UNIT 16 The Simple Present and Present Continuous Tenses TOPICAL GRAMMAR PRACTICE

 

TOPICAL GRAMMAR PRACTICE

UNIT 16

The Simple Present and Present Continuous Tenses

EXERCISE A Choose the correct verb form and write its number in the brackets.   1 My parents ___________ for the government. (1) works (2) is working (3) work (4) am working 2 _____________ your school _____________ a swimming pool? (1) Does /have (2) Do /have (3) Does /has (4) Do /has 3 My uncle _____________ a lot of travelling for his work. (1) do (2) doing (3) to do (4) does 4 The bookshop _____________ open today. (1) aren’t (2) not be (3) isn’t (4) not to 5 My sister _____________ Maths very much. (1) doesn't likes (2) doesn't like (3) isn't like (4) don't like 6 How _____________ dolphins _____________ air? (1) do /breathe (2) does /breathe (3) do /breathes (4) does /breathes 7 Can I speak to Andy, please? I’m sorry, he _____________ his dinner at the moment. (1) is having (2) has (3) are having (4) have 8 Sh! I _____________ my homework! (1) does (2) do (3) is doing (4) am doing 9 Dad, can you help me? My computer _____________ properly. (1) doesn’t work (2) not work (3) isn’t working (4) not working 10 _____________ you _____________ to me, Jack? (1) Do /listen (2) Are /listening (3) Are /listen (4) Does /listen 11 What _____________ Sally _____________ on TV? It looks interesting. (1) are /watching (2) does /watch (3) is /watching (4) is /watch 12 It’s midday. Their plane _____________ probably _____________ right now! (1) are /arriving (2) does /arrive (3) do /arrive (4) is /arriving   EXERCISE B Fill in the gaps with the correct simple present form of the verb in brackets.   International greetings People from different countries (1) ____ (have) different ways of greeting each other. In most European countries people (2) ____ (shake) hands when they (3) ____ (meet). Sometimes, if they (4) ____ (know) each other very well, they may kiss on each cheek. In some Asian countries like Japan, it (5) ____ (be) polite to bow when you (6) ____ (be) introduced to someone. The Malays in Malaysia and Singapore (7) ____ (do) something called 'salaam'. A Malay (8) ____ (extend) his or her hand to the other person and then brings it to his or her chest. In India some people (9) ____ (put) their hands together in front of their chest with their fingers pointing upwards. And they (10) ____ (bow) slightly. I (11) ____ (be) sure there are lots of other ways of saying 'hello'. (12) ___ you ____ (know) any more ways of greeting people?   EXERCISE C Fill in the gaps with the correct present continuous form of the verb in brackets.   A project on pollution 1(1) _____ (do) a school project about pollution. I (2) _____ (find) a lot of information on the Internet. lt's not good news! Everyday pollution (3) ______ (get) worse in the big cities around the world. More and more people (4) _____ (buy) cars and driving them to work. There are more factories and they (5) _____ (make) more things for us to buy. So factories (6) ____ also _____ (make) more pollution. At home, we (7) _______(try) to reduce our own pollution. We (8) _______ (separate) the rubbish into different sorts: glass, paper, plastic, so it can be recycled. My parents have stopped using the car so much. Now they (9) _______ (not drive) to work. They (10) _______ (take) the bus instead. I (11) ___ ____ (cycle) to school with my older brother. What (12) _____ you _____ (do) to reduce pollution?

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