Exercise 1: Use the correct form of verb in present continuous:

1. (she / go home now)

She is going home now

2. (I / read a great book)

I am reading a great book

3. (she / not / wash her hair)

She don’t washing her hair

4. (the cat / chase mice?)

Is the cat chasing mice?

5. (she / cry?)
Is she crying?

6. (he / not / study Latin)

He don’t studying Latin

7. (we / drive to London?)

Are we driving to London

8. (they / watch TV?)

Are they watching tv?

9. (where / she / go now?)

Where is she going now?

10. (I / not / leave now)

I;m not leaving now

11. (he / not / dance)

He isn’t dancing

12. (how / they / get here?)

How are they getting here

13. (when / it / start?)

When is it starting

14. (I / not / speak Chinese at the moment)

I am not speaking Chinese at the moment
15. (Jill / drink tea now?)
Is Jill drinking tea now?
16. (he / pay the bill at the moment?)
is he paying the bill at the moment

17. (I / stay with a friend for the weekend)

I am staying with a friend for the weekend

18. (when / John / arrive?)

When is john arriving?

19. (they / come to the party?)

Are they coming to the party

20. (we / not / study)

We aren’t studying

Exercise 2. Use the correct verb in present simple tense

1. The flight (start)___starts___at 6 a.m. every Thursday.
2. I like Math and she (like)__likes___Literature.
3. I (bake)____bake___ cookies twice a month.
4. My best friend (write)__writes______ to me every week.
5. Jane always ___ takes care ___ (take care) of her sister.
6. My family (have)___have__a holiday in December every year.
7. Martha and Kevin ___ swim _______ (swim) twice a week.
8. She __ helps___ (help) the kids of the neighborhood.
9. Mike (be)____is_ humor. He always __tells______ (tell) us funny stories.
10. The aircraft (fly) _flys___ to the moon.

Exercise 3: Use the correct form of ‘be’

1. My dog ___is____small.
2. She __is___ a student.
3. We ____are___ready to get a pet.
4. My life _is___ so boring. I just watch TV every night.
5. My husband _is____ from California. I __am___from Viet Nam.
6. We ______aren’t___ (not/be) late.
7. Emma and Betty(be)___are___ good friends.
8. ___Is she_____ (she/be) a singer?
9. His sister(be) ___is___seven years old.
10. Trixi and Susi(be)______are____my cats.
Exercise 4: complete the sentence
1. How/ you/ go to school/?
How do you go to school?
2. we/ not/ believe/ ghost.
We don’t believe ghost
3. How often/ you/ study English/?
How often do you study English
4. play/in/the/soccer/Mike/doesn’t/afternoons.
Mike doesn’t play soccer in the afternoons
5. She/daughters/two/have.
She has 2 daughters
6. very/much/not/like/lemonade/I
I don’t like lemonade very much
7. Wednesdays/on/It/rain/often.
It often rain on Wednesdays
8. never/wear/Jane/jeans.
Jane nerver wears jeans
9. phone/his/on/father/Sundays/Danny/every
Danny phones his father every on sundays
10. Austria/I/from/be/Vienna.
I’m from Vienna, Austria

Exercise 5: Fill in the paragraph

Mary (1) __is__a teacher. She (2) learns ____ English. The children love her and they (3)
____a lot from her. Mary (4). ___gets_____home at 3.00 and (5). __has__lunch. Then
she sleeps for an hour. In the afternoon she (6) …goes……swimming or she cleans her
house. Sometimes, she (7) …visit…her aunt and (8) …drinks……tea with her. Every
Sunday she …goes……. shopping with her friends.

Exercise 6: Use the words below to fill in the blank

wake up – open – speak – take – do – cause – live – play – close – live – drink

1. Ann _____plays_ _____ handball very well.

2. I never ____ drinks ______ coffee.
3. The swimming pool ___opens________ at 7:00 in the morning.
4. It ___close______ at 9:00 in the evening.
5. Bad driving ___causes_____ many accidents.
6. My parents ___live____ in a very small flat.
 7. The Olympic Games ___take_____ place every four years.
8. They are good students. They always ___do_____ their homework.
9. My students ____speak_____ a little English.
10. I always __ wake up _______ early in the morning.

Exercise 7: Find and correct the mistakes

1. What do they wears at their school?
2. Does he goes to the library every week?
3. Windy always watches TV at 9P.M. before going to bed at 10P.M.
4. Sometimes, we goes swimming together with her family.
5. How does Linda carries such a heavy bag?

Exercise 8: Reading

Air travel Giant airships Giant airships Exploring space

Hyperloop Skytran Driverless cars Driverless cars

1. ______ Driverless cars ____________ are vehicles that will be able to drive
themselves.

2. ________ Giant airships __________ will take longer to be developed than all
other transportation solutions.
3. ______ Exploring space ____________ might allow members of the public to
enjoy vacations in space.

4. _______Skytran___________ might mean fewer cars on the roads as people

might travel around by an air-rail system.

5. _________ Hyperloop _________ might transport people between cities, not on

airplanes, but using a high-speed system based on air pressure.

6. _________ Driverless cars _________ are the only transportation solution that
will definitely happen in the near future.

7. ___________Air travel_______ might mean that people can travel between

England and Australia at much higher speeds than they can today.

8. _____ Giant airships _____________ are huge vehicles that might transport
products and people around the world.