Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple and the Present Continuous.

1) Ben often ... \(stay\) at a hotel when he ... \(come\) to town but tonight he ... \(stay\) with us.
2) When ... \(lesson/start\) today?

3) What’s your brother doing? He ... \(do\) the crossword in the newspaper. He ... \(do\) it every day.
4) I’m afraid I’ll lose this game of chess. I ... \(play\) very badly. I usually ... much better \(play\).
5) What’s she doing? — She ... \(mend\) her husband’s socks. She always ... them. \(mend\)
6) Yes, you can borrow my dictionary. I ... \(use\) it a lot, but I ... \(not / use\) it now.
7) We ... \(not travel\) by train very often.
8) She ... \(be\) particularly generous this week.
9) It ... \(snow\) right now. It’s beautiful! I ... \(like\) this weather.