Grammar 1. Choose the correct answer. 1. What programme … ? It looks very interesting. a. are you watching b. do you watch 2. It … that you’re wrong. a. appears b. is appearing 3. Kate seldom … on week nights. a. is going out b. goes out 4. Wait for me! I … . a. am coming b. come 5. Some of my friends … English very well. a. aren’t speaking b. don’t speak 6. My cousin … to Hawaii next week. a. flies b. is flying 2. Choose the correct answer. 1. I am thinking / think about what you said, and I am not thinking / don’t think you were fair. 2. The vet weighs / is weighing my cat because he wants to know how much she is weighing / weighs. 3. Why is the teacher looking / does the teacher look at me? She is looking / looks angry. 4. I usually see / am seeing my friends at weekends but this weekend I am not seeing / don’t see them. 3. Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Present Continuous. 1. Jeremy …………………………… (fix) his motorbike at the moment, but I …………………………… (not understand) why it …………………………… (take) so long. 2. The lift usually …………………………… (come) quickly, but it …………………………… (not work) today. 3. Officer, this car …………………………… (not belong) to me. Why …………………………… you …………………………… (give) me a parking ticket? 4. Your parcel …………………………… (wait) for you at the post office, because it …………………………… (weigh) a lot. …………………………… you …………………………… (know) what it …………………………… (contain)?
4. Complete the sentences using the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Present Continuous. 1. What’s the price of this mobile phone? (cost) How much .................................................................................. ? 2. That bag isn’t hers. (not belong) It .................................................................................................. . 3. My glasses are missing. (look for) I ................................................................................................... . 4. Science-fiction books don’t interest him. (not read) He ................................................................................................ . 5. My friends are all busy tonight. (not meet) I ................................................................................................... . 6. What’s your opinion of this book? (think) What ........................................................................................... ? 7. What’s so funny? (laugh) Why ............................................................................................ ? 8. What are they talking about? (not understand) I ................................................................................................... .