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Present Continuous vs Present Simple

  •  English    20     Public
    Choose the right tense to complete the sentence.
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  • This room _____________ (smell).  Let’s open a window.
    smells
  •  15
  • Hurry up! Everybody ________________ (wait) for you.
    ’s waiting / is waiting
  •  10
  • '________________ (you / listen) to the radio?’    ‘No, you can turn it off.’
    Are you listening
  •  20
  • '_______________ (you / listen) to the radio every day?’    ‘No, just occasionally.’
    Do you listen
  •  15
  • The river _______________ (flow) very fast today – much faster than usual.
    ’s flowing / is flowing
  •  15
  • We usually ___________ (grow) vegetables in our garden, but this year we ______________ (not / grow) any.
    grow | aren’t growing / ’re not growing / are not growing
  •  20
  • Rachel is in New York right now. She _________ (stay) at the Park Hotel. She always ____________  (stay) there when she’s in New York.
    ’s staying / is staying | stays
  •  20
  • Can we stop walking soon? I _____________ (start) to feel tired.
    ’m starting / I am starting
  •  15
  • 'Can you drive?' ' I _____________(learn).  My father _______________ (teach) me.
    ’m learning / am learning | ’s teaching / is teaching
  •  15
  •  Normally I ____________ (finish) work at five, but this week I _____________  (work) until six to earn a little more money.
    finish | ’m working / am working
  •  15
  • My parents ______________ (live) in Belgium. They were born there and have never lived anywhere else. Where _____________________ (your parents / live)?
    live | do your parents live?
  •  20
  • Karla ______________ (look) for a place to live. She _________ (stay) with her sister until she finds one.
    ’s looking / is looking | ’s staying / is staying
  •  15
  • I usually __________  (enjoy) parties, but I _____________ (not / enjoy) this one very much.
    enjoy | 'm not enjoying / am not enjoying
  •  15
  • My dad _____________ (think) of quitting his job.
    is thinking / 's thinking
  •  20
  • __________ (you/eat) rice every day?
    Do you eat
  •  10
  • ______________ (you/play) tennis this Sunday?
    Are you playing
  •  15