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English Grammar I
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The Simple Present Tense
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UNIT 1: TASK 1
- Look at the following exercises from your "Grammar Sense 2 book" and do them in a word
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Chapter 1 - Task 1.
Exercise B2. Page P8
Working on Verb Forms
Complete the verb chart. Add -s/-es and - ing where necessary and make spelling changes.

PRESENT
BASEFORM SIMPLE PRESENT
CONTINUOUS
1 Sleep Sleep / sleeps Sleeping
2 Open Open / opens Opening
3 Fix Fix / Fixes Fixing
4 Stop Stop / Stops Stopping
5 Wake Wake / Wakes Waking
6 Say Say / Says Saying
7 Rest Rest / Rests Resting
8 Dry Dry / Dries Drying

Exercise B4. Page P10

B4 Working on Simple Present Statements and Questions

A. Work with a partner. The statements below are false. Make each one true by changing
it to a negative statement. Then write a true statement using the word in parentheses
instead of the underlined word.
l. Water freezes at 0° Fahrenheit. (centigrade)
Water doesn't freeze at Oº Fahrenheit. It freezes at Oº centigrade.
2. Earth revolves around the moon. (sun)
Earth doesn’t revolve around the moon. It revolves around the sun.
3. Palm trees grow in cold climates. (warm)
Palm tree don’t grow in cold climates. They grow in warm climates.
4. Bees live in ponds. (hives)
Bees don’t live in ponds. They live in Hives.
5. The sun rises in the north. (east)
The sun doesn’t rise in the north. It rises in the east.
6. Penguins live in the desert. (the Antarctic)
Penguins don’t live in the desert. They live in the Antarctic.
7. Flowers bloom in the winter. (summer)
Flowers don’t bloom in the winter. They bloom in the summer
8. Spiders have six legs. (eight)
Spiders don’t have six legs. They have eight legs