Present simple and continuous tense

THE SIMPLE PRESENT & THE CONTINUOUS PRESENT

Put the verb into the correct form.
1. I ………………………….(not/ to know) your telephone number.
2. Please don`t make the noise! I …………………………(to study).
3. Look! Somebody ………………………….(to climb) up the tree over there.
4. Can you hear those people? What …………………………………(they/ to talk) about?
5. ………………………………(you/ to believe) in God?
6. Look! That man ………………………….(to try) to open the door of your car.
7. The moon ……………………….(to go) round the Earth.
8. I …………………………(to think) it would be a good idea to leave early.
9. The government is worried because the number of people without job …………………………….
(to increase).
10. I …………………………(usually/ to go) to work by car.
11. How many languages ……………………………….(Tom/ to speak)?
12. This machine ……………………………(not/ to work). It hasn`t worked for two years.
13. I …………………………….(not/ to belong) to a political party.
14. Hurry! The bus …………………….(to come). I …………………………..(not/ to want) to miss it.
15. The River Nile ……………………….(to flow) into the Mediterranean.
16. The river …………………………(to flow) very fast today - much faster than usual.
17. ……………………………(It/ ever / to snow) in India?
18. We ……………………….(usually/ to grow) vegetables in our garden but this year we …………
(not/ to grow) any.
19. You can borrow my umbrella. I ………………………..(not/ to need) it at the moment.
20. I …………………..(usually/ to enjoy) parties but I …….…………………(not/ to enjoy) this one
very much.
21. Tom syays he`s 80 years old but I …………………………..…………(not/ to believe) him.
22. Tim is London at the moment. He ………………………..(to stay) at the Hilton hotel. He ……….
(usually/ to stay) at the Hilton hotel when he`s in London.
23. ……….……………..(you/ to hear) the wind? It ………………………..(to blow) strongly tonight.
24. When the curtain …………..…………….(to rise) we ……………...………..(to see) a group of
workers. They ……………………………(to picket) a factory gate.
25. Look at that crowd! I …………..…….(to wonder) what they ………………………….(to wait) for.
26. He ……………………….(always/ to borrow) from me and he …………………………..(never/ to
remember) to pay me back.
27. Why ………………………….(you/ to walk) so fast today? You ………………………… (usually
to walk) quite slowly. I ………………………..(to hurry) because I ……………………………..
(to meet) my mother at 4 o`clock and she ………………………..(not/ to like) to bekept waiting.
28. James ……………………….(never/ to do) any work in the garden. He …………………………
(always/ to work) in his car.
29. This massage has just arrived and the man ………………………….(to wait) in case you ……….
(to want) to send a reply.
30. Most people ………………………(to learn) to swim when they ………….……..(to be) children.


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