REVISION

-Present Simple and Continuous-

Part one – theory part (2p)

1. When do we use Present Simple? (1p)
2. Write the structures of Present Continuous. (1p)
Part two – exercises (7p)
1. Complete the table with the III-rd singular person: (1p)
verb III-rd singular person verb singular
rush discuss
touch cry
pass please
attack search
fix embarrass
2. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs. Use present
simple or continuous. (2p)
a.”Can you see the children?” – „Yes, they ........................................(throw) mud at
each other at the bottom of the garden.”
b.”Our boss ..............................(never, smile).” – „I am not surprised.”
c.She ..........................(play) darts on Friday nights.
d.What ..................................(you, do)?” – „I ..........................(think)”
e.”Do you have annoying habits?” – „Yes, appearently I ...............................(sing)
in my sleep”
f.”Ronnie ..................................(have) a bath.” – „Ronnie ..............................
(always, have) a bath on his birthday.”
g.How often ................................(you, shave)?
h.She .....................................(always, wear) dirty jeans!

3. Complete the text with the right tense: (3p)

Two’s company, three’s a crowd

Rosalind and I were leading a perfectly happy marriage until our first child
came along. Richard ....................(be) now five weeks old, and he .....................
(look) more and more like his mother every day. There is no question
whatsoever as to who .............................(rule) the household. Whenever
he .......................(get) hungry, he ..............................(scream) at the top of his
voice until Rosalind .............................(stuff1) a bottle into his mouth. And then
he ................................(guzzle2) it down so fast that he .................................
(usually, get) hiccups3 so that his mum has to walk around the house with him
until he ......................................(settle down) again. When his napies4
................................... (need) changing, Rosalind .................................. (have) to
drop everything and do it straightaway. I must say
I..............................................(find) it absolutely exhausting having to watch all
this going on.
1 – a îndesa, a îndopa
2 – a înghiţi repede
3 – sughiţuri
4 – scutece
4. Make sentences using the following verbs: to have, to hear, to enjoy, to
think, to taste. Put them into both present simple and present continuous.
(2p)