SIMPLE PRESENT VS. PRESENT PROGRESSIVE 1
  • 1. Every morning, passengers ________ in line to board the trains at Chiswick station.
A) standed
B) are standing
C) stand
D) stands
E) were stooding
  • 2. Many people _____ up early to take the train to work.
A) gets
B) get not
C) gotted
D) get
E) are getting
  • 3. The train to London _____ promptly at 7:13 a.m. daily.
A) are departing
B) depart not
C) deport
D) depart
E) departs
  • 4. This morning, there _____ a mechanical problem with the train.
A) is
B) was being
C) is being
  • 5. Right now, engineers _____ to figure out what to do.
A) are trying
B) tried
C) tries
D) try
  • 6. Although it is now 7:30 a.m., the passengers ______ for the train.
A) are still waiting
B) was wait
C) were waiting
D) waited
E) still wait
  • 7. Today, Mike _____ a business meeting at 9 a.m.
A) has
B) has had
C) is having
  • 8. Mike _____ at his watch every few minutes.
A) is looking
B) looking
C) looks
D) looked not
  • 9. Now he _____ his foot impatiently.
A) tapped
B) don`t taps
C) is tapping
D) tap
E) taps
  • 10. Mike Berkley _____ the train to London every morning.
A) doesn´t takes
B) don`t took
C) is taking
D) takes
  • 11. He ________ to be late for work in the city.
A) wants not
B) does not want
C) don´t want
  • 12. It is a warm, sunny afternoon. Cathy and Joice _____ in Greenland Park.
A) walkes
B) walk
C) walked
D) are walking
  • 13. Right now, some children _____ at the park.
A) don´t play
B) are playing
C) played
D) aren´t playing
E) play
  • 14. In this moment, the dog _____ in the fountain.
A) was swimming
B) swims
C) is swimming
D) swam
E) don´t swim
  • 15. Everyone _____ this beautiful day!
A) enjoy
B) enjoys
C) is enjoying
D) were enjoy
E) was enjoying
  • 16. Josh _____ a typical American teenager as he loves everything with a screen.
A) is being
B) is
C) were
D) has
E) was
  • 17. My friend _____ a laptop computer, a digital music player, and a cell phone.
A) have
B) don`t have
C) has
D) haves
E) haven`t
  • 18. Right now Josh ____ with his friends on Skype or Hangouts.
A) don´t talk
B) talking
C) talked
D) talks
E) is talking
  • 19. The team often _____ at the soccer court during Summer time.
A) was practice
B) practicing
C) practice
D) is practicing
E) practices
  • 20. Josh`s parents _______ his addiction to electronic devices because they belong to a different generation.
A) doesn`t understand
B) understand not
C) are understanding
D) don´t understand
E) understood
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