Rachel is starting her first day at a new school. During lunch, she sits alone while other students sit in groups talking. Rachel feels nervous but is writing in her diary to look busy. For lunch, she has a tuna fish sandwich that she hates but her mom packs for her. Some girls at a nearby table notice Rachel and laugh about something. Then one girl approaches Rachel and invites her to sit at their table, making Rachel feel less weird.

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Review of the Simple Present and Present Progressive Tenses.
Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in simple present tense or present
progressive tense.
Rachel's Diary – Do Not Touch!!!
September 29, 2010 – My First Day Here
Today (be) _______(1) the first day at my new school. Right now, it is lunch time, and
all of the students (eat) _______ _________(2) their lunches. They (sit) _______
_________(3) around the big table in the cafeteria, (talk) ________(4) in small groups. I
(sit) _______ ________(5) alone. I (be) _______(6) pretty nervous. I (hope) _______(7)
the other students (not, think) _______ _______ ________(8) I am weird. I (write)
_______ ________(9) in my diary right now to look like I (have) _______(10) something
important to do.
For lunch today, I (have) _______(11) an apple, pretzels, and a tuna fish sandwich. I
(hate) _______(12) tuna fish, but my mom (love) ________(13) it. She (say) _______(14) it is
good for me. She (pack) ________(15) it for me every day, so I (guess) ________(16) I
have to eat it. I (also, have) ________ ________(17) some cookies. At least I (like)
________(18) to eat those.
Hey! The girls at the big table (look) _______ ________(19) at me! What (they, want)
_______ ________ ________(20)? They (laugh) _______ ________(21) at something.
What (they, laugh) _______ ________ _________(22) at? I hope they (not, laugh)
_______ _______ _________(23) at me. I (get) _______ ________(24) nervous again.
Oh my gosh! One of them (come) ______ _________(25) this way! Stay calm,
Rachel. She is not going to hurt you. She is just another girl like you, right?
Wait. Now she (hold) _______ _________(26) out her hand to me. Does she (want)
________(27) to be friends? What (she, do) _______ ________ _________(28)? Oh, I
know! She (invite) _______ _________(29) me to her table! Maybe I (be, not) _______
_______(30) that weird after all!