Exercise 3. Insert the Present Indefinite or Present Continuous.

1. "Where is Kitty?" "Susan __ her to bed." (to put) (Collins) 2. Light __ more quickly than sound, (to travel) 3. I should like to know why you __ always __ (to read) (Maugham) 4. "Sorry, Ted. I must go. I'm late." "Where __ you __?" "I __ to have tea with Nurse Hopkins." (to go, to go) (Christie) 5. He __ best, who __ last, (to laugh, to laugh) 6. I don't interrupt people when they __ (to read) (Collins) 7. I never __ him doing any work there, whenever I __ He __ behind a bit of glass all day. (to see, to go in, to sit) (Jerome K. Jerome) 8. Actions __ louder than words, (to speak) 9. Robert __ just now __ to my uncle, and they __ hands, (to speak, to shake) (Ch. Bronte) 10. And now my written story ends. I look back, once more — for the last) time — before I close these leaves. I __ myself, with Agnes at my side, journeying along the road of life. I __ our children and our friends around us; and I __ the roar of many voices, not indifferent to me as I travel on. (to see, to see, to hear) (Dickens) 11. "Why __ you __?" she cried. "Because you __ nonsense." (to answer — negative, to talk) (Maugham) 12. Every star __ its own orbit, (to have) 13. My tooth-brush is a tiling that haunts me when I __ and __ my life a misery, (to travel, to make) (Jerome K. Jerome) 14. This is Mr. Slush's latest book. It __ a wonderful sale, (to have) (Leacock) 15. A stitch in time __ nine, (to save) 16. "I've got fever, Kong," gasped Skelton. "Get me the medicine chest and blankets, I __ to death!" (to freeze) (Maugham) 17. That's the way she always __ (to talk) (Twain) 18. I'm so careless. I __ always __ my bag about, (to leave) (Maugham) 19. "Hallo, darling. You _ very tragic." (to look) (Christie) 20. I __ to you house next Thursday, (to come) (Hilton)

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