1. Ronald ___________working late today.

a) not mind

b) doesn't mind

c) isn't minding

d) isn't mimd

2. Our neighbour often __________barbecures in his garden.

a) hold

b) holding

c) is holding

d) holds

3. ___________ something strange in this room?

a) You smell

b) Are you smelling

c) Do you smell

d) Smell you

4. Gareth and Alf _________ in the poetry competition next Saturday.

a) are taking part

b) take part

c) takes part

d) is taking part

5. Brian __________ of buying a big house in the suburbs.

a) are thinking

b) thinks

c) don't think

d) is thinking

6. I work here as a waiter at the weekends because I _______ The extra money.

a) am needing

b) need

c) needs

d) am need

7. I'm sorry, but I ___________ this exercise. Can you explain it to me?

a) am understand

b) am not understanding

c) don't understand

d) understand

8. You cannot talk to Mike right now. He's ___________ a bath at the moment.

a) having

b) has

c) have

d) is having

9. Yvonne always ___________ names and telephone numbers.

a) is forgetting

b) forget

c) forgets

d) forgetting

10. I cannot leave my job. You know it ____________ a lot to me.

a) is meaning

b) means

c) mean

d) meaning