[D] Circle the correct word or phrase.

1 I work/ am working at the local library for the summer.

2 We don't go I aren't going to the theatre very often.

3 Stacy gets / is getting ready for school, so she can't come to the phone.

4 Does Gary ever talk / Is Gary ever talking about his expedition to the Amazon jungle?

5 In squash, you hit / are hitting a ball against a wall.

6 I read I am reading a newspaper at least once a week.

7 Do you practise / Are you practising the piano for two hours every day?

8 Nadine and Claire do / are doing quite well at school at the moment.

9 A good friend knows / is knowing when you're upset about something.

10 How do you spell / are you spelling your name?

[E]Complete using the correct present simple or present continuous form of the

verbs in the box. You may have to use some negative forms.

belong • do • have • help • hold • move • use • watch

1 In Monopoly, you .................................................. around the board, buying houses and hotels.

2 .......................... you .......................... this programme or can I turn the TV off?

3 Regular exercise .................................................. you to stay healthy.

4 I .................................................. my brother's guitar until I get a new one.

5 .......................... Simon always .......................... the washing-up after lunch?

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.......................... you .......................... any swea ers in a arger size.

7 You .................................................. the kite right. Let me show you.

8 Dad .................................................. to the local astronomy club.

[F] Underline ten verbs in the wrong tense and rewrite them correctly.

'One game I am loving is backgammon.You are throwing the dice and then you move

your pieces around the board. It is seeming quite easy, but in fact you are needing to be

quite careful. When your piece lands on one of the other person's pieces, you are taking

it off the board and you send it back to the beginning.You are winning by getting all your

pieces to the end and off the board. Some people are preferring chess, but I am not

understanding that game. Right now, I wait to have a game with my brother. He does his

homework. I usually win, so I think he doesn't want to play a game with me!'

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