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Continual / Continuous - Exercise 1

Direction: Choose the correct word in each sentence below. When you have finished, click on the "Check My Work" button to view the answers.

1. Rain falls (   ) in Seattle.

2. I have become tired of your (   ) email messages.

3. The horn was stuck and blared (   ) until the police arrived.

4. Marion's (   ) interruptions bother me.

5. Joe sat on the beach and looked at the (   ) shoreline.

6. We were distracted from our work by (   ) telephone calls.

7. The neighbors listened to the (   ) barking of the dog.

8. Jim's friends maintained a (   ) vigil at his bedside.

9. The earth moves (   ) around the sun.

10. We were distracted by the (   ) visits from Joe's friends.

             

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