Bài tập tiếng anh lớp 12 unit 2

UNIT 2. THE PRESENT SIMPLE & THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
I. Complete the sentences, putting the verbs into the present continuous or present simple:
1. Tim (live) _______ in Manchester but he (spend) _______ this month in Wales
2. A: _______ (you/work) today?
B: No, I _______. I usually (work) _______ on Fridays but I’ve got the day off
3. A: What _______ (Josephine/do)
B: She (be) _______ a teacher but she (not teach) at the moment. She (look) _______ for a job.
4. A: Can I have that paper or _______ (you/read) it?
B: No, I (not read) _______ it. I never (read) _______ that paper. I (prefer) _______ the Daily
News
5. A: _______ (This bag/belong) to you?
B: No, It _______, but I (know) _______ Anita (look) _______ for her bag
6. I (not smoke) _______ but my husband _______. He (try) _______ to stop at the momet but it’s
not easy
7. _______ (you/remember) my friend Matthew? He (stay) _______ with me at the moment
8. A: _______ (you/speak) German?
B: No, I _______, but I (want) _______ to learn. I (look) _______ for a coursebook.
9. Emma and Katie usually (visit) _______ me on Saturdays but they _______ (camp) in the New
Forest this weekend.
10. A: _______ (Simon/help) you very much?
B: No, not usually, but he (help) me today
11. A: What _______ (you/do)?
B: I (write) _______ a letter to my parents. I (write) _______ them every weekend
12. A: Let’s go out
B: Look! It (snow) _______ outside. It (come) _______ down quite hard
13. A: What time _______ (you/usually/start) work?
B: Normally, We (start) _______ work at eight o’clock, but we (start) _______ at seven this
weekend. We’re very busy at the moment
14. A: _______ (you/listen) to the radio? B: No, You can turn it off
15. A: _______ (you/look) for someone?
B: Yes, I (need) _______ to sepak to Neil. Is he in?

A: Yes, but I (think) _______ he’s busy. He (talk) _______ to the boss at the moment.
16. A: I (want) _______ a new computer. I (save) _______ up to buy one.
B: But computers (cost) _______ so much money. What’s wrong with the one we’ve got.
A: It (get) _______ out of date. Now
17. A: What _______ (you/do)?
B: I (weigh) _______ this letter. I (need) _______ to know how many stamps to put on it
18. A: I (think) _______ this road is really dangerous. Look how fast that lorry (go) _______
B: I (agree) _______. People shouldn’t go so fast
19. A: I (always/fall) _______ asleep. I just can’t keep awake.
B: What time _______ (you/go) to bed?
A: About ten o’clock usually. But It (not/make) _______ any difference
20. A: Are you free on Friday?
B: No, We’re very busy now. We (have) _______ a party on Sunday.
II. Are the underlined verbs right or wrong? Correct the verbs that are wrong
1. Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius
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2. The water boils. Can you turn it off?
3. Let’s go out. It doesn’t rain now
4. Listen to those people. What language do they speak?
5. The moon goes round the earth
6. I must go now. It gets late
7. I usually go to work by car
8. “Hurry up! It’s time to leave”. “I come”
9. I hear you’ve got a new job. How do you get on?
10. John is never satisfied. He always complain

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