Use either the simple present or the present progressive of the verbs in

Parentheses.

 

1. Kathy (sit, usually) _____________________in the front row in class, but today she (sit) __________________ in the last row.

2. Diane can't come to the phone because she (wash) _________________ her hair.

3. Diane (wash) __________________________her hair every other day or so.

4. Please be quiet. I (try) _____________________________ to concentrate.

5. (Lock, you, always) ________________________ the door to your apartment when you leave?

6. Look! It (snow)  _______________________________________________.

7. Mike (go, not) __________________________________ to school right now because it is summer. He (attend) _________________ college from September to May every year, but in the summer he (have, usually) ____________________ a job at the post office. In fact, he (work) ___________________________ there this summer.

8. Right now I (look) _________________________ around the classroom. Ahmed  (write) ____________________________ in his book. Carlos (bite)

__________________ his finger nails.

 

 

Detectives at work

Tom and Nick are watching the house across the street. Something strange is happening.

Put the verbs in brackets in the present simple or the present continuous to make correct sentences.

 

TOM What are you staring (you stare) at?

NICK There's a man at the Johnsons' house. He doesn't live (not live) there. I wonder what he ¹________________________________(do)

TOM     Perhaps he ² __________________________ (visit) the Johnsons.

NICK  No. They're not at home. They both _______________________(work) in town. They ⁴_____________________________ (catch) the same train as Dad every morning. It's strange. He ______________________(watch) the house very carefully.

TOM Now he⁶  _______________________ (try) to open the gate, but it's locked. Look! He⁷ ________________________ (climb) over the garden wall. I can't see him now.

NICK Let's follow him. I want to see what he⁸ _______________________(do)

TOM He ⁹ ___________________________(go) to the garage. He 10_________ _____________ (carry) a ladder. Now he ¹¹__________________________(put) the ladder up to the bedroom window!

NICK  He must be a burglar. . . Hey! You! What ¹²_______________________(you do)?

MAN It's all right, boys. I'm an insurance agent. 1¹³____________________________ (examine) the roof. The Johnsons ¹⁴______________________ (know) that I'm here.

 

 

 

 

SIMPLE PAST

	a) I walked to school yesterday. b) He lived in Paris for ten years, but now he is living in Rome. c) I bought a new car three days ago.	The simple past indicates that an activity or situation began and ended at a particular time in the past.
	d) I stood under a tree when it began to rain. e) When she heard a strange noise, she got up to investigate. f) When I dropped my cup, the coffee spilled on my lap.	If a sentence contains when and has the simple past in both clauses, the action in the "when clause" happens first. In (d): 1st: The rain began. 2nd: I stood under a tree.

 

PAST PROGRESSIVE

	i) I was walking down the street when it began to rain. j) While I was walking down the street, it began to rain. k) I was standing under a tree when it began to rain.   l) At eight o'clock last night, I was studying.   m) Last year at this time, I was attending school.	In (i): 1st: I was walking down the street. 2nd: It began to rain. In other words, both actions occurred at the same time, but one action began earlier and was in progress when the other action occurred.  In (1): My studying began be­fore 8:00, was in progress at that time, and .probably continued.
	n) Last January, while you were trudging through snow in Iowa, I was lying on the beach in Florida. o) While I was studying in one room of our apart­ment, my roommate was having a party in the other room.	Sometimes the past progressive is used in both parts of a sen­tence when two actions are in progress simultaneously.
	p) It rained this morning. q) It was raining this morning.	In some cases, the simple past and the past progressive give al­most the same meaning, as in (o) and (p).

 

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