PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINOUS

PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINOUS (FACTS & ROUTINES VS NOW & CHANGES)

1.     Put the verbs in brackets into the simple present or present continuous tense.

1 What Tom (think) of the Budget?He (think) it most unfair. - I (agree) with him.

2 What this one (cost)?It (cost) forty pence.

3 You (hear) the wind? It (blow) very strongly tonight.

4 You (see) my car keys anywhere? - No, I (look) for them but I (not see) them.

5 He never (listen) to what you say. He always (think) about something else.

6 This book is about a man who (desert) his family and (go) to live on a Pacific island.

7 You (understand) what the lecturer is saying?No, I (not understand) him at all.

8 What you (have) for breakfast usually?- I usually (eat) a carrot and (drink) a glass of cold water.

9 When the curtain (rise) we (see) a group of workers. They (picket) a factory gate.

10 Why you (walk) so fast today? You usually (walk) quite slowly. - I (hurry) because I (meet) my mother at 4 o'clock and she (not like) to be kept waiting.

11 I (wish) that dog would lie down. He (keep) jumping up on my lap.I (think) he (want) to go for a walk.

12 You (recognize) that man?- I (think) that I have seen him before but I (not remember) his name.

13 Look at that crowd. I (wonder) what they (wait) for.