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Yileililly Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

simple present tense exercise

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001.00 00I00 01i00__________02i00 (read) a very interesting book now.02br
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002.00 00Joanne00 01i00__________02i00 00(work) eight hours a day.02br
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003.00 00Tonight we 01i00__________02i00 00(see) a play at the thereatre.02br
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004.00 00Who 01i00__________02i00 00you 01i00__________02i00 (speak) to just now?02br
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005.00 00I00 01i00__________02i00 00(not know) him very well.02br
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006.00 00What will you do if she 01i00__________02i00 00(come) late?02br
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007.00 00My wife 01i00__________02i00 00(like) coffee for breakfast.02br
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008.00 00What 01i00__________02i00 00Tom usually 01i00__________02i00(have) for breakfast?02br
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009.00 00Your train 01i00__________02i00 00(leave) at 17.25 from platform 3.02br
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0010.00 00What 01i00__________02i00 00Mary 01i00__________02i00 (do) ? She's a student.02br
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0011.00 00My whole family 01i00_____________02i00(go) to church once a week.02br
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0012.00 00My wife and I 01i00_______________02i00(go) to the beach in the summer.02br
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0013.00 00Listen! The phone 01i00______________02i00(ring) in the other room.02br
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0014.00 00Rain seldom 01i00______________02i00(fall) in the Sahara. 02br
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0015.00 00He is thirteen years old now, and his voice 01i00___________________02i00(change). 02br
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0016.00 00Let's change the conversation. It 01i00_______________02i00(get) too serious.02br
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0017.00 00Leap year 01i00________________02i00(come) every four years. 02br
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0018.00 00My grandfather 01i00______________02i00(grow) tomatoes in his garden this summer.02br
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0019.00 00He 01i00______________02i00(grow) them every summer . 02br
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0020.00 00The children 01i00____________________02i00(leave) for school right now. 02br
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0021.00 00The children 01i00________________02i00(leave) at 8:30 every morning of the week.02br
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0022.00 00Shu! The baby 01i00____________________02i00(take) her nap. 02br
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0023.00 00In the north the season 01i00__________________02i00(change) four times a year .02br
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0024.00 00Unfortunately, the patient 01i00____________________02i00 (die). 02br
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0025.00 00The monsoon 01i00___________________02i00(come) once or twice a year.02br
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0026.00 00It's spring and the days 01i00___________________02i00(get) longer. 02br
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0027.00 00The weather 01i00___________02i00(get) very cold in Moscow in the winter.02br
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0028.00 00It 01i00_______________02i00(rain) hard, and I don't have an umbrella.02br
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0029.00 00It's November and the birds 01i00_________________02i00(fly) south. 02br
0030. Many birds of Europe 01i00___________02i00(fly) south to Africa every winter.00 0-
  

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0Look Yileililly, u can use this link 01a05000 02a00.0230hrefhttp://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/simcon.htm
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10You should do the exercise first. Then we'll let you know whether your answers are correct. It is a more practical way.0-
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IT DEPENDS...
MAYBE THE FIRST PERSON OR THE ONE WHO IS SPEAKING JUST SAW THE PLAY.
BUT THEY DID'NT WATHCH THE WHOLE...
GET IT?
10:15:57 AM


THNX
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Pucca


3. Tonight we __________ (see) a play at the thereatre.

hmm..why is the verb "to see" and not "to watch"?

Thanks in advance!
I know of no rules governing this, but I think many people make this distinction:

I watched a movie (air
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Generally, you go "see" a play or a movie. Once you're there, you may not watch it. You could be too busy necking with your boyfriend, for example.
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