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