Exercise 2. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.
1. ………(Mary have) a bicycle? - Yes, she ___. She (have) a ten-speed bike.
2. ………(it rain) right now? - No, ___. At least, I (think, not) so.
3. ……..(you like) sour oranges? - No, I ___. I (like) sweet ones.
4. …….(your friends write) a lot of letters? - Yes, ____. I ……..(get) lots of letters all the time.
5. (the students take) a test in class right now? - No,___. They … …..(do) an exercise.
6. ……..(you, know) Tom Adams? - No, ___. I’ve never met him.
7. ……. (your desk, have) any drawers? - Yes,____. It ……..(have) six drawers.
8. ………(Jean, play) pool every evening? - No, ____. She usually …….(study) at the library.
9. ………(She,be) a good pool player? - Yes,____. She ……. (play) pool three or four times a week.
10. …….. (you, know) how to play pool? - Yes,____. But I ……..(be, not) very good.
11. Where are the children? - In the living room. - What are they doing? ……..(they, watch) TV? - No, _____. They ………(play) the game.
12. Shhh. I ……. (hear) a noise. ………. (you, hear) it, too? - Yes, ____. I wonder what it is.
13. My sister … …… (have) a new car. She bought it last month.
14. ….. ……(you, have) a car? - No, ____. Do you? - No, but I have a ten speed bike.
15. Shhh. - Why? ………..(the baby, sleep)? - Uh-huh. She ……….(take) her afternoon nap. - O’K, I’ll talk softly. I ………….(want, not) to wake her up.
16. Ron, ….. (be) this your hat? - No, ____. It …. ……(belong, not) to me. Maybe it …….. (belong) to Kevin. Why don’t you ask him about it?
17. Johnny, …………(you, listen) to me? - Of course I am, Mom. You ………(want) me to take out the garbage. Right? - Right! And right now!
18. A penny for your thoughts. - Huh? - What ……..(you, think) about right now? - I ……. (think) about English grammar.
19. …….. (you, see) that man over there? - Which man? The man in the brown jacket? - No, I ………(talk) about the man who ………(wear) the blue shirt. - Oh, that man. -………… (you, know) him? - No, I (think, not) so. - I …………(know, not) him either.
20. ………. (you, know) any tongue-twisters? - Yes,____. Here’s one: She sells seashells down by the sea shore. - That ……(be) hard to say! Can you say this: Sharon wears Sue’s shoes to zoos to look at cheap sheep? - That ……… (make, not) any sense. - I ……..(know).
Exercise 4. Use either Simple Present or Present Progressive.
1. Diane can’t come to the phone because she ………. (wash) her hair. Diane ……….(wash) her hair every other day or so.
2. Kathy … ……. (sit, usually) in the front row during class, but today she …. ……(sit) in the last row.
3. Please be quiet. I ……(try) to concentrate.
4. …………(lock you always) the door to your apartment when you leave?
5. I wrote to my friend last week. She hasn’t answered my letter yet. I ………..(wait, still) for a reply.
6. After three days of rain, I’m glad that the sun ………(shine) again today.
7. Every morning the sun ………(shine) in my bedroom window and ………(wake) me up.
8. Look! It ……… (snow). - It’s beautiful! This is the first time I’ve ever seen snow. It ……… (snow, not) in my country.
9. Mike is a student, but he ………(go, not) to school right now because it’s summer. He …….(attend) college from September to May every year, but in summer he ……..(have, usually) a job at the post office. In fact he ……….. (work) there this summer.
Exercise 5. Use Present Progressive or Present Simple.
1. I can’t afford that ring. It …..(cost) too much.
2. Look. It ……… (begin) to rain. Unfortunately, I ……….(have, not) my umbrella with me. Tom is lucky. He ……… (wear) a raincoat.
3. I ………..(own, not) an umbrella. I ………..(wear) a waterproof hat on rainy days.
4. Right now I ………(look) around the classroom. Yoko …….(write) in her book. Carlos …….(bite) his pencil. Wan-Ning ……….(scratch) his head. Ahmed …….(stare) out of the window. He …….. (seem) to be daydreaming, but perhaps he ………(think) hard about verb tenses. What …….(think, you) Ahmed ……..(do)?
5. There’s a book on my desk, but it ……..(belong, not) to me.
6. Denis ………(fix) the roof of his house today, and he ……….(need) some help. Can you help him?
7. Barbara ………. (often, tutor) other students in her math class. This afternoon she ……..(help) Steve with his math assignment because he ……….(understand, not) the material they ………(work) in their class this week.
8. Right now I ………. (look) at Janet. She ……..(look) angry. I wonder what’s the matter. She ……. (have) a frown on her face. She certainly ………. (have, not) any fun right now.
9. Who is that woman, who ………. (stand) next to the window? - Which woman? ………. (talk, you) about the woman who ………. (wear) the blue and gold dress? - No, I …. …… (talk, not) about her. I ……. …….(mean) the woman who ………. (wear) the blue suit. - Oh, I …………(know, not). I ………….. (recognize, not) her.
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