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:

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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.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS or PRESENT SIMPLE?A. STUDY THE EXPLANATION AND COMPARE THE EXAMPLES:

C. DECIDE WHETHER THE VERBS ARE RIGHT OR WRONG. CORRECT THE WRONG ONES.

1. I don’t know your telephone number. ...........................................................

2. Please don’t make so much noise. I study. ...............................................

3. Look! Somebody is climbing up that tree over there. ...........................

4. Can you hear those people? What do they talk about? .........................

5. Are you believing in God? ..............................................................................

6. Look! That man tries to open the door of your car. ...............................

7. The moon goes round the

11. Ron .................. (be) in London at the moment. He .............................

(stay) at the Hilton Hotel.12. Brian usually .................................... (live) in some strange

place with his family but at the moment they .......................................

(live) in a house on the coast of Norfolk.

13. Miranda usually ................... (go) to school by bus but today her

father .......................... (take) her because she is late.14. Tim always ........................... (drink) milk when he is thirsty

but now he ............................... (not/ drink) milk; he ............................... ( drink)

orange juice.

A. READ THE INFORMATION ATTENTIVELY:1. We use the Present Continuous when we talk about something which is happening at the time of speaking.2. We also use the present cont. when we talk about some thing which is happening around the time of speaking, but not necessarily exactly at the time of speaking.3. We often use the present cont. when we talk about a period around the present. For example, today, this season, ...4. We use the present cont. when we talk about changing situations.

B. WRITE THE CORRESPONDING NUMBER AFTER THE SENTENCES (bearing in mind the previous information) :- ‘ I’m reading an interesting book at the moment. I’ll lend it to you when I’ve finished it’ , Tom said. ...............- ‘Is your English getting better?’ ...............- You’re working hard today’ - ‘Yes, I have a lot to do.’ ............- ‘Where is Margaret?’- ‘She’s having a bath.’ .............

C. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING ONE OF THE VERBS:

1. The number of people without jobs ......................................... at the moment.2. He is still ill but he .................................. better now.3. These days petrol .............................. more and more expensive.4. The world ............................... . Things never stay the same.5. The cost of living ................................... . Every year things are dearer.6. George has gone to work in Spain. When he arrived, his Spanish wasn’t very good but now it ...........................................7. The economic situation is already very bad and it .................................... worse.

C. DECIDE WHETHER THE VERBS ARE RIGHT OR WRONG. CORRECT THE WRONG ONES.

1. I don’t know your telephone number. ...........................................................

2. Please don’t make so much noise. I study. ...............................................

3. Look! Somebody is climbing up that tree over there. ...........................

4. Can you hear those people? What do they talk about? .........................

5. Are you believing in God? ..............................................................................

6. Look! That man tries to open the door of your car. ...............................

7. The moon goes round the

11. Ron .................. (be) in London at the moment. He .............................

(stay) at the Hilton Hotel.12. Brian usually .................................... (live) in some strange

place with his family but at the moment they .......................................

(live) in a house on the coast of Norfolk.

13. Miranda usually ................... (go) to school by bus but today her

father .......................... (take) her because she is late.14. Tim always ........................... (drink) milk when he is thirsty

but now he ............................... (not/ drink) milk; he ............................... ( drink)

orange juice.