Present Simple vs. Present Continuous Advanced Level Review

I _____ the neighbour's cat this week while she's in hospital.

The court _____ first-time offenders to prison, but it's possible in exceptional circumstances.

Then you _____ all the ingredients together quickly and _____ the mixture in a hot oven for twenty minutes.

I can see the leaders. The three front runners _____ the corner into the stadium complex now.

Julie, listen to this. It's Thursday evening and I _____ home really late from the club, and she _____ to me...

Hewitt certainly _____ his best tennis at the moment.

Hurry up and buy your sandwich! Here _____ the bus!

'Sorry, I haven't phoned. I lost my address book'

'Oh, you _____ your address book! Why don't you keep everything on the computer?'

The part-time philosophy course _____ twenty evening lectures and five full-day seminars.

_____ we should allow more than an hour to get to the station?

We can't leave a ten-year-old child on her own. What on earth _____ ?

Don't ask him! He _____ really difficult at the moment.

Would you like to try these champagnes? We _____ them to write a review for the wine club newsletter.

We _____ that you won't be disappointed with the performance of our new washing machine.

British people _____ a lot of tea, while Americans _____ more coffee.

Broken bones in adults _____ as fast as they _____ in children.

A colony of Antarctic penguins _____ in Marvell Zoo.

As temperature _____ with the approach of winter, the soil _____ and _____ ...

The Blairs _____ their summer holiday in a quiet part of Tuscany.

Share prices usually _____ on a daily basis - but often by very little.

Our two chefs _____ an excellent choice of hot meals every day.

From here you _____ the road, _____ through an iron gate and _____ the path west...

France _____, Zidane _____ to Henry, Henry _____ inside...

There's an old woman with thick glasses and a name tag. I _____ up to her and _____ ...

Addicted Chaplin star _____ three years for new drugs lapse.

I _____ that you referred to the National Curriculum in your speech...

I _____ forward to receiving a prompt reply to my enquiry.

'What _____ the children _____ ?'

'Well, Alan _____ in his room and Sophie _____ TV with me.'

James and Sally _____ the evening together, _____ a new video.

I'll be with you in a minute. I _____ something in the kitchen.

We _____ with John to try and find out if his place really is haunted.

We _____ the writings of Gunter Grass on the German course now.

Here _____ the postman.

Brutish summers _____ hotter and winters _____ wetter.

We _____ a lot of rain during the winter in this part of the world.

The baby _____ cute little gurgling noises.

The neighbours _____ doors and _____ during the night.

I _____ people's birthdays. It's so annoying.

They _____ the back straight and El Garrouj _____ to pull away...

... and he _____ the line two seconds ahead of his closest rival...

Most people _____ in the existence of UFO's

'Is Maria ready yet?'

'No, she _____ a shower.'

Now that there's electricity in the village, Santos _____ of getting his house connected.