GRAMMAR

1. Present Tense and Present Countinuous Tense

Exercise 1 Warm-Up
Read each sentence and decide which one is present tense or present countinuous tense.

1. I read a newspaper every day. (Present Tense / Present Countinuous Tense )

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2. I am sitting next to someone from Asia. (Present Tense / Present Countinuous Tense )
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3. The sun revolves around the earth. (Present Tense / Present Countinuous Tense )
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4. Water consists of hydrogen and oxygen. (Present Tense / Present Countinuous Tense )
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5. Olga is looking out the window. (Present Tense / Present Countinuous Tense )
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Exercise 2 Warm-Up

Choose the correct completion!

1. The chef is in his kitchen right now. He ___________

a. Cooks b. Is cooking
2. He ___________ some soup.
a. Tastes b. Is tasting
3. It _________ too salty.
a. Tastes b. Is tasting
4. He ________ it.
a. Doesn’t like b. Isn’t like
5. Ask Ahmad for your notebook. He ________ it.
a. Has b. Is having
6. Your notebook is over there. Ahmed ______ it.
a. Holds b. Is holding
7. Look at Olga. She’s smilling and dancing. She ______ a good time.
a. has b. Is having
8. Relax. You don’t have to tell me anymore about it. I _____ you.
a. Believe b. Am believing

Exercise 3 Practice
Complete the sentences. Use the simple present or the simple present progressive of the verb in
parentheses.
1. These flowers (smell) ______________________ good.
2. James (smell) _______________________the flowers.
3. I (think) __________________ Roberto is a kind man.
4. I (think) ___________________ about this exercise.
5. I (see) _________________ a butterfly. Do you see it too?
6. Jack and Ann (see) __________________ each other. They go out together every weekend.
7. Aunt Shara (look) ________________ through an old picture album.
8. She (remember) ___________________ the wonderful days of her childhood.
9. Astrid (look) ___________________ cold. I’ll lend her my coat.
10. Tina (look) ____________________ out the window. She sees a butterfly.