1. Let's go out. It (not/rain) now.
2. Julia is very good at languages. She (speak) four languages very
well.
3. Hurry up! Everybody (wait) for you.
4. (you/listen) to the radio? No, you can turn it off.
5. (you/listen) to the radio every day? No, just occasionally.
6. The River Nile (flow) into the Mediterranean.
7. Look at the river. It (flow) very fast today - much faster than usual.
8-9. We usually (grow) vegetables in our garden but this year we
(not/grow)
any.
10. How is your English? Not bad. It (improve) slowly.
11-12. Ron is in London at the moment. He (stay) at the Park Hotel.
He (always/stay) there when he's in London.
13. Can we stop walking soon? I (start) to feel tired.
20-21. Sonia (look) for a place to live. She (stay) with her
sister until she
finds somewhere.
Exercise B
1. It (usually not- rain) in this time of the year, yet it (rain) right now.
2. My father (work) as a teacher. He (teach) English.
3. Jane often (play) basketball after school, but he ( not play) to play today.
4. I (drink) coffee right now, but I actually (prefer) tea.
5. Every day I (drive) to work. It (take) half an hour.
6. The children (sleep) in their bedrooms at present. They usually (take) a nap
at around this time.
7. I still (have) a pain in my arm, but it (get) better.
8. I almost always (travel) by car when I (go) on a vacation.
9. Our neighbors aren't French. I (believe) they (come) from Belgium.
10. Every afternoon, my son (have) lunch in the school cafeteria and he (read) a
book in the backyard
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