Exercise 1: Choose the correct answer 8. ………. Peter ……….Mary?

A. Does – know
1. What ………. for dinner?
B. Is – knowing
A. do you usually have
C. Does – knows
B. are you usually having
D. Do – knows
C. are you usually going to have
D. does you usually have 9. I usually ………. shopping with my
mother on Sundays.
2. The population of China ………. more
A. go
and more.
B. goes
A. is increasing
C. am going
B. increase
D. is going
C. increases
D. are increasing 10. I ………. for a bicycle, but I can’t find
anything good.
3. Listen! The teacher ………..
A. am looking
A. speaks
B. look
B. is speaking
C. looks
C. speak
D. is looking
D. are speaking
11. Look! He (leave) ………. the house.
4. I ………. to school by bus every day.
A. leaves
A. go
B. is leaving
B. am going
C. leave
C. goes
D. are leaving
D. is going
12. Quiet please! I (write) ………. a test.
5. I ………. drinking apple juice.
A. write
A. like
B. am writing
B. am liking
C. writes
C. likes
D. is writing
6. My brother often goes to school by bus,
13. She usually (walk) ………. to school.
but today he ………. to school by bike.
A. walks
A. goes
B. is walking
B. is going
C. walk
C. go
D. are walking
D. are going
14. But look! Today she (go) ………. by
7. They ………. with us at the moment.
bike.
A. are staying
A. goes
B. staying
B. is going
C. stay
C. go
D. is staying
D. are going
15. Every Sunday we (go) ………. to see 18. The child seldom (cry) ……….
my grandparents. A. cry
A. go B. is crying
B. are going C. cries
C. goes D. are crying
D. is going 19. I (not/ do) ………. anything at the
16. He often (go) ………. to the cinema. moment.
A. goes A. do not
B. is going B. am not doing
C. go C. does not
D. are going D. isn’t doing
17. We (play) ………. Monopoly at the 20. (watch/ he) ………. the news regularly?
moment. A. Does he watch
A. play B. Is he watching
B. are playing C. Do he watch
C. plays D. Are he watching
D. is playing

Exercise 2: Choose the correct form of the verb in the sentence

1. My grandfather is loving/ loves collecting stamps.
2. She is waiting/ waits for her friends at a bar right now.
3. Nguyen Vy is a writer. She is writing/ writes a short story about a dragon.
4. I never is coming/ come home late.
5. My boss aren’t wearing/ doesn’t wear high heels to work.
6. She usually isn’t talking/ doesn’t talk much.
7. This spaghetti is tasting/ tastes awful.
8. I am thinking/ think he is a good man.
9. As the ceremony is starting/ starts at 8∶00 a.m, we have to be there early.
10.Kate is drinking/ drinks a cup of coffee every morning.
11.The earth is going/goes round the sun.
12.Rice isn’t growing/ doesn’t grow in Britain.
13.The sun is rising/ rises in the east.
14.An interpreter is translating/ translates from one language into another.
15.Vegetariants aren’t eating/ don’t eat meat.
Exercise 3: Choose the correct answer to complete the passage

It is Sunday evening and my friends and I (1. be) ………. at Jane’s birthday party. Jane (2.
wear) ………. a beautiful long dress and (3. stand) ………. next to her boyfriend. Some guests
(4. drink) ………. wine or beer in the corner of the room. Some of her relatives (5. dance)
………. in the middle of the room. Most people (6. sit) ………. on chairs, (7. enjoy) ……….
foods and (8. chat) ………. with one another. We often (9. go) ………. to our friends’ birthday
parties. We always (10. dress) ………. well and (11. travel) ………. by taxi. Parties never (12.
make) ………. us bored because we like them.
1. 6.
A. are A. sits
B. am B. is sitting
C. am being C. sit
D. are being D. are sitting
2. 7.
A. wears A. enjoys
B. is wearing B. enjoying
C. wear C. enjoy
D. are wearing
8.
3.
A. chats
A. stands
B. chatting
B. standing
C. chat
C. stand
9.
4.
A. drinks A. goes
B. is drinking B. is going
C. drink C. go
D. are drinking D. are going
5. 10.
A. dresses
A. dances
B. is dressing
B. is dancing
C. dress
C. dance
D. are dressing
D. are dancing

11.
A. travels
B. traveling
C. travel
 B. is making
C. are making
12.
D. make
A. makes
Exercise 4: Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present continuous)
1. Look. He ___________________________ (listen) to us.
2. We _____________________________ (stay) at a hotel this week.
3. I ______________________________ (go) to bed early on Sundays.
4. My mum is at the shop. She _______________________ (buy) a new dress.
5. Jill __________________________ (have) a lot of money.
6. They usually __________________________ (leave) on Sunday.
7. Please, stop! You __________________________ (drive) so fast!
8. We ___________________________ (meet) in Berlin each year.
9. We ___________________________ (go) to discos on Fridays.
10.He normally ________________________ (come) on time. I can’t hear you!
11.I __________________________ (have) a shower
12.Sam _________________________ (do) his homework at night.
13.He always (go) _________________________ class lately.
14.Sit down! A strange dog (run) _________________________ to you.
15.That baby (cry) _________________________ loudly in the party now.
16.Lan (travel) _________________________ to London every Sunday.
17.My brothers (not/drink) _________________________ tea at the moment.
18.We (have) _________________________ a holiday in July every year.
19.You (play) _________________________ football once a week.
20.The moon (circle) _________________________ around the earth.
21.You always (teach) _________________________ me new things.
22.Look! Those people (climb) _____________________ the mountain so fast.