Actions Now o Repetitive Actions?

SIMPLE PRESENT: Repetitive actions

 

Fill in the correct tense.

 

1, He ____________ (chat) on the net everyday.
2. Lakes____________(have) lots of fish in them.
3. Europeans ______(take) a “siesta” after their  meal.
4. She ___________(enter) beauty contests each year.
5. I _________(think)  Mr. Jones is a teacher.
6. Sally ___________ (grow) flowers.
7. I ______________(have)  a meeting next Wednesday.
8. Sara___________(compete) in races.
9. We________________ (drive) to work by car everyday.

Fill in the blank with the correct tense: Actions now

1. He ________________(attend) a meeting right now.
2. I ____________(study) English at McGill University.
3. She________________(work) tomorrow.
4. He _______________(read) a book at the moment.

5. We _____________(play) hockey at the moment..

6.  The dog _______________(run) in the park now.

7.  John _____________(play)   golf right now.

8.   My sister_________(swim) in the pool at the moment.

Fill in the blanks with the simple present or the present continuous form of the verb.

1. Wild animals ……………… in forests.

a) live

b) are living

2. I ………………… for California next week.

a) leave

b) am leaving

3. Sita cannot come out to play now, as she …………………… her mother in the kitchen.

a) helps

b) is helping

4. We …………………. Bangalore every summer.

a) visit

b) are visiting

5. An honest person always ……………….. the truth.

a) speak

b) is speaking

6. He …………….. his lunch. Please wait.

a) has

b) is having

7. There are some birds that …………….. every year.

a) migrate

b) are migrating

8. The rain …………….. from the clouds.

a) fall

b) is falling

9. A person who ………………. provisions is known as a grocer.

a) sells

b) is selling

10. We ……………. with our eyes …………… with our ears and  …………… with our nose.

a) see, hear, smell

b) are seeing, are hearing, are smelling

Now or repetitive?

Complete the story. Check if the action is NOW (right now, at the moment, now, Listen!, Look!) or if it is a repetitive action. 

1. It (be)  early in the morning.
2. Sally (get)  out of bed, (open)  the window and (go)  into the bathroom.
3. Then she (have)  breakfast.
4. After breakfast, Sally usually (cycle)  to school.
5. After school, she (go)  back home.
6. Sally usually (eat)  her lunch at home.
7. In the afternoons, she first (do)  her homework and then she(meet)  her friends in the park.
8. What (do / she)  now?
9. She (play)  the guitar.
10. Her friends (listen)  and some of them (sing)  along.
11. When Sally (come)  home in the evening, she (have)  dinner and then she (watch)  TV.
12. She (go)  to bed at about 8 o'clock every day.

Repetitive actions

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