1 - No-IP

I. Choose the correct form.
1. (It’s snowing / It snows) quite often in Chicago during the winter.
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2. (I’m going / I go) to bed now. Good night.
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3. Normally, (I’m going / I go) to bed at around 11.00 every night.
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4. Where’s Jane? (She’s cooking. / She cooks) the dinner.
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5. The sea (is covering / covers) two thirds of the world.
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6. Jane has got an exam soon, so (she’s studying / she studies) very
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hard at the moment.
7. Don’t forget your umbrella when you go out. (It’s raining / It rains)
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outside.
8. That machine (isn’t working. / doesn’t work.) It broke down
____________
yesterday.
9. Listen to those people. Which language (are they speaking? / do
_________________
they speak?)
10. Jim and Kelly are in London on holiday. They (are staying / stay)
__________
at a small hotel near Oxford Street.
II. In this exercise you have to decide whether the verbs in the
sentences are right or wrong. Correct those which are wrong.
Examples:
I don’t know your telephone number. RIGHT
Please don’t make so much noise. I work. WRONG – am working.
1. Are you believing in ghosts?
wrong – Do you believe
2. Look! That man tries to open the door of your car.
wrong – is trying
3. How many languages is Cindy speaking?
wrong – does Cindy speak
4. She is staying with her sister at the moment.
right
5. Water is boiling at 100 degrees Celsius.
wrong – boils
6. The moon goes round the earth.
right
7. The government is worried because the unemployment rate
increases.
wrong – is increasing
8. What are you thinking Tom will do in the future?
wrong – do you think
9. Hurry! The bus is coming.
right
10. The River Nile flow into the Mediterranean.
wrong – flows
III. Complete the following sentences with the correct form (Simple
Present or Present Continuous).
1. Don’t leave before the mailman ____________________. arrives (arrive)
2. “Can you drive?” “No, but I _______________________ am learning (learn).
My father ____________________________ is teaching
me.” (teach)
3. We ________________________ are going (go) to the theater this evening.
__________________________ Does the film begin (the film / begin) at 3:00 or 4:00?
4. The river __________________________ is flowing (flow) very fast today –
much faster than usual.
5. The students leave the room as soon as the bell ___________(ring).
rings
6. I’ll wait outside till everybody ____________________________.
arrives
7. Whenever I ________________________ think
(think) about it I blush.
8. Peter has gone to work in Holland. When he arrived, his Dutch
is improving
wasn’t very good but now it _____________________ (improve).
plays
9. In summer Tom usually ____________ (play) tennis twice a week.
10. I’m going to wait here until Jessica _________________ comes (come).
11. I’ll send you a postcard when I ______________ am (be) on holiday.
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12. Please don’t touch anything before the police __________ come (come).
– 17 INGLÊS