Complete the following sentences using an appropriate verb form – simple present or present continuous.
1I ............... a nice time on this holiday.
Wrong!
Use the present continuous "am having" for an experience happening during a temporary holiday period.
2She is Japanese. She ............... from Tokyo.
Wrong!
Use the simple present "comes" for a general fact about origin.
3............... your stay here?
Wrong!
Use the present continuous "Are you enjoying" for an experience happening during a temporary stay.
4I ............... on my computer at the moment.
Wrong!
Use the present continuous "am working" for an action happening now.
5This semester, I ............... chemistry and physics.
Wrong!
Use the present continuous "am studying" for a temporary course of study this semester.
6I ............... my parents next week.
Wrong!
Use the present continuous "am visiting" for a fixed future arrangement.
7She ............... to go now.
Wrong!
Use the simple present "wants" because want is normally a state verb.
8Why ............... me?
Wrong!
Use the simple present "don't you understand" because understand is normally a state verb.
9Smoking ............... cancer.
Wrong!
Use the simple present "causes" for a general scientific fact.
10I ............... a lot of films recently.
Wrong!
Use the present continuous "am watching" for a temporary trend around the present time.
Answers
- I am having a nice time on this holiday.
- She is Japanese. She comes from Tokyo.
- Are you enjoying your stay here?
- I am working on my computer at the moment.
- This semester, I am studying chemistry and physics.
- I am visiting my parents next week.
- She wants to go now.
- Why don’t you understand me?
- Smoking causes cancer.
- I am watching a lot of films recently.
