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Test yourself

The Simple Present and the Present Continuous

V-1

I. Put the verbs in brackets into the simple present or the present continuous tense.

1 Cuckoos (not build) nests. They (use) the nests of other birds.

2 You can't see Tom now: he (have) a bath.

3 He usually (drink) coffee but today he (drink) tea.

4 What she (do) in the evenings?

~She usually (play) cards or (watch) TV.

5 I won't go out now as it (rain) and I (not have) an umbrella.

6 The last train (leave) the station at 11. 30.

7 He usually (speak) so quickly that I (not understand) him.

8 Ann (make) a dress for herself at the moment. She (make) all her

own clothes.

II. Complete the sentences with am/is/are/do/does.

1. I __________ an accountant.

2. ___________ he like his job?

3. Where ___________ they live?

4. ________ New York exciting?

5. Why __________ you want to learn English?

6. We _________ Americans.

7. What ________ he do at weekends?

III. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences or questions.

1. family/the/am/my/in//I/oldest
2. sister/me/my/than/younger/is
3. class/who/the/oldest/the/the/in/is?
4. passenger/plane/is/Concorde/world/fastest/the/in/the

IV. Put the questions to the underlined words in the sentences.

1. She never plays tennis on Monday.
2. They are watching a very interesting film on TV now.
3. We like to read detective stories.

Test yourself

The Simple Present and the Present Continuous

V-2

I. Put the verbs in brackets into the simple present or the present continuous tense.

1. Hardly anyone (wear) a hat nowadays.

2. I'm afraid I've broken one of your coffee cups.

-Don't worry. I (not like) that set anyway.

3. I (wear) my sunglasses today because the sun is very strong.

4. Tom can't have the newspaper now because his aunt (read) it.

5. I'm busy at the moment. I (redecorate) the sitting room.

6. The kettle (boil) now. Shall I make the tea?

7. You (enjoy) yourself or would you like to leave now?

-I (enjoy) myself very much. I (want) to stay to the end.

8. How you (get) to work as a rule?

-I usually (go) by bus but sometimes I (walk).

II. Complete the sentences with am/is/are/do/does.

1. I ________ a student.
2. ________ she like music?
3. Where _________ they go after lessons?
4. _______ he your best friend?
5. Why ________ do they want to help her?
6. They _____ not Russian.
7. What books ________ she like to read?

III. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences or questions.

1. book/interesting/than/my/your/more/is/book
2. in/world/the/ what/ the/is/longest/river?
3. difficult/German/English/is/than/more/much
4. weather/better/today/than/much/is/yesterday/the

IV. Put the questions to the underlined words in the sentences.

1. We are doing a lot of interesting things after lessons.
2. She looks after her little sister every day.
3. The boy never goes to the swimming pool. He is afraid of water.
4. I am sitting at the table and doing my homework.

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