Use the verb given in brackets.

 

1 My sister .......................................(wait) patiently for her exam results.   2 We .............................(not travel) by train very often.   3 I ..............................(consider) accepting that job in Crete.   4 The film ...........................(end) with a dramatic car chase.   5 I’m sorry, I……… ...(feel) too tired to go out this evening. 6 We.....................................(have) a great time here in London. 7 …............you ..............(see) much of your brother these days? 8 We........................... (rely) on you to bring the keys with you. 9 I ............................. (wish) people didn’t smoke in restaurants. 10 Who.......... you .....................(think) you are, speaking to me like that!

 

 

  1. Complete the sentences using the Present Simple or the Present Continuous. Use the verbs and adverbs given in brackets.
1 I ....................................(use, never) my mobile phone if I ................................(drive). 2 I .........................................(like, always) to get post but I .......................................(seem, never) to have the time. 3 The heroine ......................................(prefer) to be with Paul because James………………………… .................................(ague, always). 4 Maria .............................................(forget, always) what time the soap ......................................(start). 5 You ................................................ (moan, always) about the state of the flat but you ........................... …………………(help, never) me. 6. Turtles .........................................(lay, always) their eggs on the same beach; however, they ............................(come, never) in winter. 7. Whether I ........................................(go) swimming or not ...........................................................(depend on, always) the weather. 8. I ......................................... (shop, never) here again – they ............................................(be, always) so rude. 9. We........................................... (smell, always) cooking when we ............................................(pass) your house. 10. He ............................................................ (borrow, always) money but he .........................................(pay, always) me back.
  1. Present Indefinite or Present Continuous?

 

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. 9. Hardly anyone (wear)……………….. a hat nowadays. 10. I’m afraid I’ve broken one of your coffee cups .- Don’t worry. I (not like)………………………. the set anyway. 11. I (wear) …………………….. my sunglasses today because the sun is very strong. 12.Tom can’t have the newspaper now because his aunt (read)……………………… it. 13.I’m busy at the moment. I (redecorate) …………………………… the sitting room. 14.The kettle (boil)…………………….. now. Shall I make the tea? 15.You (enjoy) ………………….yourself or would you like to leave now? – I (enjoy)………………………. myself very much. I (want) to stay to the end. 16. How you (get)………………….. to work as a rule? – I usually (go)………………….. …. by bus but tomorrow I (go)……………………… in Tom’s car.     17. Why you (put). ……………………………. on your coat? – I (go)…………………… for a walk. You (come)……….. ……………….with me? – Yes, I’d love to come. You (mind) …………………..if I bring my dog? 18. How much you (owe)…………………… him? – I (owe) …………………….him $5. – You (intend) …………………to pay him? 19. You (belong)……….. to our local library? – Yes, I do. – You (read)………………… a lot?- Yes, quite a lot. –How often you (change)……………………………… your books? – I (change) ……………………….one every day. 20. Mary usually (learn)……………………. languages very quickly but she (not seem)………………………. able to learn modern Greek. 21. I always (buy)…………………… lottery tickets but I never (win)………………… anything. 22. You (like) this necklace?.......................................... I (give)……………………….. it to my daughter for her birthday tomorrow. 23. I won’t tell you my secret unless you (promise) ……………… not to tell anyone. – I (promise)………………. 24. You always (write) ………………………….with your left hand? 25. You (love)………………. him? – No, I (like)………….. him very much but I (not love)………………………….. him. 26. You (dream)………………………….. at night? – Yes, I always (dream) …………………and if I (eat)……………….. too much supper I (have)…………………………. nightmares. 27. The milk (smell)………………………… sour. You (keep) ……………………………..the milk a long time? 28. These workmen are never satisfied; they always (complain). ……………………………… 29. We (use)……………………. this room today because the window in the other room is broken.  
30. He always (say)……………………… that he will mend the window but he never (do) it. 31. You (know) ……………….….why an apple (fall) down and not up? 32. You (write)…………………………… to him tonight? – Yes, I always (write) ………………....to him on his birthday. You (want) ………………………………….to send any message? 33. Tom and Mr Pitt (have)…………………………….a long conversation. I (wonder)…………………… what they (talk)………………………. about. 34. You (believe)…………………………. all that the newspapers say? – No, I (not believe)……………………… any of it. – Then why you (read)………………………………… newspapers? 35. This car (make) …………………….a very strange noise. You (think)…………………………… it is all right? – Oh, that noise (not matter)…………………….. It always (make)……………………… a noise like that. 36. The fire (smoke) ….…..…….……horribly. I can’t see across the room. – I (expect) ………………………that birds (build)……………….. a nest in the chimney. – Why you (not put)……………………………wire across the tops of your chimneys? – Tom (do) ………………………that sometimes but it (not seem)………………………………… to make any difference.

