(Print this assignment out first. Then, come back and click each drop down menu list to check your answers.)
Directions: Are the underlined verbs correct or incorrect? Correct the verbs that are wrong.
1.
Water boils at 100 degrees celsius.
RIGHT
2.
The water boils. Can you turn it off?
WRONG: is boiling
3.
Look! That man tries to open the door of your car.
4.
Can you hear those people? What do they talk about?
5.
The moon goes round the Earth.
6.
I must go now. It gets late.
7.
I usually go to work by car.
8.
“Hurry up! It’s time to leave.” “OK, I come.”
9.
I hear you’ve got a new job. How do you get on?
Put the verb into the correct form that is best to fit the sentence: Present Simple or Present Continuous
1.
Let’s go out. It isn’t raining (not/rain) now.
2.
Emily is very good at languages. She speaks (speak) four languages very well.
3.
Hurry up! Everybody ___________________ (wait) for you.
4.
” ___________________ (you/listen) to the radio?” “No, you can turn it off.”
5.
” ___________________ (you/listen) to the radio every day?” “No, just occassionally.”
6.
The Nile River ___________________ (flow) into the Mediterranean.
7.
Look at the river. It ___________________ (flow) very fast today-much faster than usual.
8.
We usually ___________________ (grow) vegetables in our garden but this year we ___________________ (not/grow) any.
9.
“How is your English?” “Not bad. It ___________________ (improve) slowly.”
10.
Ron is in London at the moment. He ___________________ (stay) at the Park Hotel. He ___________________ (always/stay) there when he’s in London.
11.
Can we stop walking soon? I ___________________ (start) to feel tired.
12.
“Can you drive?””I ___________________ (learn). My father ___________________ (teach) me.”
13.
Normally I ___________________ (finish) work at 5:00, but this week I ___________________ (work) until 6:00 to earn a bit more money.
14.
My parents ___________________ (live) in Bristol. They were born there and have never lived anywhere else. Where ___________________ (your parents/live)?
15.
Samantha ___________________ (look) for a place to live. She ___________________ (stay) with her sister until she finds somewhere.
16.
“What ___________________ (your father/do)?” “He is an architect but he ___________________ (not/work) at the moment.”
17.
(at a party) Usually I ___________________ (enjoy) parties but I ___________________ (not/enjoy) this one very much.
18.
The train is never late. It ___________________ (always/leave) on time.
19.
Jim is very neat and tidy. He ___________________ (never/leave) his things all over the place.
Read the first sentence and Finish B’s sentences. Use “always -ing” form in your answers .
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