Present-Tense Continuous feacher: John, can you conjugate the verb “to go” in the Present Tense Continuous? hn: Well.. yes... am going. you are going. jer: Faster, please, in: Lam running... you are running... he is running.. USE ~ to indicate actions that are happening at the moment of speaking: He is eating a sandwich, ~ to indicate temporary actions that are happening around now, not only at the moment of speaking: He is reading a novel about Victorian England. FORM To form the Present Continuous, we use the verb TO BE and the main verb + ING: Affirmative: | am reading/you are reading/he/she/it is reading/we are reading/ You are reading/they are reading Negative: ! am not reading/you are not reading/he/sherit is not reading/ We are not reading/you are not reading/they are not reading Interrogative: Am | eating?/Are you eating?/Is he/she/it eating?/Are we/you/they eating? TIME EXPRESSIONS: ‘SPELLING now, at the moment, at present, while, still, meanwhile ~ verbs ending in-e drop the -e and take the -ING suffic take- taking —have—having make making - verbs ending in one stressed vowel between two consonants double the last consonant and take the -ING suffix: cut cutting swim~swimming runrunning - verbs ending in -ie drop the ending and take -y + -ING: tie-tying —tie=lying die - dying . Write the Present Participle of the verbs below and put them in the right column: shop, cry, write, come, stop, jog, run, lie, die, dance, play, sit, swim, See, travel, brush, hit, make, take, type, watch Verb +-ING “le >y+-ING Final edrops+-ING | Double consonant + ING shopping bars Scanned with CamScanner, 2. Complete the email using the correct form of the verb TO BE (am, is, are). Dear Sandra, Right now 11)________ sitting on the beach and | 2)___ writing to you. | 3 wearing my favourite red swimsuit. My brother and his friends 4)____ surfing white 5)_______ buying some food, Some people next to our blanket 6)_____ playing backgar a photographer 7)_____ coming towards us and he 8)_____ carrying a monkey on. lot of children 9)______________ asking him questions about the furry animal whose name is aos making funny faces and the people 11)__ laughing. 2 you having fun on your holiday? What kind of interesting activities 13). and your cousins doing? 114), _ waiting for your answer! Hugs, Cathy 3. It's the evening before the Christmas Party and all the girls are preparing for it. Fill the blanks with the Present Continuous tense of the verbs in brackets: @.Jane_____a facial massage. (have) b. Betty her nails. (paint) ©Ursula__her hair. (wash) d.Anna___in rollers to make her hair curly. (put) 4. Make questions with the words in brackets. 2. | am eating some grapes. (you) ~ Are you eating some grapes? b. Jack is using the fax machine. (she) . Mark is ordering some pizza on the phone. (they) . The manager is talking to the secretary. (Maria) are looking at some graphs. (he) re fs signing some official documents. (Ben and Kerry) e.Diana and Mary__their hair. f. Lisa & Melissa her hair. (dry) her dress. (iron) hl my shoes. (polish) i. You make-up. (put on) Scanned with CamScannerLook at the pictures and give correct answers using the verbs in the Present Continuou: a. Is the Beast having lunch with Beauty? (he/dance) ‘No, he isn’t. He is dancing with Beauty. b.Js the Little Prince chasing the fox? (he/hug) G. Is the Little Mermaid swimming next to a ship? (she/save/the sailor/from the waves) 4. Is Goliath running after David? (they/fight) e. Is Cinderella dancing at the ball? (she/cry/her mother's tomb) Scanned with CamScanner6. The Smiths are moving to a new house and they are busy doing different activities, _ Write questions to the following statements: a, Kate and Rod are cleaning up the kitchen. 2.Who 2.What Bak te . Mrs, Smith is drying the dishes before she puts them back in the cupboard. 1. Who ___. 2. Where ¢. Grandma is dusting the furniture in the living-room. 1. What _. 2. Where 4. Mr. Smith is mopping the floor because the washing machine flooded the bathroom, 1. What __ 2.Why ___ €. Grandpa and Mark are washing the doors using water and detergent. 