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