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XFAVOR AYUDA PLEASE Exercise 1: Simple present or present progressive? Complete the sentences by underlining the correct form of the verb. Example: It’s noon. I go / am going to lunch. I always go / am going to lunch at noon. 1. It’s Sunday. Tom doesn’t work / isn’t working today. He doesn’t work / isn’t working on Sundays. 2. Many executives retire / are retiring at age 65. Mr. Jensen retires / is retiring for health reasons. 3. I always read / am reading on the train. I read / am reading an excellent book right now. 4. May I ask who calls / is calling, please? How often do you call / are you calling clients in the evening? 5. Janet takes / is taking it easy today because she’s sick. People who take / are taking it easy live longer. 6. Fred usually requests / is requesting vacation time a month in advance. Mary is requesting / requests hers now. Exercise 2: Choose the correct verb form Fill in the blanks with the correct form (simple present or present progressive) of the verb(s) in parentheses. Example: Mr. Fielding eats lunch at noon every day. (eat) 1. Bob usually __________ until five o’clock, but on Mondays he __________ later. (work / stay) 2. John and Susan __________ the children to Washington next week. (take) 3. At what time __________ the bank __________ on Fridays? (close) 4. Wait! Where __________ you __________? (go) 5. __________ you __________ the news often? (watch) 6. Let’s go inside. It __________ to rain. (start) 7. What __________ you __________ next Saturday? (do) 8. The ten o’clock train __________ in Boston at two-thirty. (arrive) Exercise 3: Error recognition – simple present vs. present progressive Each of the sentences below contains at least one error. Rewrite the sentences correctly. Example: Ed is speaking on the phone a lot. Ed speaks on the phone a lot. 1. We are trading in our car every two years. 2. We don’t want to walk because it rains too hard. 3. Excuse me. Do you speak to me? 4. Why doesn’t Jack hurry? He knows we wait for him.

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