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Grammar worksheet 12Simple present and present progressive1 ★✩✩ Complete the chart with the sentences below.

Jorge usually gets up at six. Magda is sleeping now. Right now, Marcos is playing soccer.Carla goes to bed at ten every night. Tina is talking on the phone right now.David normally has English at one o’clock.

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2 ★★✩ Complete the sentences. Use the simple present or present progressive form of the verbs in parentheses.

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3 ★★★ Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs below.

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Hi! My name is Max. I’m fourteen years old. I usually (1) wear jeans and a T-shirt to school. Right now, I (2) blue sweatpants and a white T-shirt. After school, I normally (3)  soccer with my friends, or we (4)  a DVD together.

At the moment, my friends (5) their homework. My sister is two years older than me. She normally (6) to her friend’s house after school. Right now, she (7) to her favorite music. I (8) it – it’s awful! My mom is a teacher. She (9) math in a high school. She’s in the kitchen now. She (10) dinner.

1 Annabelle watches TV every day. (watch)

2 Normally, I to bed at ten o’clock. (go)

3 At the moment, Maria her new shoes. (wear)

4 Mom and Dad dinner in a restaurant now. (have)

5 We usually the bus to school. (not get)

6 Right now, Julia her book. (read)

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3 ★★★ Write sentences describing people.

1 my dad / tall ✓ / beard ✗ My dad is tall . He doesn’t have a beard .2 my mom / short ✗ / brown eyes ✓ . .3 I / wavy hair ✓ / glasses ✗ . .

4 Bruno and James / short, dark hair ✓ / blue eyes ✗ . .5 Eva and Carla / tall ✗ / blond hair ✓ . .6 My uncle / tall and slim ✓ / green eyes ✓ /

mustache ✗ . .

has / have (physical appearance)1 ★✩✩ Complete the sentences with the correct word in parentheses.

1 My brother has straight hair. (is / has)2 My mom have blond hair.

(don’t / doesn’t)3 My dad very tall. (is / has)4 I short, blond hair. (have / has)

5 My sister brown eyes. (have / has)

6 We have long hair. (don’t / doesn’t)

2 ★★✩ Look at the pictures and complete the descriptions. Use have, has, don’t have, or doesn’t have.

1 Naoto has short, black hair.

2 Peter long hair.

3 Gilberto and Paulo short, dark hair.

4 Erika long, blond hair.

5 Jin and Mei blond hair.

6 Julie black hair.

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