Question

present continuous tense
supply the simple present tense or the present continuous tense as required by the meaning of the sentence.
1. Mr. Hansen often _______( travel) to Atlanta on business.
(Mr. Hansen often TRAVELS to Atlanta on business).
2. Our club _______ (meet) two times every week.
3. Mr. Cole _______(teach) us at present. He _______ (substitute) for Mr. Russell, who is our regular reacher.
4. Every hour our churchbell________ (ring). listen! I believer it _______ (ring) now.
5. Stella _______ (watch) TV now. I believe that she always _______ (watch) a show at this time.
6. Listen! Someone _______ (knock) at the door.
7. Jay never ________(come) to work on time.
8. At this moment I _______(read) sentence number 8 in the exercise.
9. The wind always _______(blow) hard in this section of town.
10. For the time being, while Mr. Press is away, Ms. Brennan _______(acts) as manager of our department.
11. Klein's _______(have) a big sale on shoes today.
12. Kurt seems to be very busy. I guess he ______(study) for his science test.
13. I _______(get) up at seven o'clock every morning.
14. Ed. usually _______(stay) in a hotel when he _______ (come) to town, but tonight he ______(stay) with us.
15. The sun always ______(rise) in the east. Look! It ______(rise) now.
16. Mr. and Mrs. Bush _______(build) a new home on Hollywood Boulevard.

Answer 1

1 travels
2 meets
3 is teaching- is substiting
4 rings/ is ringing
5 is watching- watches
6 is knocking
7 comes
8 ‘m reading
9 blows
10 is acting
11 is having
12 is studying
13 get
14 stay- come- is staying
15 rises- is rising
16 build