REGULAR

REGULAR HABITS HABITS or or routines.

routines.
Permanent
Permanent situations,
situations, scientific
scientific facts
facts or
or general
general truths.
truths.
Personal
Personal facts
facts oror preferences
preferences
State
State verbs
verbs (non-progressive
(non-progressive verbs)verbs)
Timetables,
Timetables, headlines,
headlines, jokes.
jokes.
Signal
Signal Words:
Words:
always,
always, never,
never, usually,
usually, sometimes,
sometimes, often,
often, hardly
hardly ever,
ever,
seldom,
seldom, rarely,
rarely, on on the
the whole;
whole; on on Tuesdays,
Tuesdays, in in the
the Complete the sentences with the correct present form.
mornings,
mornings, at at night,
night, on
on Saturday
Saturday afternoon,
afternoon, in
in summer,
summer, atat 1. A: Can I borrow your calculator?
New
New Year’s
Year’s Eve;
Eve; every…
every… (day/Saturday/August/winter);
(day/Saturday/August/winter); B: Sorry, but I __am still using ____________________ (still / use) it.
once
once a…
a… // twice
twice a…a… // three
three times
times a…
a… (day/month/year)
(day/month/year) A: Ok, it _______doesn’t ___matter________ (not matter). I’ll ask
for it to John.
2. See you in the morning. I _________am leaving_________ (leave) in a
minute.
3. I _____never wear_________________ (never / wear) a tie to work and
I __refuse_______________ (refuse) to start now!
4. If you drop it, it will explode! What __are you doing_______________
(you / do)?
5. You are a great cook! This cake __tastes________________ (taste)
Actions wonderfully.
Actions HAPPENING
HAPPENING NOW NOW or or around
around now.
now.
Temporary 6. Excuse me, but ________does this bus stop________________ (this bus
Temporary actions.
actions.
Actions
Actions in
in progress.
progress. / stop) outside the Post Office?
Annoying
Annoying habits
habits oror complaints
complaints (+ (+ always)
always) 7. Henry ___still hasn’t found______________________ (still / not find) a
Fixed
Fixed plans
plans for
for the
the near
near future.
future. job.
(appointments,
(appointments, arrangements)
arrangements) 8. I __am driving_________________ (drive)! You can sit in the back with
Martin.
Signal
Signal Words:
Words: 9. How long ___have you been waiting_____________________ (you /
at
at the
the moment,
moment, at at present,
present, now,
now, right
right now,
now, today,
today, tonight,
tonight, wait) for the bus? You ________look__________ (look) really annoyed!
these
these days,
days, this
this year,
year, currently
currently 10. Ugh, don’t show me that picture! I _______can’t stand_________ (can’t
Listen!,
Listen!, Watch
Watch out!,
out!, Look!,
Look!, Excuse
Excuse meme stand) spiders!
tomorrow,
tomorrow, next
next month,
month, atat 55 o’clock,
o’clock, 11. Joan ________seldom sits_____________ (seldom / sit) next to Eve.
this
this afternoon,
afternoon, tomorrow
tomorrow morning.
morning. 12. I’ve finished my exams so I ___am lying______________ (lie) on the
beach the rest of the summer.
13. Stop doing that! You _are being_________________ (be) very silly
today, Paul!
14. It’s ages since I haven’t been ________________ (not be) to an Indian
restaurant. ____Do you fancy________________ (you / fancy) coming
today with me?
ItIt emphasizes
emphasizes RESULT.
RESULT. For For completed
completed actions
actions atat 15. In winter, what ______do you wear_________________ (you / wear)?
unspecific
unspecific points
points in in the
the past
past (=experience).
(=experience). (How(How long?)
long?) 16. Why ___are you looking______________________ (you / look) at me
Completed
Completed actions
actions thatthat started
started in
in the
the past
past and
and continued
continued like that? Have I done something wrong?
in
in the
the present
present oror that
that have
have aa connection
connection withwith the
the present.
present. 17. The coat ________doesn’t fit me_____________ (not fit) me. I need a
ItIt expresses
expresses that that the the action
action isis permanent.
permanent. (Non-(Non- larger size.
progressive
progressive verbs)
verbs) 18. Thanks for this great time. I ____have had_______________ (have) a
To
To express
express that
that aa completed
completed action
action ledled to
to aa desired
desired lovely evening.
result.
result. 19. This is an exam. Why _are you talking___________________ (you /
Signal
Signal Words:
Words: talk)?
already,
already, yet,
yet, still,
still, just,
just, so
so far,
far, lately,
lately, recently,
recently, for,
for, since,
since, 20. I _____haven’t decided__________________ (not decide) about
never,
never, ever,
ever, all
all my
my life
life buying a new bike yet. I __am thinking___________________
How
How many
many times?
times? once,
once, twice,
twice, 33 times,…
times,… (think) about it.
21. The dog _____has been digging _________________ (dig) all
the morning but it _______hasn’t found______________ (not
find) any bones yet.
22. Every Easter my granny _________visits__________ (visit) us
and my mum and she ___argue__________________ (argue)
angrily all the time.
23. We ______have been walking__________________ (walk) the
whole day. Let’s have a rest.
ItIt emphasizes
emphasizes DURATION
DURATION
ItIt emphasizes 24. How many books ______Has she edited__________ (she / edit)
emphasizes continuous
continuous course
course of
of an
an action.
action. (How
(How
much
much time
time isis spent?)
spent?) so far?
ItIt expresses
expresses that
that the
the action
action isis temporary.
temporary.
To
To express
express the
the action
action had
had an
an unwanted
unwantedside
side effect.
effect.
Signal
Signal Words:
Words:
How
How long?
long? since
since // for,
for, all
all (day,
(day, week,
week, morning),
morning), the
the
whole
whole (day,
(day, week,
week, night)
night)