1.Who ___ 2. How ___ f. Uncle Dan is vacuuming the bedrooms. 1.Who | 2. Which __ 8. Aunt Doris is organising the books alphabetically by authors, 1. What 2. How _, hh. Two gardeners are repairing the fence and watering the plants. 1.How many ____ 2. What 7. Imagine you are now visiting one of the following places. what is happening there, using the given prompts: £g. The Louvre Museum ~ look at Leonardo da Vinci's painting "Mona Lisa” 11am looking at Leonardo da Vinci's painting a. The Monastery of Voronet — pray Say what you are doing or “Mona Lisa” at the Louvre Museum, b. The Eiffel Tower — climb stairs . Big Ben - the clock from the tower/strike the hour 4 Scanned with CamScannerThe Egyptian pyramids ~ visit the inside of a tomb The Acropolis - take photos of the ancient ruins The London Eye — take a ride on the giant wheel |. The Great Wall of China — hike on and around the wall _ 8, Put the following lines in the right order to form a dialogue. Dan: Cheers, mate, so where are you? C_) Ber: Oh, great. The thing is 'm wearing casual clothes, which may not be suitable. C) Dan: Great, we are waiting for you and Ben. _) Ben: Yeah, it's because all these cars are stopping on the tram tine.) Lary. Hi. 'm still on the bus, coming to you. | am with Ben, a friend of mine, and | was wondering if could come, too. C_) Lary: No problem, I'm sending him a message to see if it's all right for you to come, too. This is so annoying - we're stuck in trafic and the tram is moving so slowly!) Ben: Oh, this is our stop. Let's hop off. Ben: I'd love to, but | don’t know him welt) _ Ben: Hello, Lary Are you going home? CZ ) ~_ Lary: Oh, wait. Dan is calling C_) Lary: No need to worry about it. This isn't a formal party it’s just a house warming. @) Dan Notatalt Anna and ae sil decorating the room and Kate and Bobby ae laying the tables nthe garden _) ~ Lamyet hope we are not late.) lany: Ok. See you there.) : Scanned with CamScanner9. Put the following words in the right order: 2, teenagers/spending/time/more and more/indoors/are/their/free/of. b. getting/the/is/worse/weather/and/worse. ¢. computer/these/developing/games/faster/are/days. 4. children/young/life/couples/are/in/later/their/ha @. Internet/a/lot/of/finding/are/it/to/use/the/in/their/useful/lessons/teachers/material. . autumn/city/the/flats/prices/of/are/down/this/going, Present Continuous for Future Arrangements 2. USE ~ fixed arrangements between people ~ with verbs of movement and activity (come, go, play, meet. fly, travel, etc) We use WILL when we know or think that something will happen in the future: They will be more relaxed tomorrow. TIME tomorrow, next month, tonight, in three days’ time EXPRESSIONS @ i 1, Say whether the verbs in bold refer to actions going on around or at the time of speaking, temporary situations, future plans or changing situations. Dear Ann, Thank you for your beautiful letter. As you asked me, | spending my first summer week with my cousins in things to see. 16 Scanned with CamScannerey say that the weather j) is getting colder so | am packing thick clothes, too. |k) am buying jacket and a new camera tomorrow. | hope | can afford to find an advanced one at a good price although technology, as youknow, |) is developing faster and faster and what is good now is soon out of date. My brother wants to give 3 his old cam because he m) is buying a new one ~ this summer he n) is working as a professional hhotographer. Still want to buy myself a brand new one. you still ike One Republic? Right now I o) am listening to Counting Stars. p) am going to their concert in autumn. My brother is also one of their fans and right now he q) is practising the guitar as his band 1) is playing a gig at the weekend. Cheers, Clarissa 2) actionatthemoment of speaking m) ). —__— h) 7 n) ¢). i) o) qd). i) P) oa %) a B49 a n 2. Fill in the blanks with the right Present Continuous form of the verbs in brackets. pe Imust study.1__amsitting ___(sit) a test paper on Monday. |__bul'm calling at a restaurant. I want to book a table as we | . (eat) out tonight. She d.We = (move) to Frankfurt next autumn. (go) to the dentist tomorrow. | ee (buy) a car in two weeks’ time. | f.l'm afraid not. 1 (keep) it for my son because he __ home next month. &- Sure, but bring it back tomorrow as!