Full name: __________________________.

Class: 10A___.
Present Simple and Present Continuous test
Passage 1: Fill in the gaps with the verbs in brackets in the present simple or present continuous.
Dear City Editor!
I _________ (1. write) this letter because it __________ (2. seem) to me that far too many changes
__________ (3. take) place in my country these days, and, as a result, we ___________ (4. lose) our
identity. I __________ (5. live) in a small town but even this town ____________ (6. change) before my
eyes. For example, town authorities ___________ (7. build) a burger place where my favourite restaurant
used to be. Our culture __________ (8. belong) to everybody, and I _______________ (9. not understand)
why the town leaders ___________ (10. not do) to preserve it. They simply _____________ (11. not care).
In fact, I ____________ (12. think) of starting an action group. I ___________ (13. appear) on a TV show
on Friday evening to make people aware of how importance this issue is. It’s time for us to start doing
something before it ___________ (14. get) too late.

1. 4. 7. 10. 13.
2. 5. 8. 11. 14.
3. 6. 9. 12.
Passage 2: Fill in the gaps with the verbs in brackets in the present simple or present continuous.
Rainforests ___________ (1. disappear), and we all _________ (2. know) that humans are the main cause of
this destruction. Every year we ___________ (3. cut down) an area of rainforest the size of New Jersey.
Every hour we ____________ (4. destroy) 6000 acres of rainforest (that’s 4000 football fields). What we
_____________ (5. not realise) is that we ____________ (6. destroy) the planet where our children and
grandchildren have to live. We ____________ (7. need) the rainforests; they ____________ (8. produce)
oxygen and _____________ (9. eliminate) carbon dioxide (C02), cleaning the atmosphere.
But why _____________ (10. the forests/disappear) so quickly? Well, experts ___________ (11. agree) that
there are two main reasons. The most important is human activity. Big companies _____________ (12. cut
down) more and more trees every day and this ______________ (13. cause) damage to the land. The way of
life in the rainforests _______________ (14. also/change) because of climate change. Now there is less rain
and this ____________ (15. cause) more and more trees to die. As a consequence of the droughts, the risk of
fires ____________ (16. increase) dramatically.
Fortunately, it ___________ (17. seem) that now some governments ___________ (18. begin) to understand
the problem, and they ___________ (19. try) to control these activities. Some of them really ___________
(20. want) to put an end to this problem, although a few big companies with a lot of power are in their way.
1. 5. 9. 13. 17.
2. 6. 10. 14. 18.
3. 7. 11. 15. 19.
4. 8. 12. 16. 20.
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