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Câu 1:

Are the underlined verbs right or wrong? Correct them where necessary.

Đáp án

1. OK

2. is boiling

3. is trying

4. are they telling

5. OK

6. It's getting

7. OK

8. I'm coming

9. are you getting

10. He always gets

11. OK

Câu 2:

Put the verb into the correct form, present continuous or present simple.

1. Let's go out. It isn't raining (not/ rain) now.

2. Julia is very good at language. She speaks (speak) four language very well.

3. Hurry up! Everybody ...... (wait) for you.

4. '...... (you/listen) to the radio?' 'No, you can turn it off'?'

5. '...... (you/listen) to the radio every day?' "No, just occasionally?"

6. The River Nile ...... (flow) into the Mediterrancan.

7. The river ...... (flow) very fast today - much faster than usual.

8. We usually ...... (grow) vegetables in our garden, but this year we ..... (not/grow) any.

9. A : How's your English?

   B: Not bad. I think it ...... (improve) slowly.

10. Rachel is in London at the moment. She ...... (stay) at the Park Hotel. She always ...... (stay) there when she's in London.

11. Can we stop walking soon? I ...... (start) to feel tired.

12. A: Can you drive?

   B: I ...... (learn).My father ...... (teach) me.

13. Normally I......(finish) work at five, but this week I ...... (work) until six to earn a little more money.

14. My parents ...... (live) in Manchester. They were born there and have never lived anywhere else. Where ...... (your parents/live)?

15. Sonia ...... (look) for a place to live. She ...... (stay) with her sister until she finds somewhere.

16. A: What ..... (your brother/do)?

   B: He's an architect,but he ...... (not/work) at the moment.

17. (at a party) I usually ......(enjoy) parties, but I ..... (not/enjoy) this one very much.

Đáp án

3. 's waiting

4. Are you listening

5. Do you often

6. flows

7. 's flowing

8. grow ... aren't growing

9. 's improving

10. 's staying

11. 'm starting

12. 'm learning ... 's teaching

13. finish ... 'm working

14. live ... do your parents live

15. 's looking ... 's staying

16. does your brother do ... isn't working

17. enjoy ... 'm not enjoying

Câu 3:

Finish B's sentences. Use always –ing.

1. A: I've lost my pen again.

   B: Not again! 

2. A: The car has broken down again.

   B: That car is useless. It .....

3. A: Look! You've made the same mistake again.

   B: Oh no, not again. I .....

4. A: Oh, I've forgotten my glases again.

   B: Typical! ......

Đáp án

1. You're always losing your pen.

2. It's always breaking down

3. I'm always making the same mistake/ ... that mistake.

4. You're always forgetting your glasses