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