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Simple

Present Tense Review

Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in simple present tense.

Hi. My name (be) _______

(1)

Albert. My friends (call) _______

(2)

me Al. You can

call

me Al if you (like) _______

(3)

.

I (want) to tell you about a problem I (have) _______

(4)

.It (be, not) ______ ______

(5)

a big problem, but it is not a small problem, either. I (guess) _______

(6)

it's somewhere

between big and small.

I (have) _______

(7)

a best friend. His name (be) _______

(8)

Joe,

but everybody (call) _______

(9)

him Joey. Joey and I have been friends for a long time.

That's the problem. Joey (like) _______

(10)

to smoke. He (say) _______

(11)

he (do, not) _______ ______

(12)

but I (know) _______

(13)

he (do) _______

(14)

.He (try) _______

(15)

to hide it from me, but I (see) _______

(16)

him do it

sometimes. When I see him do it, he just (laugh) _______

(17)

and (walk) _______

(18)

away.

Now, Joey (smoke) _______

(19)

every day. When he (come) _______

(20)

over to my

house, he (always, bring) _______ _______

(21)

his cigarettes with him. He (keep)

_______

(22)

them in his pocket. He (think) _______

(23)

they are cool. He (not, think)

_______ _______ _______

(24)

it's a bad idea to smoke. He (say) _______

(25)

"(not,

worry) _______ _______ _______

(26)

Al. I'm okay." He (tell) _______

(27)

me that I (not,

understand) _______ _______ _______

(28)

,but I (think) _______

(29)

I (do) _______

(30)

.

I (feel) _______

(31)

like it's his right to smoke. He can do what he (want) _______

(32)

to do, right? But I can (not, help) _______ _______

(33)

worrying. He's my best friend.