1) Don't bother me now. I ______________ an important letter. a) write b) am writing 2) I ___________ about grandmother. a) am thinking b) think 3) We hardly ever _______________ her. a) visit b) are visiting 4) The minibus, which takes people to the other side of the island _______________ at 11:00 a) leaves b) is leaving 5) I _________________ at my mother's house this week. a) sleep b) am sleeping 6) "When ________________ for Rome?" a) are you leaving b) do you leave  7) I ______________ you should buy him a tie. a) think b) am thinking 8) Flowers _____________ in spring. a) bloom b) are blooming 9) Here __________ Kelly. a) is coming b) comes 10) John _______________ my friends. a) is always criticising b) always criticises 11) We _____________ at 8.00 p.m. today. a) meet b) are meeting 12) What time ________________ at Heathrow? a) does the plane land b) is the plane landing 13) I ______________ dinner with Tom tonight. a) am having b) have 14) They __________ spicy food. a) are never eating b) never eat 15) Jane ___________ at a supermarket this summer. a) is working b) works 16) In Johannesburg most people ___________ at least five languages. a) are speaking b) speak 17) Languages ___________ very fast. Half of world's languages will disappear by 2100. a) are disappearing b) disappear 18) You can't see Tim now; he ___________ a bath a) is having b) has 19) Please keep quiet, I ___________ to the radio. You know I ___________ to the news in the mornings. a) listen, listen b) am listening, am listening c) listen, am listening d) am listening, listen 20)  I never ___________ a scarf, but today I ___________ one because it's unusually cold. a) am wearing, wear b) wear, am wearing c) wear, wear d) am wearing, am wearing 21) I finished watching the series you recommended. Now I ___________ another one. a) am watching b) watch 22) What ___________ tonight? Would you like to come and watch the game? a) you doing b) do you do c) are you doing 23) Nobody ___________ they will win the match. a) is thinking b) thinks 24) You look worried. What ___________? a) are you thinking b) do you think? 25) A: I ___________ on holiday two or three times a year. B: That's great! And where ___________this year? a) go, do you go b) am going, do you go c) go, are you going 26) A: We ___________ to the cinema tonight. B: ___________ to the cinema? a) are going, do you often go b) go, do you often go c) are going, are you often going 27) I think it's better to stay. It ___________ and we ___________ an umbrella. a) is raining, don't have b) rains, don't have c) is raining, aren't having 28) A: Children ___________ more and more dependent on mobile phones. B: Yes, they ___________ their imagination anymore. a) become, aren't using b) are becoming, don't use c) become / don't use 29) I ___________ an article about the myth that says that we ___________ 10% of our brains. a) am writing, are only using b) write, are only using c) am writing, use 30) A: I ___________ my doctor this morning. B. Isn't your doctor that woman I ___________ over there? a) see, am seeing b) am seeing, see c) see, see

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