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