A. Fill in the blanks with simple present or present continuous forms of the verbs given in
ou
nt,
brackets. The first one has been done for you:
1. He usually
speaks Punjabi, but he is speaking Hindi today. (speak)
2. My father drives
to his office every day. He
there now.(drive)
3. It hardly
now. It usually
in winter. (rain)
4. I always
my umbrella, in case it rains. I
my umbrella
because it looks like it will rain.(carry)
5. Buses usually
along this road. No buses
today because the
drivers are on strike. (run)
6. The telephone bell
again. It sometimes
thirty times a day.
(ring)
7. Ravi
his homework now. He usually
it at night.(do)
8. Mr. Gupta
too much. Every time I see him he
.(smoke)
9. 1
(watch) television whenever I can, but I
(not watch)
television tonight because there's nothing worth seeing.
10. They
in the factory at present. They
there for over an hour.
(work)
11. The bus
at the corner now. It
there since midday. (wait)
12. Steve always
his bike in the afternoon.(ride)
13. 1
to the zoo tomorrow.!
there nearly every weekend. (go)
14. 1
English for the last two years, and now I
Spanish, too.
(learn)
15. She generally
very well but today she
very badly. (play)
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