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Simple Present or Present Progressive Tense

This exercise has ten questions. For each one, listen to a person talking. You can read the person’s words. In the questions, the simple present and present progressive tenses are missing. Fill in the blanks by choosing the word or words that the person says.

1. My daughter always eats is eating half my banana.

2. Shelly watches is watching TV right now.

3. I call am calling Bob, but Bob doesn’t hear isn’t hearing the phone ringing because he takes is taking a shower.

4. Jane phones is phoning the pizza restaurant. She usually orders is ordering pizza on Friday night.

5. The people across the street often make are making a lot of noise. They build are building a new house over there.

6. We rarely go are going to movies, but we go are going now because we have are having free tickets.

7. John often catches is catching colds, so he talks is talking to his doctor about it.

8. I have am having an old refrigerator, but I save am saving money for a new one.

9. Alice studies is studying at the university because she wants is wanting to be a teacher.

10. Joe never wears is wearing shorts because he thinks is thinking his legs are ugly.