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