Fill in the blanks with the correct Simple Present or Present

Continuous Tense

1. John (1) ___________________________ (not come) home today. He (2)

_____________________ (go) to Penang to (3) ____________________ (meet) some of his old school
friends. They plan to (4) __________________ (hike) Penang Hill on foot. They
(5) __________________________ (start) their journey from the foot of the hill. They (6)
_______________________ (plan) to use the old hiking track to hike up to Penang Hill.

2. Every morning, Nancy goes (1) ____________________ (jog) with her father. They usually like to (2)
___________________ (jog) early in the morning. They (3) ___________________
(wear) light clothing when jogging. They also (4) _____________________ (wear) good sports shoes.
They (5) ______________________ (believe) jogging helps them to keep fit.

3. People working in big cities (1) ________________________ (travel) back home during festive
seasons. Many (2) _________________________ (drive) back while some (3)
_____________________ (take) the bus to their village. During these seasons many accidents happen.
These accidents (4) _________________(be) mainly caused by dangerous driving and speeding. Many
innocent lives (5) ___________________ (be) lost every year in these accidents.

4. Pak Mail (1) ____________________ (be) in his orchard. There are many (2)
____________________ (type) of fruit trees in his orchard. He (3) ________________ (go) to his
orchard every morning to check on the fruit trees. Today, he is (4)
___________________ (look) for durians which have fallen from the trees. He (5)
_____________________ (collect) and (6) ___________________ (sell) them at his road side stall.
5. Sin Pei (1) ___________________________ (not go) to school today. She (2)

________________________________(notfeel)well. Her father (3)

___________________________ (take) her to the hospital later. Now, she (4)

______________________(rest) in herbed. Her mother (5)

__________________________________ (prepare) some soup in the kitchen.

6. Encik Kassim (1) _________________________ (work) in an IT company in Kuala Lumpur. He

(2) ____________________ (go) to work by car every day. Today, he (3)

_____________________________ (take) LRT to work. He (4) _____________________ (get) up

early every morning and (5) _______________________ (come) late at night.

7. The weather (1) _______________ (be) quite cloudy today. It (2) _______________________

(look) like it might rain today. Therefore, I (3) ____________________ (plan) to stay at home and

(4) ___________________ (finish) my school homework. I need to (5)

_____________________(pass) them up when school reopens.

8. Our school (1) ______________________________ (organize) a talk at the school hall today. A

police officer (2) ____________________________________ (come) to give a talk on “Road

Safety”. All the Form 4 and Form5 students (5) _______________________

(attend) this talk.

9. Sally (1) __________________________ (bath) and John (2) _________________________

(eat) in the kitchen. Sally’s brother (3) __________________________________ (clean) his

motorcycle outside. Her sister (4) _____________________________ (listen) to music in the

room. She (5) ____________________________ (take) part in a singing competition next month.

10. John (1) ___________________________ (read) a novel in his room while his sister (2)

______________________ (do) her school homework. Peter, his younger brother (3)

_____________________________(watch)TV in the hall. Father is(4)

____________________________ (wash) his car in the porch and mother (5)

 ____________________________ (cook) in the kitchen.

11. My teacher’s name (1) ______________(be) Mr Tan. He (2) ______________(teach) us Maths. Currently

he (3) _____________________(teach) form 1 and form 2 classes. He (4)

_______________(come) to school by car. He (5) ________________(like) to play badminton and also (6)

__________________ (enjoy) country music.

12. Pak Man is a fisherman. He (1) __________________(go) to fish in the sea every day. He (2)

_________________(wake) up early in the morning before sunrise. Ali (3) _____________(be) his good

friend. Both of them go (4) _________________ (fish) together. They (5)

______________(catch) a lot of fish but sometimes they don’t (6) _________________ (catch) any.

13. Miss Ratnam likes to (1) ________________ (jog). She (2) _________________(jog) around the park every

evening. Today, she (3) _________________________ (jog) with her friends. They

(4) ________________________(jog) for a cause. They (5) ___________________(want) ) to raise funds

for the poor and needy students in their neighbourhood.

14. John’s mother (1) ______________________ (bake) a birthday cake for his birthday. He (2)

________________________(celebrate) his 16th birthday today. It (3) _______(be) a surprise and he (4)

______________________ (not know) about it.