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    Present Simple / Present Continous 1. Complete The Sentences With The Right Form of The Present Simple or Present Continuous

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    PRESENT SIMPLE / PRESENT CONTINOUS

    1. Complete the sentences with the right form of the present simple or present continuous
    1. Every Monday, Sally _______________(drive) her kids to football practice.
    2. Usually, I _____________ (work) as a secretary at ABT, but this summer I
    ________________________(study) French at a language school in Paris.
    3. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John _______________________ (sleep)
    4. Don't forget to take your umbrella. It ____________________ (rain)
    5. I hate living in Seattle because it ________________________ (rain, always) .
    6. I'm sorry I can't hear what you __________________ (say) because everybody
    ____________________ (talk) so loudly.
    7. Justin ___________________ (write, currently) a book about his adventures in Tibet.
    8. Jim: Do you want to come over for dinner tonight?
    Denise: Oh, I'm sorry, I can't. I ____________ (go) to a movie tonight with some friends.
    9. The business cards _________________ (be, normally) printed by a company in NewYork.
    Their prices ____________________ (not be) expensive and the quality is quite good.
    10. This delicious chocolate ____________ (be) made by a small chocolatier in Zurich
    2. Now complete the text with the present simple/continuous
    Today ________ (be) the second day of my trek around Mount Annapurna. I am exhausted
    and my legs _________________ (shake); I just hope I am able to complete the trek. My feet
    _______________(kill, really) me and my toes _______________ (bleed) , but I____________
    (want, still) to continue.
    Nepal is a fascinating country, but I have a great deal to learn. Everything ___________
    (be) so different, I __________________ (try) to adapt to the new way of life here. I
    _________________ (learn) a little bit of the language to make communication easier;
    unfortunately, I ___________________ (learn, not) foreign languages quickly. Although
    I ________________(understand, not) much yet, I believe that I __________ (improve,
    gradually) .I ____________________ (travel, currently) with Liam, a student from
    Leeds University in England. He _____________ (be) a nice guy, but impatient. He
    _________________ (walk, always) ahead of me and ______________________
    (complain) that I am too slow. I __________________ (do) my best to keep up with
    him, but he is younger and stronger than I am.

    Maybe, I am just feeling sorry for myself because I am getting old.


    Right now, Liam __________________ (sit) with the owner of the inn. They
    ________________(discuss) the differences between life in England and life in Nepal. I
    ______________________(know, not) the real name of the owner, but everybody
    ____________________ (call, just) him Tam. Tam _____________________ (speak)
    English very well and he _______________ (try) to teach Liam some words in Nepali.
    Every time Tam _________________ (say) a new word, Liam ___________________
    (try) to repeat it. Unfortunately, Liam ______________________ (seem, also) to have
    difficulty learning foreign languages. I just hope we don't get lost and have to ask for
    directions.

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