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