The PRESENT (Continuous or simple) TENSE:

A-Complete it with the correct form of the verbs in brackets:

1-Phil (WRITE) …………………….. to his parents now . He (WRITE) ………………… to them every weekend.

2-I ( LIVE ) -----------------in a very nice flat in London, but now I( STAY) ………………with my aunt in Liverpool

3-The Earth (GO ) ………….. round the Sun.

4-It ( SNOW ) ……………….outside now. It  (COME ) …………………………down quite hard, look.

5- The train to Manchester (LEAVE) ………………….. at 7.30 .

6-Tom usually (START )……………….. work at 8 o’clock, but he (START) …..…………………..at 7 this week :

     we’re very busy now.

7-We (BUILD ) ……………………a garage next to our house. We (WANT ) ……………somewhere to put the car.

8-Sheila usually (DRIVE ) ………………..  to work., but she hasn’t got a car at the moment, so she (GO) ……..….

     to work on the bus this week.

9-We ( GO) ……………….camping every year. It’s a good cheap holiday .Hotels (COST ) …………….too much.

10-…………she (WRITE)…………….. another novel? I bet she is: she(WRITE ) ………………….one every year.

11-……………your brother and ………….your parents (SPEAK ) ……….a foreign language?

12-Normally I (READ) ……….2 newspapers , but not the same ones every day. On Sundays I (BUY)………. 4 or 5

13-The sun (RISE)………………………in the east, remember. It’s behind us, so we (TRAVEL) …………west.

14-We(LIVE )…………………..quite close to the school, so the children (WALK)…………….  there.

15-What’s the matter? You (not/ LOOK) ………………very happy.

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