PRACTICE EXERCISES
Excercise 1. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 1. Look! That man ___________ the same sweater as you.
A. has worn B. is wearing C. wears D. have been wearing
Question 2: When_________the movie____________ ?
A. do/ starts B. does/ starts C. do/ start D. dose/ start
Question 3: My grandma always___________at 6.am every morning to_____________her lovely plants.
A. wake up/ water B. wakes up/ waters
C. wakes up/ water D. wake up/ waters
Question 4: What is that noise? What_____________?
A. have been happening B. is happening
C. have happened D. had happened
Question 5: I wonder why Mary _____________ so nice to me today. She isn’t usually like that.
A. is being B. is C. are D. are being
Question 6: ____________your friends____________ with you every summer?
A. Do/ go fishing B. Are/ go fishing C. Do/ goes fishing D. Does/ go fishing
Question 7: The earth___________around the sun.
A. go B. goes C. went D. is going
Question 8: Tom always_____________up with the craziest ideas. That really annoys us.
A. comes B. come C. came. D. is coming
Question 9: Mom: “ Where__________John? ”
Rosy: “ He____________ basketball in the garden at the moment. “
A. are/ are playing B. is/ plays C. is/ is playing D. are/ plays
Question 10: Listen ! My mother____________ in the kitchen.
A. are singing B. sing C. singing D. is singing
Question 11: My cousin often_____________to school by bike everyday. But today, he_____________to
school by bus.
A. goes/ going B. goes/ is going C. go/ are going D. go/ is going
Question 12: She is late again. She always___________to class late.
A. is coming B. comes C. are coming D. come
Question 13: I _______ to Toronto next Thursday. Do you want to come?
A. go B. is going C. are going D. am going
Question 14: Marie Curie__________ a well-known chemist. She__________from Poland.
A. are/ comes B. are/ come C. is/ come D. is/ comes
Question 15: The sun___________ in the East and___________in the West.
A. rises/ set B. rise/ sets C. rise/ set D. rises/ sets
E. is rising/ is setting
Exercise 2. Mark the letter A,B,C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three
in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
1. A. opinion B. ability C. information D. geography
2. A. amination B. intention C. economic D. population
3. A. amuse B. revise C. volunteer D. maintain
4. A. window B. doctor C. flower D. result
5. A. dishonest B. action C. teacher D. singer
6. A. involve B. police C. dislike D. vacancy
7. A. unhappy B. relax C. organize D. inflation
Exercise 3. Put the verbs in the present simple tense or present continuous tense.
1. Emily lives and works in Paris but she (have) ____________ a holiday in England at the moment.
2. I wonder why the neighbor’s dog (bark) ______________again. Maybe there is a burglar!
3. Ann (get) __________up at seven o’clock every morning.
4. Then she (go) ____________ to have a shower before breakfast.
5. Then she (drive) ___________to the beach and stays all day.
6. She (not/ work) ____________because she won the lottery last year.
7. Why (you/ learn) ____________English this year?
8. I (live) ____________ with my sister for two months because she is pregnant and I can help her.
9. What (you/ wear) ______________ now? In that way, I will recognize you at the airport.
10. Kate is in the kitchen and very stressed! She (cook) ___________ dinner for 30 people.
