SIMPLE PRESENT AND PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
QUIZ 5

by Conrad Miller

 
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Directions: Complete the sentences by using the words in parentheses.  Use the simple present or the present progressive.

Jessica and Valerie (be)

graduate students. They (study)

at Princeton University. They (be)

very good friends. Right now

they (be) in the university conference

room. They (discuss)   an important

matter. They often (discuss) important


matters. Right now Valerie (talk) . Jessica (listen) and

(hold) a glass of soda.  Jessica (be) generally a

quiet person. She (be) a good listener. She always (listen)   very attentively.

Her friends often (tell) Jessica about their problems. She (listen) and

(give) them advice on how to (remedy) their problems.  

Valerie (talk) more than Jessica.  Her friends all (say) that

she (be) very  outgoing. She(like) to make friends

and participate in many conversations. Jessica and Valerie  (have)   very opposite

personallities, but this (be) why they (be) such good friends.

Opposites always (attract) .