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Study English: ESL Intermediate Story

Read this story, then practice verbs, the difference between present and present continous, below.

The Man in the Blue Car

blue car


Verb Practice

Present:
Every time or every day

Present Continuous:
Now or Soon in the Future

I drive

I'm driving

I sleep

I'm sleeping

I get up

I'm getting up

I work

I'm working

I go

I'm going

I help

I'm helping

I see

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I like

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I have

I'm having

I use

I’m using

* people don't usually say "I'm seeing" or "I'm liking."


Choose the missing words. Use the chart above.

1. (drive) Every morning, ___  _________ to work.

2. (sleep) Please go away. _____  ___________.

3. (get up)  Yes, I hear the alarm clock. _____  _______________ now.

4. (work) ___  _________ at a hotel in downtown.

5. (go)  I am late. ____  ________ in fifteen minutes.

6. (help) Always, ___  _______ my mother with the grocery shopping.

7. (see) Outside the window, ___  _______ a garden.

8. (like)  ___   _______ to eat spaghetti.

9. (have) What am I doing? ___  ________ lunch.

10. (use) On the weekends, ___  ________ the computers at the library.

See answers below.


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Answers: 1. I drive, 2. I'm sleeping, 3. I'm getting up, 4. I work, 5. I'm going, 6. I help, 7. I see, 8. I like, 9. I'm having, 10. I use