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CHAPTER II
PRESENT TIME

LEARNING OUTCOME

After learning the material and finishing the exercises, you are expected to be
able to use the patterns learnt in making sentences.

SCORING CRITERIA

Your ability in mastering this chapter can be measured with the following scoring
criterias:
1. Tell about habitual action.
2. Tell about something in progress.
3. Use the patterns learnt to make some sentences correctly.

INTRODUCTION

The simple present tense expresses a general truth or a customary action. It is also
used to talk about things that are planned for the future. Present progressive tense is
used to talk about actions in present, or things that are still going on or happening now,
while the speaker is speaking. The Simple Present uses do and does as helping verbs in
questions and negatives. The Present Progressive uses am, is and are in questions and
negatives.

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FOCUS
Seaton and Y.H. Mew (2007:80) states that the simple present tense truth or
customary action and also used to talk about things that are planned for the future
while the present progressive tense talks about actions in the present, or things that
are still going on or happening now. The examples of the simple present tense and
the present progressive tense can be from the following examples.
A. The simple present tense
1. Mary enjoys singing.
2. Peter sometimes lends me his bike.
3. Monkey likes banana.
4. Tom collects stamps.
5. The earth goes around the sun.
6. It often snows in winter.
7. We always wash our hands before meals.
8. We eat three meals a day.
9. Grandad retires next year.
10. The plan lands at 5.30 pm.

Azar (1992:8) states some frequency adverbs used in the simple present
tense
Always
Usually
Often
Sometimes
Seldom
Rarely
Never

Azar also explains the spelling: Final – S vs – ES

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Final s is added to most verbs.

a. Visit = visits
b. Speak = speaks
c. Hope = hopes
Final –es is added if the verbs ended in – ch, -sh, -s, -x, or -z
a. Catch = catches
b. Wash = washes
c. Pass = passes
Final –es is added to “do” and “go”.
a. Do = does
b. Go = goes
If a verb ends in a consonant + -y, change the –y into –I and add –es. If a
verb ends in fowel + - y, simply add –s.
a. Study = studies
b. Try = tries
c. Pay = pays
d. Buy = buys

B. The presnt progressive tense

1. The man is counting the monkey.
2. They are practicing tai chi.
3. We are rushing to the airport to meet Mr. Smith.
4. What is happening?
5. What are they doing?
6. Why aren’t you doing your homework?
7. They are still sleeping.
8. He is taking a walk in the park.
Nonprogressive verbs
According to Azar (1992:9) some words are not used in progressive tense. They
are:
Hear believe be own need like forget

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see think exist have want love remember

understand posses prefer hate
know belong
Example: I hear a bird right now.
Not: I am hearing a bird right now.

Sometimes think and have used in progressive tense

1. I think grammar is easy. (Think means believe. It is nonprofressive)
I am thinking about grammar right now. (When think expresses thoughts that
are going through a person’s mind, it can be progressive).
2. Tom has a car. (when have expresses possession, it is not used in the present
progressive).
I am having a good time. (in certain idiomatic expression, have can be used in
the present progressive.

CONCLUSION

1. Use the simple present tense to talk about truth or customary action and things
that are planned for the future
2. Use the present progressive tense to talk about something in progress.

EXERCISE

Exercise 1.
Underline the verbs in the following sentences.
1. The children go to school by bus.
2. Mats sleeps during the day.
3. These toys belong to Kathy.
4. Every pupil has a good dictionary.
5. Polar bears live at the North Pole.

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6. Most children learn very fast.

7. Mr. Thomas teaches us science.
8. We never cross the street without looking.
9. The earth goes around the sun.
10. Many stores close on Sunday.

Exercise 2.
Fill in the blanks with the simple present tense of the verbs in parentheses.
1. Winter ________after autumn. (come)
2. A dog __________. (bark)
3. You ____________. (tired)
4. Everyone _________ mistakes. (make)
5. Ali _______ in a department store. (work)
6. Judy __________English very well. (speak)
7. Tim’s knee ________. (hurt)
8. Monkey _______ banana. (like)
9. Kate always _______sandwiches for lunch. (eat)
10. He ______ very fast. (type)

Exercise 3
Write the present simple of these verbs on the blanks.
1. Come =
2. Run =
3. Jump =
4. Climb =
5. Fall =
6. Sleep =
7. Go =
8. Ask =
9. Catch =
10. Write =

