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Quiz 1: Simple Present & Present Continuous

INSTRUCTIONS:

• PUT THE CORRECT FORM OF "PLAY" IN EACH OF THE BOXES.

1.  “We ________________________ ping pong,” Jill called up to Jack when she heard him come in. “Come on down!”

2.  Sarah and Harry get together with Dick and Jane once a month. Sometimes they ________________________ cards all night.

3.  Harry always ________________________ tennis on Monday morning.

4.  Jane doesn’t like games, but she ________________________ checkers with Tom whenever he asks her to.

5.  “I ________________________ Super Smash,” Ted said when Tom phoned. “I’ll phone you back in a few minutes.”

6.  “Jack isn’t here right now,” Jill said when Harry phoned. “He’s out with the kids. They ________________________ basketball in the school yard.”

7.  If he gets home from work before Jill does, Jack often ________________________ the piano for half an hour or so.

8.  “I can’t come until later,” Harry told Dick. “Sarah ________________________ online poker upstairs, so I have to look after the kids.”

9.  At the soccer game, Jane said to Jill, “I think our team is going to lose, but at least our husbands ________________________ well.”

10.  “Listen,” said Harry with a smile on his face, “Sarah ________________________ the violin again.”