Fill in the blanks with the verbs from the box below:

be — love — clean — have — meet — go — sleep — teach — learn — come

Mary (1) is a teacher. She (2) teaches French. The children (3) love her and they (4) learn a lot from her. Mary (5) comes home at 3:00 and (6) has lunch. Then she (7) sleeps for an hour. In the afternoon she (8) goes shopping or she (9) learns her house. Sometimes she (10) goes to her aunt and (11) has tea with her. Every Sunday she (12) meets her friends.

2. Choose the correct item.

• She drinks milk every morning.

A) drinks B) is drinking C) drink

• We … to the park now.

A) goes B) are going C) go

• The woman … swimming now.

A) goes B) is going C) go

• She often … her red dress.

A) wears B) is wearing C) wear

• Look! The cat … up the tree.

A) climbs B) is climbing C) climb

• John … to school now.

A) walks B) is walking C) walk

• My cat usually … by the fire.

A) sleep B) s sleeping C) sleeps

• I … a letter at the moment.

A) write B) am writing C) is writing

• They … in a restaurant every Sunday.

A) eats B) are eating C) eat

• Mother always … the grass.

A) cuts B) cut C) is cutting

Put the verbs into the Present Continuous or Simple Present.

1. Listen! The birds are singing (sing) in the garden!
2. I often … (buy) fruit from the greengrocer’s.
3. My mother … (drink) tea now.
4. Look at Tom and Jim! They … (walk) up the hill.
5. That man … (laugh) at the moment.
6. The cat … (play) with a ball now.
7. We always … (wear) warm clothes in winter.
8. He often … (eat) a sandwich at lunchtime.