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Present Tenses in Dialogues - Fill the Gaps
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Choose the correct forms of present simple or present continuous for the gaps
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Caller: Good morning,Mr Green there?
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Man: No, hehere.
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Heat the moment.
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He usuallyuntil 4 p.m.
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Caller: What about Mrs Green? Whereshe?
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Man: Shethe shopping.
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She alwaysthe shopping on Thursday afternoons.
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Caller: Wherethe children?
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Man: Theyfootball.
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They alwaysfootball after school.
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Caller: Howall this? Who are you?
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Man: Ithe burglar.
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A: Whyyour homework and go outside?
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B: Because Iit. It is too difficult.
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A: Whyyour teacher to explain it?
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B: Because Ihim.
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A: And whyhim?
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B: Well. Heat me.
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A: Why?
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B: Well, Imy homework.
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A: Well, no wonder heat you.
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Ifrom the gorgeous island of Jamaica!
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Jim and Iin a five-star hotel by the sea
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Right now, Ion the balcony.
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Jimalong the beach.
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The weatherhot and sunny.
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Wemost of the day relaxing and reading.
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Tonight, weto a reggae festival
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and on Tuesday wefor Barbados.
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The Jamaican peopleyou feel happy.
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Iit here so much
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that Ito leave!
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Peter: Hi, Jack. It's Peter.
Jack: Hey. Where are you?
Peter: Ion a train with my family. -
Jack: Where?
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Peter: Weto Scotland to visit my cousins.
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Jack: Thatexciting.
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Peter: Actually, Ithe journey.
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The air-conditioningso it's really hot in here at the moment.
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Jack: So what?
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games on your phone?
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Peter: No, I'm not. Ifor the maths test.
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Kate: Do youmy friend, Maria?
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Polly: Yes. Shein Spain, doesn't she?
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Kate: Normally, but at the moment shein China.
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Polly: Why is she in China?
Kate: Her parentsa year there. -
Theyat a university.
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Polly:it?
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Kate: At first it was difficult but now sheit.
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Polly:Chinese?
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Kate: Yes. Sheto Chinese classes every day after school.
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Polly: What about the food?it?
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Kate: Yes, sheit. Spanish people like seafood
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and IChinese people eat a lot of seafood too.
Answer key
- a) is
- a) isn't
- b) is working
- b) works
- a) is
- a) is doing
- a) does
- b) are
- a) are playing
- a) play
- a) do you know
- b) am
- b) don't you finish
- a) don't understand
- b) don't you ask
- b) don't like
- b) don't like
- a) is always shouting
- b) does he shout
- b) don't do
- a) shouts
- a) am writing
- a) are staying
- a) am standing
- b) is walking
- b) is
- b) spend
- b) are going
- a) are leaving
- a) make
- a) love
- a) don't want
- a) am sitting
- a) are you going
- a) are travelling
- a) sounds
- b) am not enjoying
- b) isn't working
- b) are you doing
- b) Are you playing
- b) am revising
- b) remember
- b) lives
- a) is living
- a) are spending
- a) are teaching
- b) Does she like
- a) is enjoying
- b) Is she learning
- a) goes
- b) Does she like
- b) loves
- a) think
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