_________(leave) for London. (take) part in the national judo competition in two months’ time. —___________ (come) What is your brother saving money for? _ Why are you giving away your old furniture? __ - Can you still rent the room on the ground floor? _ Why don't you come to the beach?__ + Who are you calling? . Why is your sister so scared?__ Scanned with CamScanner4. Look at the following pictures and write about Mark's plans for next week. 4. Thursday/play tennis _e, Friday/repair his bike __f. Saturday/go fishing _g. Sunday/swim in the poo mmepeao gs w . Mary and George are busy preparing for their wedding. Look at their notes and write down sentences about their plans up to the wedding day, as in the example. + make up the guest list ~ 1" March They are making up their guest list on 1" March. + hire a wedding planner- 2" week Scanned with CamScanner« hire a photographer and a videophotographer — 5" week + buy the dress- 6" week + send the wedding invitations - 6" week Write questions and then give short answers, using the Present Continuous. a. He/eat out/dinner/this evening? [she eating dinner out this evening? No, he isn't. | b.You/see/your friends/within two hours? ¢. They/enjoy/their time/at the cinema/at the moment? - d.Matt/travel/on business/tomorrow? e, The woman/in the picture/hold/a bunch of flowers? Use Present Tense Continuous and the words in brackets to ask questions asin the example: a. Pam is ironing her dress. (where/go/tonight) Where is she going tonight? b. Tom is saving money. (what/buy/next month) The students are revising. (when/take/the test) (when/start taking ski lessons) 4, Gina is looking for a pair of skis. Coldplay are busy recording in their studio. (when/release/their new album) Ss as 19 Scanned with CamScannerf. Jane is packing her luggage. (where/leave) (how/travel) & Mark and Mary are making their holiday plan. (what/visit) 8. The following people are talking about their future arrangements. Match the two actions, 2. Sandra and Henry are getting married in two months’ time. C6) ».11am going to my friend's birthday party on Saturday.) Dana and | are making pizza tonight. 4. He is moving house this Monday, €. They are going to the jazz festival néxt month, ) f. She is going on a business trip tomorrow. Se) j &- Kate is staying in a summer camp for two weeks next summer.) \ 41. Her company has booked the flight. 2. Ihave bought him a nice present. 3. They have bought tickets. 4. She has bought a modern tent. 5. We have bought the ingredients. 6. They have sent out the invitations. 7. He has packed all the things and booked a transportation van. Fill in the blanks with the correct Present Continuous form of the verbs below: stay x 2, leave, meet x 2, visit, move, wait, have, fly Dear Matt, {1am so anxious to go on this trip to Europe. | make plans every day about how to spend what | hope will be t! most beautiful holiday of my life. | want to tell you about my plans and help me take the best decisions. Wade from Gatwick next Monday and my friends, Aneta and Antonin, 2). ‘me at Vaclav Havel airport in Prague. For the first two days | 3). ‘meet their new born child, Ivan. They have a spare room as their elder son 4)... an international Summer School on the day | arrive at their place. On Wednesday!'5).__________ toahotel near their house. There | 6). friends who have booked rooms at the same hotel in Prague. In the morning we 7)__ Prague Castle, the largest ancient castle in the world, which includes Gothic St. Vitus Cathedral and several museums dedicated to Czech history. To save time we have already booked tickets online. After we finish visiting the historical s complex, we 8).. _--. lunch at a traditional restaurant located on one of the banks of Vitava rivet ‘This is all about the first days of my trip in Prague, Keep In touch, Mark 20 Scanned with CamScanner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