Verb Tense Exercise 1: Simple Present / Present Continuous

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Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.

1. Every Monday, Sally (drive)______________ her kids to football practice.


2. Usually, I (work)________________ as a secretary at ABT, but this summer I (study) _____________French at a language school in Paris. That is why I am in Paris.


3. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep) _______________________.


4. Don't forget to take your umbrella. It _______________(rain) .


5. I hate living in Seattle because it _____________________(rain, always) .


6. I'm sorry I can't hear what you ________________(say) because everybody _______________ (talk) so loudly.

7. Justin (write, currently) a book about his adventures in Tibet. I hope he can find a good publisher when he is finished.

8. Jim: Do you want to come over for dinner tonight?
Denise: Oh, I'm sorry, I can't. I ___________(go) to a movie tonight with some friends.

9. The business cards _____________(be, normally ) printed by a company in New York. Their prices __________(be) inexpensive, yet the quality of their work is quite good.

10. This delicious chocolate _____________ (be) made by a small chocolatier in Zurich, Switzerland.