Use either the SIMPLE PRESENT or the PRESENT PROGRESSIVE of the verbs in parentheses.
l. Ann is a painter. She (go) ............... to the opening of every new art show in the city. She (like)................. to see the latest work of other artists. Right now she (prepare) .................... for her own show of her new paintings next month.
2 A : What book (read, you)....................
B: It's about Spain. I (think) .................. you would enjoy it.
A: I (see) ..................sailing ships on the cover.
B: Yes. It (be) ................ about Spanish explorations in the 17th century.
3 A : I (leave) ............. now. (want, you) .................. to go with me into town?
B: No, thanks. I can't. I (wait) ...................... for my sister to call from the airport so that I can pick her up.
4. I work for an agricultural equipment company called Ballco. Right now, Ballco (try)..............to establish business contacts throughout South America. At the
present time, our sales manager (travel) ............... in Brazil and (talk)............
to potential customers. He (know) ............... both
Spanish and Portuguese.
5. A: Does the earth turn around and around?
B: Yes, Jimmy. The earth (spin) ................around and around on its axis as it circles the sun. The earth (spin) ................ rapidly at this very moment.
A: I (feel, not) ..................... anything. (try, you) ........................to fool me?
B: Of course not! (think, you, really)................ that the earth isn't moving?
A: I guess so. Yes. I can't see it move. Yes. It isn't moving.
B: (believe, you) ............................ only those things that you can see? Look at the trees out the window. All of them (grow) ................... at this very moment, but you can't see the growth. They (get) ...................... bigger and
bigger with every second that passes. You can't see the trees grow, and you can 't feel the
earth spin, but both events (take) ..................place at this moment while
you and I (speak) ...................
A: Really? How do you know?
6. A: Look at Della! Where (go, she) ....................and why (walk, she) ............. so fast?
B: She (rush) ................... to a meeting with the company vice-president.
Every morning at this time, she (submit)................... a report on the previous day's activities and (present)................. the daily
recommendations
A: But 1 (hear, usually) ........................... the daily recommendations from the president himself at the ten o'clock staff meetings.
B: Every day, the vice-president (rewrite) .................. Della's comments and (take)
....................them to the president. At every ten o'clock meeting, the president
simply (read) ........................ the same recommendations that Della stayed up working on the night before, and he (act) ................... like he's been up for hours contemplating those ideas.
A: Well, I'll be darned! That (seem, not) ......................... fair!
B: It (be, not) ..................... But that's the way it works
Use either the SIMPLE PRESENT or the PRESENT PROGRESSIVE of the verbs in parentheses.
l. Ann is a painter. She (go) ......goes......... to the opening of every new art show in the city. She (like)......likes........... to see the latest work of other artists. Right now she (prepare) .....is preparing............... for her own show of her new paintings next month.
2 A : What book (read, you).........are you reading...........
B: It's about Spain. I (think) ..........think........ you would enjoy it.
A: I (see) .....see.............sailing ships on the cover.
B: Yes. It (be) ........is........ about Spanish explorations in the 17th century.
3 A : I (leave) .......am leaving...... now. (want, you) ...........do you want....... to go with me into town?
B: No, thanks. I can't. I (wait) ..........am waiting............ for my sister to call from the airport so that I can pick her up.
4. I work for an agricultural equipment company called Ballco. Right now, Ballco (try).........is trying.....to establish business contacts throughout South America. At the
present time, our sales manager (travel) ..........is travelling..... in Brazil and (talk).........talking...
to potential customers. He (know) ..........knows..... both
Spanish and Portuguese.
5. A: Does the earth turn around and around?
B: Yes, Jimmy. The earth (spin) .....spins...........around and around on its axis as it circles the sun. The earth (spin) .........is spinning....... rapidly at this very moment.
A: I (feel, not) .............don't feel........ anything. (try, you) ..............Are you trying..........to fool me?
B: Of course not! (think, you, really)........DO you realling think ........ that the earth isn't moving?
A: I guess so. Yes. I can't see it move. Yes. It isn't moving.
B: (believe, you) ................Do you believe............ only those things that you can see? Look at the trees out the window. All of them (grow) ............is growing....... at this very moment, but you can't see the growth. They (get) .............are getting......... bigger and
bigger with every second that passes. You can't see the trees grow, and you can 't feel the
earth spin, but both events (take) ......are taking............place at this moment while
you and I (speak) .......speaking............
A: Really? How do you know?
6. A: Look at Della! Where (go, she) ..........is she going..........and why (walk, she) ..........is she walking... so fast?
B: She (rush) ........is rushing........... to a meeting with the company vice-president.
Every morning at this time, she (submit).........is submitting.......... a report on the previous day's activities and (present).............presenting.... the daily
recommendations
A: But 1 (hear, usually) ........usually hear................... the daily recommendations from the president himself at the ten o'clock staff meetings.
B: Every day, the vice-president (rewrite) .........rewrites......... Della's comments and (take)
..........takes..........them to the president. At every ten o'clock meeting, the president
simply (read) ..........reads.............. the same recommendations that Della stayed up working on the night before, and he (act) .......acts............ like he's been up for hours contemplating those ideas.
A: Well, I'll be darned! That (seem, not) ...................seems not...... fair!
B: It (be, not) .........isn't............ But that's the way it works
