6th Grade

							                              St. John's School
                                 6th Grade
Name:                                             Date:
                     The Present Simple and Progressive


A) Complete the following sentences. Use one word only in each space:
1. What ______ Jane doing?
2. What ______ you think of that color?
3. ______ Ken and Tammy coming to the party?
4. Where ______ Larry go every night? ______ you know?
5. How much _______ the motorbike cost? I'm not sure I can afford it.
6. Why ______ you wearing that shirt? It's dirty.
7. ______ you know that Joe speaks four languages?
8. No, I _______ know where Yael is. ______ you?
9. When ______ Alice coming to see us?
10. This jacket is expensive. Why _____ it cost more than the others?


B) Complete the following sentences by putting the verb in brackets into
the correct tense:
1. I _______ (love) Galilee. I ______ (go) there whenever I can.
2. We ______ (move) into a new apartment next month. I _______
(know) that we will be happy there.
3. I always _______ (visit) Henry when I'm it London.
4. He can't come to the phone now because he _______ (paint) the
ceiling.
5. Sheila always _______ (phone) me when she _______ (get) home from
school.
6. I can't come to the movies tonight because I ________ (work). How
about tomorrow?
7. Please don't shout. The baby _______ (sleep).
8. Why are you in such a hurry, Sarah? Where ______ you _______ (go)?
9. Do you know that Cathy _______ (drive) for over an hour to get to
work every day?
10. He _________ (disappear) immediately after school. I wonder where
he _______ (go).


C) Complete the conversation. Use the clues to complete the questions:
Tali phones up a company about a job. She is put through to Dina.
Tali: Good morning. I'm phoning about the advertisement I saw in the
paper yesterday.
Dina: Ah, yes.
     (1) _____________________ any experience?
Tali: of course I do. I have a lot of experience.
Dina: (2) (you/ work) _______________________?
Tali: No, I'm not. At the moment I'm a housewife.
Dina: (3) When ____________________________?
Tali: I want to begin almost immediately. In about a week if you want.
Dina: (4) That sounds good. But I must see your papers.
     (you/ want) ___________________________?
Tali: Yes, I want to send them by fax. I'll send them right away.
Dina: Good. As soon as I get them and go over them, I'll arrange an
interview for you.
     (5) ______________________________ now?
Tali: Yes, I am at home all day today.


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                          ELSY GHATTAS