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11. Drop =
12. Bring =

Exercise 4.
Fill in the blanks with the present progressive tense of the verbs in parentheses.
1. They _________________the roller- coaster ride. (enjoy)
2. Jill ____________________her hair. (wash)
3. It __________________dark. (get)
4. The dentist ________________Sue’s teeth. (check)
5. The train ____________________through the tunnel. (pass)
6. The men _____________________very hard in the sun. (work)
7. What ________ the theatre ___________today? (show)
8. We _________________ a snowman. (make)
9. The plane ____________________ above the clouds. (fly)
10. The teacher __________________ a meeting. (have)

Exercise 5
Complete the sentences. Use am/ is/ are + one of these verbs:
Building coming having cooking standing swimming

1. Listen! Pat ____________________the piano.

2. They _______________a new hotel in the city centre at the moment.
3. Look! Somebody _______________ in the river.
4. ‘ You ________________________on my foot. ‘ oh I’m sorry.
5. Hurry up. The bus ___________________.
6. Where are you, George?
‘In the kitchen, I ________________ a meal.

Exercise 6

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What is happening at the moment? Write true sentences.

1. (I/ wash/ my hair) _______________________________________________
2. (It/ snow) _____________________________________________________
3. (I/ sit/ on a chair) _______________________________________________
4. ( I/ eat) _______________________________________________________
5. ( It/ rain) _____________________________________________________
6. ( I/ lear/ English) _______________________________________________
7. ( I/ listen/ to a radio) ____________________________________________
8. (the sun/ shine) ________________________________________________
9. ( I/ wear/ shoes) ________________________________________________
10. ( I/ read/ a newspaper) ___________________________________________

Exercise 7
Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of these verbs.
Boil close cost go
Speak teach wash have
Like meet open smoke
Cost

1. She is very clever. She _______________four languages.

2. Steve _________________ ten cigarettes a day.
3. We usually _________________ dinner at 7 o’clock.
4. Water ___________________ at 100 degrees Celcius.
5. I ________________films. I often ______________ to the cinema.
6. In Britain the banks ______________ at 9.30 in the morning.
7. The City Museum __________________at 5 o’clock every evening.
8. Food is expensive. It_________________ a lot of money.
9. Shoes are expensive. They ______________ a lot of money.
10. Tina is a teacher. She _______________ mathemetics to young children.
11. Your job is very interesting. You ____________ a lot of people.
12. Peter _______________ his hair twice a week.

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Exercise 8
Write the negative.
1. I play the piano very well.
2. Jacks plays the piano very well.
3. You know the answer.
4. She works very hard.
5. They do the same thing every day.

Exercise 9
These questions begin with where/ what/ how …?
1. I wash my hair twice a week. (how often/ you?)
2. I live in London. (where/ you?)
3. I watch tv every day. (how often/ you?)
4. I have lunch at home. (where/ you?)
5. I go to the cinema a lot. (how often/ you?)
6. I go to work by bus. (how/ you)
7. I study at 7 pm every night. (what time/ you?)
8. I do my assignment at the library. ( where/ you?)

Exercise 10
Put in am/ is/ are do/ don’t/ does/ doesn’t
1. Excuse me, ____________you speak English?
2. ‘ Have a cigarette?’ ‘No, thank you, I ___________smoke.
3. Why _____________ laughing at me?
4. ‘What ___________she do?’ She ____________ a dentist.’
5. I ____________ want to go out. It ____________ raining.
6. ‘ Where ________ you come from?’ ‘ From Canada’
7. How much __________it cost to send a letter to Canada ?
8. I can’t talk to you at the moment. I _______ working.

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Exercise 10
Put the verbs in the present continuous (I am doing) or present simple (I do).
1. Excuse me, ____________________ (you/ speak) English?
2. Tom __________________(have) a shower at the moment.
3. They ___________________( not/ watch) television very often.
4. Listen! Somebody __________________(sing).
5. She’s tired. She ___________(want) to go home now.
6. How often __________________(you/ read) a newspaper?
7. ‘Excuse me, but you _________ (sit) in my place’. ‘Oh I am sorry.’
8. I’m sorry, I ________(not/ understand). Please speak more slowly.
9. What time _______________(she/ finish) work every day?
10. You can turn off the radio. I ____________ (not/ listen) to it.

Exercise 11.
Bring a picute to class then tell your friends about all activities you can see from
the picture. Use the present progressive tense in explaining the activities.

Exercise 12.
You are one of students at Pontianak State Polytechnic. You study at Business
Administration Department. Tell your friend about:
1. your daily activities.
2. kinds of activities you do in your spare time.
3. kinds of activities you do for fun.
4. campus activitis for your department ‘Dies Natalis’

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