 

 

  1. Present Indefinite or Present Continuous?

 

1. What Tom (think) ……………………of the Budget? - He (think )………………….. it most unfair. – I (agree) …………………….with him. 2. What this one (cost)………………………? – It (cost) ……………………forty pence. 3. You (hear)……………….. the wind? It (blow) ………………..very strongly tonight. 4. You (see) ………………….my keys anywhere? – No, I (look) ………………..for them but I (not see ) …………………..them. 5. He never (listen)……………… to what you say. He always (think)………………….about something else. 6. This book is about a man who (desert)……………….. his family and (go)…………………to live on a Pacific island. 7. You ( understand) …………………… what the lecturer is saying? – No, I (not understand)…………. …………………him at all. 8. What you (have)……………………for breakfast usually? – I usually (eat) …………..a carrot and (drink)…………….. a glass of cold water. 9. When the curtain (rise)………………….. we (see) ………………a group of workers. They (picket) ……………………..a factory gate. 10. Why you (walk)…………………….. so fast today? You usually (walk)…………………… quite slowly. – I (hurry) ………………….because I (meet) …………………. My mother at 4 o’clock and she (not like) ………………to be kept waiting. 11. I (wish)…………… .that dog would lie down. He (keep)…………………jumping up on my lap. – I (think) …………….. he (want)………………….. to go for a walk. 12. You (recognize) ……………………that man? – I (think) …………………………that I’ve seen him before but I (not remember)………………………….. his name. 13. Look at that crowd. I (wonder) ……………… what they (wait)……………………… for. 14. This message has just arrived and the man (wait)………… ……..in case you (want) …………………..to send a reply. 15. Stop! You (not see)………………… the notice? – I (see) …………………..but I can’t read it because I (not wear) …………………my glasses. What it (say)………………?- It (say)……….. “These premises are patrolled by guard dogs”. 16. She always (borrow)……………………. from me and she never (remember)………………………… to pay me back. 17. You (need) ………………another blanket or you (feel) …………………… warm enough? 18. It (save)………………time if you (take)………………….. the path through the wood? – No, it (not matter) ………………………which path you take. 19. I (save)…………………up because I (go) …………abroad in July. 20. I (think) ………………………. it is a pity you don’t take more exercise. You (get) ……………………….fat. 21. The plane that you (look)…………………….. at now just (take) ………………………..off for Paris. 22. Tom never (do)………………….. any work in the garden; he always (work)…………………………….on his car.
23. What he (do)……………. to his car now? – I (think) ……………….he (polish) ………………………it. 24. That film (come)………………. to the local cinema next week. You (want)……………………. to see it? 25. How Peter (get)…………………… on at school? – Very well. He (seem)………………... to like the life. 26. Why Mrs Pitt (look) ………………….so angry? – Mr Pitt (smoke)………………. a cigarette and (drop) ……………………the ash on the carpet. 27. This is our itinerary. We (leave)……………….. home on the 8th, (arrive)……………….. in Paris on the 9th, (spend)…………….. the day in Paris, and (set)…………………… out that night for Venice. – That (sound) ……………………most interesting. You must tell me all about it when you (get back)…………………. 28. This story is about a boy who (make) ……………….friends with a snake which he (find) ………………….in his garden. Then he (go) …………..away but he (not forget) the snake and some years later he (return)…………………… and (look)………………………for it. 29 He (find)………………………the snake who (recognize) …………………its old friend and (coil)………………. round him affectionately. But, unfortunately, the snake is by now a full-grown boa –constrictor and its embrace (kill) …………………………the poor boy. 30 The snake (feel) ………………..sorry about this ? – I (not know)……………….. The story (end)……………… there. 31 How you (end)………………. a letter that begin)…………….., ‘Dear sir’? – I always put, ‘ Yours truly’, but Tom (prefer) ………………..‘ Yours faithfully’. 32 What the word ‘catastrophe’ mean? – It (mean)………….. ‘disaster’. 33 What you (wait)…………………………… for? – I (wait) …………………….for the shop to open. – But it (not open) ……………………until 9.00.- I know but I (want) …………………..to be early, as their sale (start) …………………..today. 34 Why you (smoke)………………. a cigar, Mr Pitt? You (not smoke)………………… cigars as a rule. – I (smoke) ………………….it because I (want)…………………. the ash. This book (say)………………. that cigar ash mixed with oil (remove)…………………… heat stains from wood. 35 Who (own)…………………….. this umbrella? – I (not know)…………………... Everybody (use) ………………it but nobody (know) ………………….who (own)…………. it. 36 You (mind) ………………….if I (ask)………………. you a question? – That (depend)………………………. on the question. – It (concern)……………………. your brother. – I (refuse) ………………………….to answer any question about my brother.