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