Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Present Progressive Practice by Millie


 
Part I-Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in simple present tense or present progressive tense. (20 pts.)

 1) Right now I (watch) _______ _______ a movie. I (watch) _______ a lot of movies.

2) Rickie (be) _______ my friend. We (like) _______ to talk together. Right now we (talk) _______ _______ about school.

3) The police officer (wear) ________ a badge and a gun to work every day.

4) Jaime usually (eat) _______ cold cereal for breakfast, but today he (eat) _______ ________ oatmeal instead.

5) Alison and I (study) _______ _______ for the exam. We (not, want) ______________ _______ to fail it!

6) Jonas (sing) ________ in the band on Saturdays, and Veda (play) _______ the guitar.

7) My uncle (live) _______ in Tennessee. I (live) _______ in North Carolina.

8) My mom (cook) _______ _______ dinner tonight. (You, want) _______ _______ _______ to eat with us?

9) Tiffany and Mark (travel) _______ _______ to Spain. They will stay in Madrid.

10) We (read) _______ the newspaper every morning.

11) Jessie (ride) ________ his bike every day. In fact, he (ride) ________ ________ his bike right now.

12) Arnold and Peter (take) ________ ________ a test now. They (take) ________ a lot of tests.

13) I (want) ________ some new shoes. The pair I (have) ________ now (get) ________ ________ old.

14) Tony (be) ________ my friend. We (spend) ________ a lot of time together.

15) What (be) ________ your name? Where (be) ________ you from? Where (do) _______ you live?

16) I (no, watch) _______ _______ _________ TV now. I (talk) _______ _________ on the phone. I (like) ________ to talk on the phone.

17) Andrea (like) ________ to cook. Right now, she (make) _______ _________ vegetable soup.

18) When (do) _______ the bus leave? I hope we (be) _______ not too late!

19) I (be) _______ so thirsty! (you, have) _______ _______ ________ anything to drink?

20) Thomas (read) _______ ________ the newspaper and (drink) _________ coffee in the living room. He (no, do) _______ ________ have to go to work today.

 

Part II-Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in present progressive tense.  (10 points)

Note: These sentences use verbs and adverbs. An adverb says something more about the action of a verb.

Example: Violet (gracefully, dance) is gracefully dancing a ballet.

Example: Raul (wisely, check) is wisely checking the oil in his car.

1) The breeze (softly, blow) _______ _______ _______ on our faces.

2) The dog is very hungry. He is (quickly, eat) ________ ________ ________ all of his food.

3) The chestnut racehorse (already, cross) ________ ________ ________ the finish line. Its owner is very happy.

4) Jonathan (rarely, exercise) ________ ________ ________, now that he is in college.

5) Mrs. Stevens (angrily, yell) ________ ________ ________at the man who hit her car.

6) Be careful! You (almost, spill) ________ ________ ________ the paint.

7) The police (abruptly, stop) ________ ________ ________ traffic at the intersection.

8) Chad (nervously, ask) ________ ________ ________ Tina for a date.

9) Dr. Wong (calmly, explain) ________ ________ ________ the operation to the patient's family.

10) The little girl (shyly, talk) ________ ________ ________ to Santa Claus. She wants him to bring her a puppy!

 

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