PET Grammar - Present Simple - Present Continuous 3
Index
Put the verb in the present simple or present continuous.
ANSWERS
1)
She usually
tea, but today she
coffee.
(drink, drink)
2)
You cannot talk to Jim now. He
a shower at the moment.
(take)
3)
The sun
in the east and
in the west.
(rise, set)
4)
What time
tomorrow?
(the shop/open)
5)
I
my niece at the airport on Thursday.
(meet)
6)
Young people
books the way their parents did.
(not/buy)
7)
Brian
five foreign languages.
(speak)
8)
She
overtime this week because she
up to buy a new iPad.
(work, save)
9)
Ann often
after her younger brother.
(look)
10)
How long
to get from here to Manchester?
(it/take)
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Answers
1)
drinks | is ('s) drinking
daily routines or repeated actions | temporary situations
2)
is ('s) taking
things happening at the moment of speaking
3)
rises | sets
something that is generally true
4)
does the shop open
future scheduled events
5)
am ('m) meeting
future arrangements
6)
are not (aren't) buying
changing situations
7)
speaks
permanent states
8)
is working | is saving
temporary situations
9)
looks
daily routines or repeated actions
10)
does it take
permanent states
