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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

  1. Caller: Good morning,
    Mr Green there?
    1. is
    2. are
  2. Man: No, he
    here.
    1. isn't
    2. aren't
  3. He
    at the moment.
    1. works
    2. is working
  4. He usually
    until 4 p.m.
    1. is working
    2. works
  5. Caller: What about Mrs Green? Where
    she?
    1. is
    2. are
  6. Man: She
    the shopping.
    1. is doing
    2. does
  7. She always
    the shopping on Thursday afternoons.
    1. does
    2. is doing
  8. Caller: Where
    the children?
    1. is
    2. are
  9. Man: They
    football.
    1. are playing
    2. play
  10. They always
    football after school.
    1. play
    2. are playing
  11. Caller: How
    all this? Who are you?
    1. do you know
    2. are you knowing
  12. Man: I
    the burglar.
    1. is
    2. am
  13. A: Why
    your homework and go outside?
    1. aren't you finish
    2. don't you finish
  14. B: Because I
    it. It is too difficult.
    1. don't understand
    2. am not understanding
  15. A: Why
    your teacher to explain it?
    1. aren't you asking
    2. don't you ask
  16. B: Because I
    him.
    1. aren't liking
    2. don't like
  17. A: And why
    him?
    1. aren't liking
    2. don't like
  18. B: Well. He
    at me.
    1. is always shouting
    2. always shout
  19. A: Why
    ?
    1. is shouting
    2. does he shout
  20. B: Well, I
    my homework.
    1. am not doing
    2. don't do
  21. A: Well, no wonder he
    at you.
    1. shouts
    2. is shouting
  22. I
    from the gorgeous island of Jamaica!
    1. am writing
    2. write
  23. Jim and I
    in a five-star hotel by the sea
    1. are staying
    2. stay
  24. Right now, I
    on the balcony.
    1. am standing
    2. stand
  25. Jim
    along the beach.
    1. walks
    2. is walking
  26. The weather
    hot and sunny.
    1. are
    2. is
  27. We
    most of the day relaxing and reading.
    1. are spending
    2. spend
  28. Tonight, we
    to a reggae festival
    1. go
    2. are going
  29. and on Tuesday we
    for Barbados.
    1. are leaving
    2. leave
  30. The Jamaican people
    you feel happy.
    1. make
    2. are making
  31. I
    it here so much
    1. love
    2. am loving
  32. that I
    to leave!
    1. don't want
    2. am not wanting
  33. Peter: Hi, Jack. It's Peter.
    Jack: Hey. Where are you?
    Peter: I
    on a train with my family.
    1. am sitting
    2. sit
  34. Jack: Where
    ?
    1. are you going
    2. do you go
  35. Peter: We
    to Scotland to visit my cousins.
    1. are travelling
    2. travel
  36. Jack: That
    exciting.
    1. sounds
    2. is sounding
  37. Peter: Actually, I
    the journey.
    1. don't enjoy
    2. am not enjoying
  38. The air-conditioning
    so it's really hot in here at the moment.
    1. doesn't work
    2. isn't working
  39. Jack: So what
    ?
    1. do you do
    2. are you doing
  40. games on your phone?
    1. Do you play
    2. Are you playing
  41. Peter: No, I'm not. I
    for the maths test.
    1. revise
    2. am revising
  42. Kate: Do you
    my friend, Maria?
    1. remembering
    2. remember
  43. Polly: Yes. She
    in Spain, doesn't she?
    1. is living
    2. lives
  44. Kate: Normally, but at the moment she
    in China.
    1. is living
    2. lives
  45. Polly: Why is she in China?
    Kate: Her parents
    a year there.
    1. are spending
    2. spend
  46. They
    at a university.
    1. are teaching
    2. teach
  47. Polly:
    it?
    1. Is she liking
    2. Does she like
  48. Kate: At first it was difficult but now she
    it.
    1. is enjoying
    2. enjoys
  49. Polly:
    Chinese?
    1. Does she learn
    2. Is she learning
  50. Kate: Yes. She
    to Chinese classes every day after school.
    1. goes
    2. is going
  51. Polly: What about the food?
    it?
    1. Is she liking
    2. Does she like
  52. Kate: Yes, she
    it. Spanish people like seafood
    1. is loving
    2. loves
  53. and I
    Chinese people eat a lot of seafood too.
    1. think
    2. am thinking
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