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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) were stooding
C) stands
D) stand
E) standed
  • 2. Many people _____ up early to take the train to work.
A) get
B) gotted
C) get not
D) are getting
E) gets
  • 3. The train to London _____ promptly at 7:13 a.m. daily.
A) depart
B) are departing
C) deport
D) departs
E) depart not
  • 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) try
B) tries
C) tried
D) are trying
  • 6. Although it is now 7:30 a.m., the passengers ______ for the train.
A) are still waiting
B) waited
C) was wait
D) were waiting
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) looked not
C) looking
D) is looking
  • 9. Now he _____ his foot impatiently.
A) tapped
B) taps
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) don´t want
B) wants not
C) does not 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) are playing
B) aren´t playing
C) played
D) don´t play
E) play
  • 14. In this moment, the dog _____ in the fountain.
A) don´t swim
B) was swimming
C) swims
D) is swimming
E) swam
  • 15. Everyone _____ this beautiful day!
A) enjoys
B) enjoy
C) was enjoying
D) is enjoying
E) were enjoy
  • 16. Josh _____ a typical American teenager as he loves everything with a screen.
A) were
B) is being
C) has
D) was
E) is
  • 17. My friend _____ a laptop computer, a digital music player, and a cell phone.
A) haven`t
B) don`t have
C) has
D) have
E) haves
  • 18. Right now Josh ____ with his friends on Skype or Hangouts.
A) talks
B) is talking
C) talked
D) don´t talk
E) talking
  • 19. The team often _____ at the soccer court during Summer time.
A) practices
B) is practicing
C) practice
D) was practice
E) practicing
  • 20. Josh`s parents _______ his addiction to electronic devices because they belong to a different generation.
A) understand not
B) doesn`t understand
C) don´t understand
D) are understanding
E) understood
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