sent Continuous vs. Present Simple Complete the following statements with Present Continuous or Present Simple: We use __ Weuse _.. ‘We use We use __-.. to talk about a temporary situation. to talk about permanent situations or states. to talk about a changing situation. _-------- to talk about what people/things are like. We use __to talk about what people possess. We use _.. __to talk about personal arrangements or fixed plans for the future. We use __. to describe what is happening in pictures and photos. Read the following sentences and give short answers, using do, does, is, am, are. If the information is false, rephrase it, using the given prompts in brackets. She reads news online every day. YES - Yes, she does. He is writing in his diary now. NO (email) No, he isn’t. He is writing an email. a. They go to work by car. NO (bus) t , Harry likes fish and chips. NO (spaghetti) ¢. The Earth goes round the Sun. YES. d. | Live in Manchester. NO (on the Isle of Man) ens e. He teaches French. NO (Geography) f. We are visiting Paris this summer. YES 8. Tina and Gina are dressmakers. NO (nurses) hh. Jake knows how to swim. YES Scanned with CamScanner4, The Sun sets in the East. NO (West) J. The teacher is seeing Sam's parents tonight. YES k. We are thinking of moving to a bigger flat. YES \. Dan and Frank speak Russian very well. NO (Portuguese) 3. Change the following sentences using the right tense and the time expression in brackets, as in the example: Eg. am jogging now. (every morning) 1 jog every morning. a. Andra is reading at the moment, (often) b. Michael cooks pasta in the evening, (now) c. My children are watching a violent film. (never) 4. My mother works in the garden. (at the moment). e. We go swimming every summer. (now) f. lam having Spanish lessons at the moment. (on Fridays) 4, Henry is coming back from school. (at noon) j, Lara is sunbathing at present. (every summer) k. My father is smoking now. (rarely) Scanned with CamScanneri ‘i ight verb: My favourite teacher. Complete the following description with the right know x3 lovex2 think tke understand remember not want _believe my new Maths teacher very much and. | 2) —_————-—$-—-———————— nes ae best teacher! 3) He 4) . _——- teaching Maths bt above all, he 5) .. children a lot. He 6) .. _a lot of creative and interesting ways to teach his subject. We 7) — ___-_- important ideas and formulas for a long time. Sometimes he gets upset because ____..to work more, but he easily forgives us when we start to make progress. He is, _ everything so well that we ____how to make his classes enjoyable. My classmates and 111) _ we are lucky to have such a good teacher. . Circle the correct answer. 2. Grandma CG tasting) /tastes the soup to see if it is tasting/@stes)good. b. Mary smellssis smelling the red roses. They smelV/are smelling great. «.| see/am seeing a plane in the sky. Can you see it? 4.1 can't come to your place as | see/am seeing the dentist at 2 p.m. . He is not feeling /doesn’t feel well today so he must stay in bed. f. This material feels/is feeling so soft. &-| feeV/am feeling he is wrong, Mary thinks the same thing, too. . Write questions using the given Prompts in the Present Simple or Present Continuous. . What/Kate/look at/now? 8- She/look like her mother? 4. They/have/dinner? i, What/he/think about/right now? f.Henry/know/Helen? Scanned with CamScanner7. In outer space. Match the two halves of the sentences: a. Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars have. C1) b.The astronauts are training C_) Marks looking. @) 4. Shooting stars took.) e. NASA thinks. O f.Tedis thinking C_) g. It appears. io h, The annual Perseids meteor shower appears. 1. a hard surface because they are made of rock. 2. for their new space mission which is to reach and explore Planet Mars. 3. in the sky at the moment, and can be seen best in a dark sky. 4. that we are not alone in the Universe. 5. of becoming an astronaut as he is fond of the Universe and its mysteries. 6. that the Moon is hollow which means it is empty inside. 7. through the telescope trying to see the brilliant Venus. 8. like stars that move rapidly across the sky. Scanned with CamScannersent Forms: round-up test ok at the following texts and put the right Present Tense forms. Say in which context ese extracts could be found: ; . This intelligent cleaner _ _ (have) three different have) a special sensor which (cost) £190 and _ tings for various room sizes. It also __ (stop) it from falling down stairs, It (be) easy to use - you just press) the button and off it__ ). In this inspirational drama Cliff Curtis _ reakdown, ___ (play) a chess champion who, after a nervous (train) a group of disadvantaged kids. The Little Red Chairs written by Edna O'Brien __ {tell) the story of a disguised war criminal who presence in that little village _ ‘who is suffocating in a lonely marriage, (be) a novel which _ (arrive) at a small Irish community. His . (make) the people very suspicious. Still, beautiful Fidelma (fall) under his spell. d.Rooney __ 'goal post. The whistle__ ~ (Pass) the ball to Van Persiewho__________(kick) it high over the ———(go)andSpain. (be) the new World Champion. e. Dear Lena, {2m sony can't come to your house in the countryside, but | (study) degree. | hope you (enjoy) _ nn YOUR Stay there, think) ‘hat itis the right thing for you to do after such a busy period atthe office. (take) ___ my exam next week and then | (come) ~- to you right away. | (understand) ~——-— that there isa river not far from your cottage, sollam sure that Karen will come, ~ how much she (enjoy) __ too. You (know) __ (miss) _ —---—. swimming and that she never any occasion to go for a swim, Mark is as free as bird. He (now sunbathe) a and (svi) hard. That's li at the seaside while I (study) Scanned with CamScanner4 st Bio 10F4 4 some flowers and Dad (cut) edge in the garden. Grandpa (mow) some barbed wire around the vegetable about sports and fashion. When Erin oie she's ‘taking care of her rose garden in York or watching an episode of Downton Abbey. travel, search : b, Marcus 3) all over the world and he 4) for acting, sport or business. Now he 5) 6) for talented people by ferry to the Isle of Crete. He for a young man to play in the American film My heart in ruins, play, have © LeBron Raymone James 7) charity foundation. At the moment, he 9) —— a : for Cleveland Cavaliers andhealso8)______ his own 2 photo shoot for the new NIKE commercial. Scanned with CamScanner