). In this exercise you have to put the verb into the correct form.Example: - Please don’t make so much noise. I (study) am studying .
- Let’s go out now. It (not/rain) is not raining any more.
- Listen to those people. What language (they/speak) are they speaking ?

1. Please be quite. I _______________________ (try) to concentrate.
2. Look! It ______________________ (snow).
3. Why __________ (you/look) at me like that? Have I said something wrong?
4. You ___________________ (make) a lot of noise. Can you be a bit quieter?
5. Excuse me, I ____________ (look) for a phone box. Is there one near here?
6. Listen. Can you hear those people next door? They ___________________ (shout) at each other again.
7. Diana can’t come to the phone because she _____________(wash) her hair.
8. Kathy usually sits in the front row during the class, but today she _____________________ (sit) in the last row.
9. I wrote to my friend last week. She has not answered my letter yet. I _______________ (wait, still) for a reply.
10. After three days of rain, I am glad that the sun ______________________ (shine) again today.

2). Use either the SIMPLE PRESENT or the PRESENT PROGRESSIVE of the verbs in parentheses.

1. Diana __________ (wash) her hair every other day.
2. I can’t afford that ring. It (cost) _______________ too much.
3. Look! It (begin) ___________ to rain. Unfortunately, I (have, not) ________ my umbrella with me. Tom is lucky. He (wear) ______________ a raincoat.
4. ________________________ (lock, you, always) the door to your apartment when you leave?
5. Every morning, the sun __________ (shine) in my bedroom window and _________ (wake) me up.
6. A : Look it ______________ (snow).
B : It’s beautiful. This is the first time I’ve ever seen snow. It __________ (snow, not) in my country.
7. I (own, not) _____________ an umbrella. I (wear) ____________ a waterproof hat on rainy days.
8. Mike is a student, but he ___________ (go, not) to school right now because it’s summer. He ___________ (attend) college from September to May every year, but in the summers he ___________ (have, usually) a job at the post office. In fact, he _____________ (work) there this summer
9. Right now, I (look) ___________________around the classroom. Yoko (write) _____________ in her book. Carlos (bite) ____________ his pencil. Wanning (scratch) ___________ his head. Ahmed (stare) __________________ out the window. He (seem) _________ to be daydreaming, but perhaps he (think) _______________ hard about verb tenses. What (think, you) __________ Ahmed (do)___________________?
10. There is a book on my desk, but it (belong, not) _________________to me.
11. Dennis (fix) _____________________ the roof of his house today, and he (need) ________________ some help. Can you help him?
12. Barbara (tutor, often) _______________ other students in her math class. This afternoon she (help) _______________ Steve with his math assignment because he (understand, not) _________________ the material they (work) _________________ on in their class this week.
13. Right now I (look) ___________________ at Janet. She (look) _________ angry. I wonder what’s the matter. She (have) ______________ a frown on her face. She certainly (have, not) ________________ any fun right now.
14. A: Who is that woman who (stand) _______________ next to the window?
B: Which woman? (Talk, you) ____________________ about the woman who (wear) _______________ the blue and gold dress?
A: No, I (talk, not) ______________ about her. I (mean) _______________ the woman who (wear) ______________________ the blue suit.
B: Oh, I (know, not) ____________. I (recognize, not) _____________ her.
15. A: Close your eyes. Now listen carefully. What (hear, you) ____________. What (do, I) ___________________?
B: I (believe) ________ you (rub) ________ the top of your desk with your hand.
A: Close, but not exactly right. Try again. (Listen, you) _______ carefully?
B: Aha. You (rub) ________________ your hands together.
A: Right!