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