Page1 A. Underline the correct answer. 0. I usually drive / am usually driving to work but this week I take / am taking the bus because my car is at the garage. 1. Make sure you lock / are locking the doors and windows before you leave the house. 2. She plays / is playing tennis once or twice a week but she doesn’t play / isn’t playing this week because she has hurt her wrist. 3. A: Where does Evan come / is Evan coming from? B: I’m not sure but his parents live / are living in New Zealand. 4. The film begins / is beginning with a death and ends / is ending with a dramatic car chase through the streets of New York. 5. And the Ferrari takes / is taking the last corner at high speed, races / is racing towards the finish line and crosses / is crossing it! What a race! 6. A: What do you do / are you doing? B: I wait / am waiting for the bus. It runs / is running late. 7. You always leave / are always leaving the lights on! It doesn’t matter how many times I remind / am reminding you. 8. There is so much fast food available that people forget / are forgetting how to cook. 9. If you don’t watch / aren’t watching the television, would you turn it off? 10. According to recent research, too little sleep causes / is causing young people to gain weight.
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A. Underline the correct answer.
0. I usually drive / am usually driving to work but this week I take / am taking the bus because
my car is at the garage.
1. Make sure you lock / are locking the doors and windows before you leave the house.
2. She plays / is playing tennis once or twice a week but she doesn’t play / isn’t playing this
week because she has hurt her wrist.
3. A: Where does Evan come / is Evan coming from?
B: I’m not sure but his parents live / are living in New Zealand.
4. The film begins / is beginning with a death and ends / is ending with a dramatic car chase
through the streets of New York.
5. And the Ferrari takes / is taking the last corner at high speed, races / is racing towards the
finish line and crosses / is crossing it! What a race!
6. A: What do you do / are you doing?
B: I wait / am waiting for the bus. It runs / is running late.
7. You always leave / are always leaving the lights on! It doesn’t matter how many times I
remind / am reminding you.
8. There is so much fast food available that people forget / are forgetting how to cook.
9. If you don’t watch / aren’t watching the television, would you turn it off?
10. According to recent research, too little sleep causes / is causing young people to gain
weight.
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B. Complete the information from a website. Use the present simple or
progressive of the verbs in the box.
gain go on learn offer organize perform remain study take
This year the International School for Languages has about 100 part-time students who
(0)……are taking……. Evening classes and a further 300 who (1) …………………………………….full-
time. Many of them (2) …………………………………….. a new language to improve their job prospects
or to prepare for university. The European languages (3) …………………………………… very popular
but Chinese and Japanese (4) ……………………………………… in popularity.
The school (5) …………..…..………………………… an excellent range of learning facilities and (6)
……………………………………… social activities like excursions to local areas of interest.
Every year our students (7) ………………………………….. extremely well in their examinations and
many (8) …………………………………… to study at top universities in the country.
C. Complete the sentences. Use the present simple or progressive of the verbs
in the box.
appear (x2) be belong to come have (x2) taste
0. Who ……does…… that beautiful house on the hill ……belong to…….?
1. That soup ……………………………… delicious! What have you put in it?
2. My sister doesn’t resemble me. For a start, she ……………………………… blond hair.
3. It …………………………… that she’s changed her mind about taking the job.
4. I can’t believe you ………………………………… so unreasonable! What’s wrong?
5. We ……………………………… lunch. Can I call you back in half an hour?
6. Now all new cars ……………………………….. with one year’s free insurance.
7. Alex is working. He ……………………………………. On stage in a play by Agatha Christie.
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D. Complete the article. Use the present simple or progressive of the verbs in
brackets.
Singer and songwriter James Sharp (0) …………has……………. (have) a new hobby – golf. He (1)
………………………………. (have) lessons every day and spends so much time on the course that his
girlfriend, actress and model Sophie Clarke, (2) ……………………………….. (think) of taking up the
sport as well so she can spend more time with him.
What (3) …………………….. he ……………………………… (think) of the rumors that he and Sophie are
planning to get married? “Every day I (4) …………………………………. (see) things written about me
that aren’t true. One day they say we’re getting married and the next that I (5)
…………………………. (see) another woman. I just try to ignore all of it.”
James’s new album came out last month and so far the critics have been positive. The album (6)
………………………………….(include) a mixture of familiar and new musical styles and (7)
……………………………………… (contain) remixes of some old favorites. James is pleased with the
reviews but it’s his fans that (8) ……………………………… (matter) most to him. However, if they (9)
……………………………………….. (hope) for something that (10) ……………………………….. (sound) like his
last album, they may be disappointed.
