PRESENT TENSE Your Pizza is ready ...

Objectives * Practice and review present tense. * Practice and review present progressive.

Directions: Complete the sentences using the verb in parentheses in the present tense or the present progressive when appropriate.

Its 5 O'clock in the afternoon. John (get)  ready to go to work. John (work)  in the evening. He (be)  a delivery person for a pizza parlor in his neighborhood. Rita is John's wife. She (come)  home right now. She (come)  from work. She has a 9:00 to 5:00 job as a clerk at the post office.

John and Rita have two children. The children (play)  with their toys in the living room right now. The T.V. is on, but they (watch, not)  it. John (take) care of the children during the day. When Rita (get)  home he (go)  to work. John (work)  from 6:00 p.m. to midnight, but sometimes he (finish)  early. He (drive)  his own car while he ( deliver)  pizzas. John (think)  delivering pizzas is a nice job. He (not, have)  to be in the pizza parlor all the time, and he (have)  a lot of freedom and independence when he is out delivering the pizzas. He also (like)  to drive.

While he (drive)  he listens to the radio. John's favorite music (be)  rock, but he also (enjoy)  opera. He (love)  to listen to Placido Domingo. John (get, usually)  a tip when he (make)  a delivery. Right now he (count) his tips from last night. His tips (be)  generally good, but his customers (not, be)  always generous. He (hope)  his tips are good tonight. He (try)  to save money. He (want)  to buy a present for Rita. Rita's 30^th birthday is next week, and John and the kids (plan)  a surprise birthday party for her. Rita's parents (also, come)  to her birthday party. They (come, always)  to everyone's birthday party.
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