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8/12/2019 2011.08.05.PresentTenses.chap1.Unit2.Handout
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PRESENT TENSES
I. THEORY:
Present simple generally refers to:
- Facts that are always true Ex: Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
- Habits Ex: British people drink a lot of tea.
- States Ex: I don't like gangster films.
Present continuous (progressive) generally refers to actions which are in progress at the moment.
- They can be actually in progress: Ex: The dog is sleeping on our bed!
- Or they can be generally in progress but not actually happening at the moment:
Ex: I'm learning to drive.
• Note: State erbs !escribe a continuing state" so !o not usually hae a continuous form. Typical examples
are: believe, belong, consist, contain, doubt, fit, have, kno, like, love, matter, mean, need, on, prefer,
seem, suppose, suspect, understand, ant, ish
Present perfect simple refers to:
- #ecent eents" without a !efinite time gien. The recentness may be in!icate! by ust.
Ex: We've missed the turning. "'ve ust seen a ghost!
- In!efinite eents" which happene! at an un$nown time in the past. %o !efinite time is gien.
Ex: #im has had three car accidents, &up to the present'
- In!efinite eents which may hae an obious result in the present.
Ex: "'ve tisted m$ ankle, &that(s why I(m limping'
- )ith state erbs" a state which lasts up to the present.
Ex: "'ve lived here for the past ten $ears.
II. EXERISES:
! "n#erline t$e correct %or# or p$r&se in e&c$ sentence.
a' I haen(t !eci!e! yet about whether to buy a new car or a secon!-han! one. *ut I think about it%"'m
thinking about it. b' +ll right" you try to fix the teleision, *ut " hope%"'m hoping you $now what you(re !oing.
c' Eery year " visit%"'m visiting *ritain to improe my English.
!' It(s time we turne! on the central heating. "t gets%"t's getting col!er eery !ay.
e' Of course" you(re ary" aren(t you, " recognise%" am recognising you now.
f' The film of ()ar an! eace( is ery long. "t lasts%"t is lasting oer four hours.
g' I can see from what you say that your mornings are ery busy, *ut what do $ou do%are $ou doing in the
afternoons/
h' I(m going to buy a new swimming costume. y ol! one doesn't fit%isn't fitting any more"
i' That must be the en! of the first part of the performance. )hat happens%is happening now/
0' )hat(s the matter/ )hy do $ou look%are $ou looking at me li$e that/
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PRESENT TENSES
'. Put e&c$ ver in r&cets into t$e present simple or present continuous.
I wor$ in a large office with about thirty other people" most of whom I&1'222222222 &$now' 3uite
well. )e &4' 222222222 &spen!' most of the !ay together" so we hae all become frien!s. In fact" most of my
colleagues are so interesting" that I &5' 222222222 &thin$' of writing a boo$ about them, &6' 222222222
&ta$e' Helen )atson" for example. Helen &7' 222222222 &run' the accounts !epartment. +t the moment she
&8'222222222 &go out' with 9eith *allantine" one of the sales representaties" an! they &' 222222222
&seem' ery happy together. *ut eeryone - except Helen apparently - &;' 222222222 &$now' that 9eith
&<'222222222 &fancy' Susan orter. *ut I &1=' 222222222 &happen' to $now that Susan &11' 222222222
&!isli$e' 9eith. (I can(t stan! people who neer &14' 222222222 &stop' apologising all the time,( she tol! me.
(+n! besi!es" I $now he &15' 222222222 &!eceie' poor Helen. He &16' 222222222 &see' *etty )ills from
the oerseas !epartment.( +n! plenty of other interesting things &17' 222222222 ¤tly>go on'. For
instance" eery wee$ we &18' 222222222 &experience' more an! more problems with theft - personal
belongings an! een money hae been stolen. )hen you &1' 222222222 &realise' that someone in your
office is a thief" it &1;' 222222222 &upset' you at first. *ut I &1<' 222222222 &also>try' to catch whoeer it is
before the police are calle! in. I(m not going to tell you who I &4=' 222222222 &suspect'. )ell" not yet
anyway,
*. +ost of t$ese sentences cont&in &n error. ,$ere t$ere is &n error- re%rite t$e sentence correctl.
a' I(m !epen!ing on you" so !on(t ma$e any mista$es,
b' Is this total inclu!ing the new stu!ents/
c' Excuse me" but !o you wait for somebo!y/
!' These potatoes are tasting a bit funny.
e' How are you feeling to!ay/
f' I loo$ forwar! to hearing from you.
g' I hae a feeling that something goes wrong.
h' )hat(s that you(re eating/
i' +re you hearing anything from )en!y these !ays/
0' I thin$ you(re being rather mean about this.