Didi

A. Complete with the correct form ( present simple affirmative, interrogative or negative) of these verbs: have, study, watch, do, borrow, get up, read, eat
1. We borrow books from the library twice a month.
2. Richard never ____________ the shopping on Saturdays.
3. Sheila _______________ very much. That’s why she’s so thin.
4. What time ________ you usually ______ breakfast?
5. The children _____________ until 8 o’clock in the morning.
6. My friend Gill _____________ at London University.
7. What kind of books _________ your mother ______________?
8. Jenny _______________ too much television. B. Choose the present simple or the present continuous.
1. Jane never has/is having breakfast at home.
2. We learn/are learning English at the moment.
3. This week I read/am reading a new novel.
4. Peter always complains/is complaining about the food.
5. We go/are going for a walk everyday, but today we stay/are staying in.
6. What time do you come/are you coming back tonight?
C. Put the verbs in brackets in the present continuous or present simple.
1.I’m afraid I __________________ (not understand) what he __________ (say)
2. Who _________ (cook) dinner tonight?
3. I really ___________ (not know) what you ___________ (talk) about.
4. ________________ (you/go) abroad this summer? Yes, I ____________ (visit) Italy.
5. What ___________ (you/think) they ____________ (do) tomorrow?
Source: English Grammar - Longman
D. Complete this text about S. Paulo, Brazil, using the Simple Present or the Present Continuous
Everyone ____________ (know) what a megacity ___________ (look) like. Take S. Paulo for example. S. Paulo _____________ (be) one of the most densely populated cities in the world. A third of its population ___________ (live) in slums, where their standard of living is unbelievably low.
Today safety in S. Paulo ______________ (get) worse and worse and social discontent _____________ (grow) bigger and bigger. Robberies and assaults _____________