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    Exercise 1 – Simple Present tense

    1. Fill in the blanks using the right form of the verbs in the brackets.

    This restaurant is called "Vienna". Ten people work here. Julia Thomas is the owner. She goes
    to the restaurant at four o'clock in the afternoon. The waiters arrive at half past four. They
    set the tables and tidy the kitchen. The chef, Pièrre Rousseau, comes at five o'clock. He
    prepares the food for the evening. The restaurant opens at six o'clock. Many people eat here
    because the food is very good. The restaurant closes at one o'clock in the morning, and at half
    past one Julia, the chef and the waiters go home.

    (From Doodley, J. and Virginia Evans. Grammarway 1, page 49. Express Publishing)

    2. Answer the following questions by using Simple present tense.

    Give 3 (three) examples of your daily activities.

    - I wake up at 5 o'clock every morning.

    - I eat rice three times in a day.

    - I always take a bath twice everyday.

    Give 3 (three) examples of general fact.

    - Ice is cold and fire is hot.

    - Moon revolves around the earth.

    - The water flows from the higher up to lower.


    Exercise 2 – Simple Present VS Present Continuous tense

    Choose the right answer.

    1. ____ you (come)? Whole family ____ (wait) just for you! Hurry up!

    a. Are you coming?/ is waiting

    b. Are you coming?/ waits

    c. Are you coming?/ wait

    2. The river ____ (flow) very fast after last night's rain.

    a. Flowing

    b. Flows

    c. Is flowing

    3. She ______ (study) English at Durham University these days.

    a. Studies

    b. Study

    c. Is studying

    4. Oh my God, look! That girl ____ (wear) same shirt as me!!

    a. Is wearing

    b. Wears

    c. Wearing
    5. What you _____ (do)? -I just ____ (tie up) my shoe-laces.

    a. are you doing/ tie up

    b. are you doing/ am tying up

    c. do you do / am tying up

    6. Who you (talk) to now, me or him?

    a. are you talking

    b. talking

    c. do you talk

    7. What is that funny? Why ____ you (laugh)?

    a. you are laughing

    b. are you laughing

    c. do you laugh

    8. Look! The train _____ (leave).

    a. Is leaving

    b. Leave

    c. Leaves

    9. People _______ (become) less tolerant of smoking these days.

    a. Become

    b. Are becoming
    c. Becomes

    10. He ______ (arrive) tomorrow morning on the 13.30 train.

    a. Arrives

    b. Arrive

    c. Is arriving

    Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs.

    1. John lives and works in Florida but he is having a holiday in England at the moment.

    2. I wonder why the neighbor's dog is barking again. Maybe there is a burglar!

    3. Alan gets up at seven o'clock every morning.

    4. Then he goes to have a shower before breakfast.

    5. Then he drives to the beach and stays all day.

    6. He doesn't work because he won the lottery last year.

    7. Why are you learning English this year?

    8. I am living with my sister for a month because she is pregnant and I can help her.

    9. Tell me – what are you wearing? That way, I will recognise you at the station.

    10. Jane is in the kitchen and very stressed! She is cooking dinner for 20 people.

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