Unit 01

COMPLETE THE EXERCISES:

Exercise 1. Add –ing to these verbs.

Feel Feeling Turn Turning

Open Opening Wash Washing
Visit Visiting Rob Robbing
Travel Traveling Hit Hitting
Clean Cleaning Have Having
Dream Dreaming Get Getting
Eat Eating Swim Swimming
Shop Shopping Put Putting
Go Going Die Dying
Push Pushing Come Coming
Sit Sitting Make Making
Enjoy Enjoying Lie Lying
Sleep Sleeping Stand Standing
Talk Talking Study Studying
Live Living

Exercise 2 Make affirmative sentences.

0. My grandma is cooking (cook) the dinner.

1. He ___________ is studying ___ (study) History.
2. Janet _________ is dancing ___ (dance) in her bedroom.
3. Philip _______ is listening _____ (listen) to music.
4. The baby ____ are sleeping _____ (sleep).
5. I ____ am doing _____ (do) an English exercise.
6. Jill ___ is washing _____ (wash) her hair.
7. It ____ is getting ___ (get) dark.
8. Sue ____ is going ___ (go) to the dentist.
9. The train ____ is passing ____ (pass) through the tunnel.
10. The men __ are working _____ (work) very hard.

Exercise 3- Make negative sentences.

0. My grandma isn’t cooking (cook) the dinner.

1. He ______ is not studying ________ (study) History.
2. Janet ______ is not dancing ______ (dance) in her bedroom.
3. Philip _______ is not listening _____ (listen) to music.
4. The baby __ is not sleeping _______ (sleep).
5. I _____ I´m not doing ____ (do) an English exercise.
6. My mother _____ is not making ____ (make) a chocolate cake.
7. The teachers ____ are not having ______ (have) a meeting.
8. The plane ___ is not flying _______ (fly) above the clouds.
9. You ____ are not cleaning ______ (clean) your house.
10. My friend ____ is not helping ____ (help) in the garden.

Exercise 4 – Unscramble these sentences

1. not / playing / he / volleyball / is / today
__ he is not playing volleyball today _____________________________________
2. you / driving / fast / too / are
____________ you are driving too fast ___________________________
3. the guitar / is / at the moment / Mary / playing
Mary is playing the guitar at the moment _________________________
4. raining / it / now / is / right
__________________ it is raining right now _____________________
5. watching / my / am / with / TV / I / boyfriend
_______________ I am watching tv with my boyfriend ________________________
6. is / wine / drinking / too much / he
_______________ he is drinking wine too much ________________________
7. class / studying / he / in / is / French
____________________ he is studying in class French ___________________
8. she / making / a great effort / is
___________________ she is making a great effort ____________________

Exercise 5. What’s happening at the moment? Write true sentences

1. I / wash / my hair I´m not washing my hair
2. It / snow it isn´t snowing
3. I / sit / on a chair I am sitting on a chair
4. I / eat I am not eating
5. I / learn / English I am learning English
6. I / wear / shoes I am not wearing shoes
7. I / listen / to the radio I am listening to the radio
8. I / smoke / a cigarette I am not smoking cigarette
Exercise 6- READING

Read and answer the questions

Today Abby is visiting her grandparents. She loves her grandparents. At this moment, she is
sitting on grandfather’s knee. She is listening to a story. She is smiling. She loves his grandfather’s
stories.
Jacob is Abby’s grandfather. He loves his granddaughter. Right now, he is telling her a story. He
is holding her on his knee. He is holding her hands. They are sitting in the living room.
Sarah is Abby’s grandmother. At this moment, Sarah is standing in the kitchen. She is baking
cookies for Jacob and Abby. She is also listening to Jacob’s story.

1. What is Abby listening to?

__________ she is listening to a grandfather ______________________
2. Who is Abby’s grandfather?
___________ Jacob is Abby´s grandfather _____________________
3. Where are they sitting?
___________ they are sitting in the living room _____________________
4. What is Sarah doing?
__________ she is baking cookies for Jacob and Abby ______________________
5. Where is Sarah?
____________ Sarah is standing in the Kitcher ____________________