| 9 | Verbs - regular forms

Put in the correct form of the verb, using these two possibilities:
 

He teaches English to immigrants (fact - simple present) He is teaching in his new classroom right now (present continuous)

 

1	attract	His appearances always ***** a lot of viewers.
2	try	The actor is in his dressing-room, ***** a new wig.
3	attempt	I can hear noises. I think someone ***** to break in.
4	advertise	We **** in the local press occasionally.
5	consume	People generally ***** too much of everything.
6	investigate	I've talked to my lawyer. She ***** the case right now, actually.
7	produce	A country like South Africa ***** an awful lot of fruit.
8	retire	The average Swede ***** at the age of 65.
9	sit	Who ***** here? - John, but he's not here today.
10	sit	Who ***** over there? - It's John. Don't you recognize him?
11	smoke	Larry and his brother both ***** two packets a day.
12	live	Two of my children ***** in Florida. They both work for the same firm.
13	stay	I think he ***** at the Grand as usual. I saw him there this morning.
14	write	Harry ***** novels for a living. He's quite well established.
15	admit	My professor never ***** she's wrong.
16	prepare	Most tournament players ***** themselves before an important event.
17	prepare	Right now Michael ***** himself for the tournament tomorrow.
18	collect	Jane's brother ***** old cars. He's quite an expert.
19	contain	Some of these barrels ***** whisky.
20	plan	A number of students ***** a party for tonight.
21	differ	These two jumpers ***** in size as well as colour.
22	patrol	'The Red Berets' ***** the New York subway in order to keep peace.
23	patrol	The Red Berets ***** the subway tonight as usual.
24	interview	Two journalists ***** the Secretary General in the lobby.
25	distribute	UN personnel ***** relief supplies right now.