4.
In Britain the banks ............................ (open) at 9.30 a.m.
5.
My sister .............................. (not/ go) to the cinema very
often.
6.
Food ............................. (cost) a lot of money.
7.
How many languages ............................................................
(John and Charles/ speak) ?
8.
I must confess I ....................................... (not/ study) a lot.
9.
Her job ...................... (be) very interesting.
10. What ...................................... (he/ do) ?
11. Mary usually ........................... (have) breakfast in the
morning.
12. Where .......................... (you/ come) from ?
E. REWRITE THE SENTENCES IN THE NEGATIVE:
1. I understand your
problem. .........................................................................
2. He smokes a
lot. .................................................................................
3.
They know the
answer. .....................................................................
4.
She loves him. ...................................................................
5.
You speak English. .............................................................
6.
I want it. ...............................................................
7.
He wants them. ............................................................
8.
Sarah lives in
London. ..............................................................................
F. MAKE QUESTIONS USING THE WORDS IN BRACKETS:
1. People sometimes do stupid things.
(Why ?) ..........................................
2. He plays football. (How
often ?) ...............................................................
3. I want to go.
(Where ?) ...............................................................................
4.
It’s important.
(Why ?) ...............................................................................
5.
They go to church.
(When ?) ....................................................................
6.
Michael needs money. (How
much ?) ......................................................
7.
She goes to school. (What
time ?) .........................................................
8.
I stay here. (How
long ?) ........................................................................
9.
Peter and John go to the cinema every Sunday.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS or PRESENT SIMPLE?
A. STUDY THE EXPLANATION AND COMPARE THE
EXAMPLES:
B
. SOME VERBS ...
..... are used only in simple tenses. For example, you cannot say
‘I am knowing’. You can only say: I know.
Here is a list of verbs which are not normally used in continuous
tenses (but there are exceptions):
want need belong know
suppose
remember like love see
realise
mean forget prefer hate
hear
believe understand seem
WORKSHEET – THE SIMPLE PRESENT
A.
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES:
1.
We use the present simple to ............................................
and also to .........................................................................................
2.
We use do/does to make ................................. and
.................................. sentences.
3.
We use .................... or ........................ with he/ she/ it.
B.
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:
1.
What is the way of making the 3rd person singular?
......................................................................
2.
What happens with verbs ending in vowel + y
(e.g. say) ? .............................................................
3.
What happens with verbs ending in consonant + y
(e.g. fly) ? ........................................................
4.
After which (groups of) consonants do we add -es?
.......................................................................
5.
Which two other common verbs add -es?
........................................................................................
C.
WRITE THE 3RD PERSON SINGULAR OF THE VERBS:
1. box - ........................... 2. buy - ...........................
3. complete - ..................
4. cry - ............................
5. defend - ...................... 6. deny - .......................
7. destroy - ...................... 8. expect - ......................
9. fry - ....................... 10. guess - ....................... 11. pray
- .........................
12. reach - ................. 13. receive - .................... 14. rush - .........................
15. watch - .................
D.
PUT THE VERBS INTO THE CORRECT FORM:
1.
Some people ............................. (not/ be) very clever.
2.
Peter ........................ (study) engineering.
3.
If you need money,
why .................................. (you/
not/ get) a job?
THE PRESENT
CONTINUOUS
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
PRESENT SIMPLE
1.
Use the present cont. to
talk about something
which is happening at or
around the time of
speaking:
E.g. Tom is playing
tennis.
2.
Use the present cont. for a
temporary situation :
E.g. That machine isn’t
working. It broke down
this morning.
Use it with now, right
now, today, at the/ this
moment.
1.
Use the present simple to
talk about things in
general, things which
happen repeatedly and
daily routines:
E.g. Water boils at 100
degrees Celsius.
Tom plays tennis every
Saturday.
2.
Use the present simple for
a permanent situation:
E.g. That machine doesn’t
work. It hasn’t worked for
years.
Use it with Frequency
Adverbs and Adverbial
Expressions.
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