So is James worried? Not at all. “I need to grow as an artist and that (11) ………………………………..
(mean) taking risks. I hope that never changes.”
Somehow, we (12) ……………………………………………(not think) his fans will be disappointed.
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E. Underline the correct answer.
It (0) happened / was happening in June 1985. It was summer and we (1) relaxed / were
relaxing in the garden. My mother (2) read / was reading a book and my uncle (3) dozed / was
dozing peacefully in the sun. We children (4) looked / were looking for worms and insects. And
the he (5) arrived / was arriving. He was a handsome man with piercing eyes and he (6) looked /
was looking straight at my mother. Her face (7) went / was going pale.
“Arthur, I (8) thought / was thinking you were dead!” She said.
Jussi and I (9) met / were meeting while we (10) lived / were living in London. I (11) rented / was
renting a room in a house in North London and he (12) stayed / was staying with friends who’d
offered put him up. We both (13) had / were having temporary jobs – at one time he (14)
waited / was waiting on tables in a café and I (15) washed / was washing dishes in a small
restaurant. Anyway, we (16) got on / were getting on really well and before long we (17)
planned / were planning to go on a long holiday together. That (18) was / was being before the
accident.
I (19) sat / was sitting in my taxi reading the morning newspaper when the alarm in the bank
across the street (20) went off / was going off. I (21) looked / was looking up and (22) saw / was
seeing two masked men running towards me. There was confusion everywhere. Police cars (23)
raced / were racing towards the bank while pedestrians (24) ran / were running away from it. I
(25) turned / was turning the key in the ignition when the masked men (26) forced / were
forcing their way into my taxi and (27) told / were telling me to drive off. It was the scariest
thing that had ever happened to me.
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F. Complete the extract from a story. Use the past simple or progressive of the
verbs in brackets. Sometimes both tenses are possible.
As I (0) ………….was going……………... (go) to sleep, I (1) ………………………………….. (tell) myself that
I would avoid the man who was sharing the room. I (2) ………………………………. (sleep) deeply
when I was suddenly woken by a loud noise. To judge from the sound, my companion must
have jumped down from the upper berth to the floor in a single movement.
I (3) ……………………………… (hear) him trying to open the door; it (4) ……………………………….. (open),
and then (5) …………………………………. (hear) him running at full speed down the passage, leaving
the door open behind him. The ship (6) ……………………………. (roll) a little and I (7)
……………………………….. (expect) to hear him fall but he (8) …………………………….. (run) as though
for his life. The door (9) ……………………………… (swing) open and shut with the movement of the
ship and the sound (10) ……………………………………….. (annoy) me.
I (11) ……………………………………. (get up) and (12) ……………………………….. (close) it and (13)
……………….……………………………….. (find) my way back to my berth in the darkness. I (14)
……………………………………………. (go) to sleep again but I have no idea how long I slept.
G. Complete the sentences by using the words in parentheses. Use the present
simple or present progressive.
1. Shhh. The baby (sleep) …….is sleeping……. The baby (sleep) ……..sleeps……. for ten hours
every night.
2. Right now I’m in class. I (sit) ……………………………………... at my desk. I usually (sit)
……………………………….. at the same desk in class every day.
3. Ali (speak) …………………………….. Arabic. Arabic is his native language, but right now he
(speak) ………………………………….. English.
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4. A: (it, rain) ……………………………………………… a lot in southern California?
B: No. The weather (be) ……………………….. usually warm and sunny.
5. A. Look out the window. (it, rain) ………………………………………………………..? Should I take my
umbrella?
B: It (start) ……………………………………….. to sprinkle.
6. A: Look. It’s Youssef.
B: Where?
A: Over there. He (walk) …………………………………….. out of the bakery.
7. A: Oscar usually (walk) …………………………………………………………... to work. (walk, you)
………………………………………………………………….to work every day, too?
B: Yes.
A: (Oscar, walk) ………………………………………………………………………………………………… with you?
B: Sometimes.
8. A: Flowers! Flowers for sale! Yes sir! Can I help you?
B: I’ll take those – the yellow ones.
A: Here you are, mister. Are they for a special occasion?
B: I (buy) ………………………………………………………………………….. them for my wife. I (buy)
…….……………………………………… her flowers on the first day of every month.
H. Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses. Use the present
simple or present progressive.
1. Right now I (look ) …………..am looking………… at the board. I (see) ……………………………………