Task 1.

Finish these sentences with Simple Present and 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?

8. She ________(hold) some roses. They________(smell) lovely.

9. Oh no! Look! It ________(snow) again. It always________(snow) in this country.

10. Mary ________ (swim) very well, but she ________(not run) very fast.

11. Look! He__________ (leave) the house.

12. Quiet please! I__________ (write) a test.

13. She usually__________(walk) to school.

14. But look! Today she ____________(go) by bike.

15. Every Sunday we __________(go) to see my grandparents.

16. He often __________(go) to the cinema.

17. We___________ (play) Monopoly at the moment.

18. The child seldom ___________(cry) .

19. I____________ (not/ do) anything at the moment.

20. __________(watch/ he) the news regularly?

Task 2. Choose the best answer.

1. My grandfather ______ collecting stamps.

A. is loving B. are loving C. loves

2. She ______ her friends at a bar right now.

A. waiting B. is waiting C. waits

3. Nguyen Nhat Anh is a writer. He ______ a short story about a dragon.

A. is writing B. writes C. are writing

4. I never ______ home late.

A. come B. is coming C. am coming

5. My boss ______ high heels to work.

A. doesn’t wear B. aren’t wearing C. don’t wear

6. She usually ______ much.

A. doesn’t talk B. don’t talk C. isn’t talking

7. This spaghetti ______ awful.

A. tastes B. is tasting C. taste

8. I ______ he is a good man.

A. thinks B. think C. am thinking

9. As the ceremony ______ at 7∶30 a.m., we have to be there early.

A. is starting B. start C. starts

10. Kate ______ a cup of coffee every morning.

A. is drinking B. drinks C. drink

Task 3. Use the following verbs to complete the sentences. Sometimes you need
the negative:

believe eat flow go grow make rise tell translate

1. The earth_____________round the sun.

2. Rice doesn't_____________ in Britain.

3. The sun _____________ in the east.

4. Bees _____________honey.

5. Vegetariants _____________ meat.

6. An atheist _____________ in God.

7. An interpreter _____________from one language into another.

8. Liars are people who _____________ the truth.