Question

Unit 1: Present Tenses

A: Put in the present continuous form of the verb in brackets.

1. Please be quiet. I _______________ (try) to read my book.

2. I _______________ (not/use) the computer at the moment so you can use it.

3. Mary is ill so Sue _______________ (teach) her 1essons today.

4. Excuse me, I _______________ (look) for a hotel. Is there one near here?

5. _______________ (you/wait) for someone?

6. Jack, you are very careless. You _______________ (always/forget) to do your

homework!

7. The cost of living _______________ (rise) very fast. Every year things are more

expensive.

8. What _______________ (you/do)? I _______________ (clean) my shoes.

9. Why _______________ (not/wear) shorts? It's so hot today.

10. The neighbours are so noisy! They _______________ (always/argue) 1oudly.

B: Put the verb into the correct form, present continuous or present simple.

1. I _______________ (not/belong) to this particu1ar government committee.

2. Hurry! The bus _______________ (come). I _______________ (not/want) to miss it.

3. Gregory is a vegetarian. He _______________ (not/eat) meat.

4. I _______________ (1ook) for the manager. I can't find him anywhere.

5. We are successful because we _______________ (take) the time to ta1k to our customers.

6. John _______________ (deal) with all the enquiries about sales.

7. At the moment we _______________ (make) a training video for Siemens.

8. _______________ (you/know) what Mr Briceson _______________ (do)? He is not in

his office.

9. I _______________ (apply) for a job in the sales department, but I don't know if I will be

successful.

It _______________ (depend) on whether or not they have any vacancies.

10. Unemployment _______________ (fa1l) and is now down to 5.6%.

11. Jane is doing some research in the library. She needs it for a book she

_______________ (write).

12. While Anna is away on holidays, Matt _______________ (work) in her office.

13. He _______________ (teach) French and German at University and _______________

(learn) Greek.

14. There _______________ (be)two flights to Honduras this afternoon. The British Airways

flight _______________ (1eave) at 13:00 and _______________ (arrive) at 22:00.

15. Inflation _______________ (rise) at a rate of 2% per annum.

C: Put the verb in brackets into the present simple or the present continuous.

1. She a1ways _______________ (remember) my birthday.

2. Mr Brown _______________ (work) in a supermarket.

3. I _______________ (work) in this factory until I find a better job.

4. Look! It _______________ (snow).

5. Can you hear those girls? What _______________ (they/ta1k) about?

6. _______________ (you/know) Helen?

7. We _______________ (never/go) to work by tube. It is too busy.​

Answer 1

Răspuns:

A:

1)I'm trying

2)I'm not using

3)is teaching

4)I'm looking

5)Are you waiting

6)You're always forgetting

7)is rising

8)are you doing; I'm cleaning

9)you aren't wearing

10)They're always arguing.

B:

1)I don't belong

2)is coming; I don't want

3)doesn't eat

4)I'm looking

5)are taking

6)deals

7)we're making

8)Do you know; does

9)I'm applying; depends

10)falls

11)writes

12)works

13)teaches; is learninf

14)are; leaves; arrives

15)rises

C:

1)remembers

2)is working

3)I'm working

4)snowing

5)What are they talking

6)Do you

7)We are never going.

Sper să te ajute!Îmi dai coroană te rog,sau macar un ,,multumesc''?Mersi anticipat,mult succes cu şcoala!