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Use the Present Continuous or Present Simple form of the verb to complete the following:

Example     John [go] ­­­­­_____ to the gym three times a week.

                 John goes to the gym three times a week.

1 In hot weather ice [melt]
quickly.
2 Please be quiet. Little Johnny [do]
his homework.
3 ‘Where’s Andrew?’ ‘He was really tired so he [sleep]
.’
4 How often do you [go]
to the gym?
5 William [be]
a doctor.
6 In Norway people [celebrate]
Christmas on the 24th December.
7 ‘What’s that noise?’ ‘They [have]
a party next door.’
8 Can you help me with this bag? It’s so heavy I [need]
help.
9 Rosie never [eat]
meat, she’s a vegetarian.
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