PRACTICE

Present – Unit 1 and Unit 2

Exercise 1. Complete with Present Simple.

1. (he / drive to work every day)

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2. (I / not / think you're right)

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3. (we / have enough time?)

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4. (I / eat cereal in the morning)

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5. (they / write e-mails every day?)

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6. (you / watch a lot of TV)

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7. (he / not / read the newspaper)

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8. (she / dance often?)

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9. (where / I / come on Mondays?)

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10. (what / you / do at the weekend?)

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Exercise 2. Complete with the correct form of the verbs in brackets (present simple vs. present continuous)

1. Where's John? He (listen) to a new CD in his room.

2. Don't forget to take your umbrella with you to London. You know it always (rain) in England.

3. Jean (work) hard all day but she (not work) at the moment.

4. Look! That boy (run) after the bus. He (want) to catch it.
5. He (speak) German so well because he (come) from Germany.

6. Shh! The boss (come). We (meet) him in an hour and nothing is ready!

7. you usually (go) away for Christmas or you (stay) at home?

Exercise 3. Complete with the correct form of the verbs in brackets (present perfect vs. present perfect continuous)

1. ___________________ (you / buy) your train ticket yet?

2. The kitchen is a complete mess! What ___________________ (the children /do)?

3. Julie ___________________ (learn) to drive for six years!

4. Amanda ___________________ (already / have) lunch, so she’ll meet us later.

5. How much coffee ___________________ (she / drink) this morning?

6. Simon ___________________ (write) three books.

7. I ___________________ (do) everything I needed to do today! Hurray!

8. It ___________________ (not / rain) all summer, so the garden is dead.

9. I ___________________ (read) your book. Here it is, thank you.

10. She ___________________ (forget) how to get to my house.