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