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Present Simple vs Present Continuous (action verbs)
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1Turn off the gas. Don't you see the kettle ______?
- Aboil
- Bboils
- Cis boiling
- Dis boil
2A woman who ______ after other people's children is a nanny.
- Alooks
- Bis looking
- Clooking
- Dlook
3The children are still ill but they ______ better gradually.
- Aget
- Bgetting
- Cgets
- Dare getting
4Don't bother her. She ______ her French lesson; she always ______ it in the morning.
- Atakes - is taking
- Bis taking - takes
- Ctakes - takes
- Dis taking - is taking
5The living standards ______. Every month, things ______ more expensive.
- Aare changing - are getting
- Bare changing - get
- Cchange - are getting
- Dchange - get
6I’m afraid I can’t come to your party. I ______ an appointment with my dentist at 4 pm.
- Ahave
- Bam having
- Chaving
- Dam have
7Silver______ at 961.8 degrees centigrade.
- Amelts
- Bis melting
- Cmelting
- Dmelt
8Johnny, ______ playing that game? I told you to stop an hour ago!
- Ado you still play
- Bare you still play
- Care you still playing
- Ddo you still playing
9"We must buy new plates." - "It's useless. You ______ plates."
- Aalways break
- Bare always breaking
- Calways breaking
- Dalways breaks
10Jogging ______ me keep fit.
- Ahelps
- Bis helping
- Chelping
- Dhelp
11Be quiet, please. I want to revise for the test and you ______ a lot of noise.
- Aare making
- Bmaking
- Care make
- Dmake
12He is bad at making excuses, so he ______ the truth.
- Aalways tell
- Bis always telling
- Calways tells
- Dalways telling
13I’m a student of a music college. This term we _______ modern music.
- Astudying
- Bare study
- Cstudy
- Dare studying
14Miriam must be reading something funny because she ______.
- Asmiles
- Bis smiling
- Csmile
- Dsmiling
15In the morning, I ______ little time, so I ______ a shower in the evening.
- Ahave - take
- Bam having - am taking
- Chave - am taking
- Dam having - take
16Trudo ______ the ball and ________ it to Keith.
- Acatches - passes
- Bis catching – is passing
- Ccatches – is passing
- Dis catching - passes
17Her brother is from Liverpool, but he ______ in Cambridge at present.
- Aworking
- Bworks
- Cis working
- Dwork
18She ______ but ______ nothing to realise her dreams.
- Aconstantly dreams - does
- Bis constantly dreaming – does
- Cconstantly dreams - is doing
- Dis constantly dreaming - is doing
19In an adventure novel by Jules Verne, Phileas Fogg, a wealthy English gentleman, ________ to travel around the world in 80 days.
- Aclaim
- Bclaims
- Cclaiming
- Dis claiming
20Hurry up, Jane! Our plane ______ at 5 pm. We ________ in half an hour.
- Atakes off - leave
- Bis taking – are leaving
- Ctakes off – are leaving
- Dis taking - leave
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- Description
- This quiz aims to check the intemediate students' knowledge of difference between Present Simple and Present Continuous.
- Author
- Iryna Voropai
- Language
- English
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- Created on 3 Oct 2020 · updated on 8 Oct 2023
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