Simple Present Vs Present Progressive Tes - Unlocked

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Simple Present or Present Progressive - Test 2

A - Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps.
1) I ____________________
am thirsty. (to be)
2) John often ____________________
to takes sugar in his coffee. (to take)
3) Listen! They to
____________________
coming home. (to come)
4) I usually ____________________
to work as a teacher in Germany,
but this summer I ____________________
To Work as a language assistant in Rome. (to work)
5) Anne ____________________
To has red hair. (to have)
6) The flowers to
____________________
smelling beautiful. (to smell)
7) The bus to New York ____________________
to leaves at 6.30). (to leave)
8) My history teacher ____________________
Talking too much. (to talk)
9) Right now Christine ____________________
working on the computer. (to work)
10) Hey! What ____________________
are you ____________________
to do there? (to do)
B - Which sentences are correct? Sometimes both sentences are correct.
1) 6)
a) I feel fine. a) I love holidays.
b) I'm feeling fine. b) I'm loving every minute of my holiday.
2) 7)
a) I am tasting the soup. a) I am needing an umbrella now.
b) The soup tastes good. b) I need a new computer.
3) 8)
a) She is weighing the turkey. a) I see what the teacher means.
b) She weighs 60 kilos. b) I'm seeing what the teacher means.
4) 9)
a) You are being very silly about this. a) I am thinking we should go.
b) You are silly. b) I think we should go.
5) 10)
a) I am remembering my first date. a) Andy repairs things at the moment.
b) I remember my first day at school. b) Andy sometimes repairs things.
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C - Which answers are correct?
1) What are typical signal words for the Present Progressive?

a) Listen!
b) Look!
c) ago
d) at the moment
e) just
f) never
g) now
h) yet
2) What are typical signal words for the Simple Present?

a) already
b) at the moment
c) every day
d) last week
e) normally
f) now
g) seldom
h) usually
3) Which sentences/questions are in the Present Progressive?

a) He had a shower in the morning.
b) He was sitting on the beach.
c) He's having a shower.
d) I don't think so.
e) We're thinking of buying a new car.
4) Which sentences/questions are in the Simple Present?

a) Anne is always coming late.
b) First I get up then I have breakfast.
c) He's just finished the letter.
d) I was having breakfast.
e) I'm here.
f) She lives in Sofia.

D - Which actions – which tenses?
1) Which of the following action is in the Simple Present?

a) actions happening at the moment of speaking
b) action finished in the past
c) repeated actions

a) result of an action in the past is important in the present
b) things in general
c) planned action in the near future

a) actions beginning in the past and still continuing
b) actions in the present - one follows after the other
c) planned action in the future

a) actions were in progress at special time in the past
b) fixed arrangements, scheduled events in the future
c) spontaneous action in the future
5) Which of the following action is in the Present Progressive?

a) things in general
b) spontaneous action in the future
c) fixed plan in the near future
6) Which of the following action is in the Present Progressive?

a) actions happening at the moment of speaking
b) recently completed actions
c) repeated actions
E - Negate the following sentences.
1) They are using a dictionary. They aren´t use a dictionary

______________________________________
2) Stacey works in the library. Stacey doesn´t work in the library
______________________________________
3) She is good at sports. ______________________________________
She Ins´t good at sports
4) The diary is lying on the floor. ______________________________________
They diary isn´t lie on the floor
5) Anne is smiling. Anne isn´t smile
______________________________________
6) We are carrying a big box. ______________________________________
We aren´t carry a big box
7) I like fish. I don´t fish
______________________________________
8) They are preparing the picnic. ______________________________________
They aren´t prepare
9) My friend lives in Stockholm. ______________________________________
My Friend doesn´t live in Stockolm
10) He is waiting for the bus. He isn´t wait for the bus
______________________________________

F - Choose the correct verb forms.
1) _________ in ghosts?
a) Does your little brother believe
b) Is your little brother believing
2) This cake __________ wonderful.

a) is tasting
b) tastes
3) My father __________ tea for breakfast.

a) is prefering
b) prefers
4) Hey John! __________ about Peggy?

a) Are you thinking
b) Do you think
5) I have to go now. __________ dark.

a) It gets
b) It's getting
6) We __________ music in the street.

a) are hearing
b) hear
7) I __________ his brother is football-crazy.

a) am thinking
b) think
8) __________ with you.

a) I agree
b) I am agreeing
9) He __________ with his grandmother until his mother comes back from China.
a) is living
b) lives
10) He __________ the newspaper at the moment.

a) is reading
b) reads


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Simple Present or Present Progressive - Test 2

B - Which sentences are correct? Sometimes both sentences are correct.

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C - Which answers are correct?

1) What are typical signal words for the Present Progressive?

2) What are typical signal words for the Simple Present?

3) Which sentences/questions are in the Present Progressive?

4) Which sentences/questions are in the Simple Present?

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D - Which actions – which tenses?

1) Which of the following action is in the Simple Present?

2) Which of the following action is in the Simple Present?

3) Which of the following action is in the Simple Present?

4) Which of the following action is in the Simple Present?

5) Which of the following action is in the Present Progressive?

6) Which of the following action is in the Present Progressive?

E - Negate the following sentences.

1) They are using a dictionary. They aren´t use a dictionary

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F - Choose the correct verb forms.

2) This cake __________ wonderful.

3) My father __________ tea for breakfast.

4) Hey John! __________ about Peggy?

5) I have to go now. __________ dark.

6) We __________ music in the street.

7) I __________ his brother is football-crazy.

8) __________ with you.

10) He __________ the newspaper at the moment.

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