Ef circte the correct answer. 1 What time(@o you usually get up)/ 4 are you usually getting up on weekdays? 2 What do you do /are you doing at the 5 moment? Are you busy? 3 Jim never watches /is never watching TV 6 in the morning. Where do you go /are you going to school? | make /am making some sandwiches. Do you want one? It doesn’t rain / isn’t raining today, so we can have a barbecue later. & Complete. Use the present simple or present continuous. 1 Thesun oe in the west. (set) 5 2 She. her phone. Maybe she's out. (not answer) 6 3 His secretary usually 7 letters. (type) PHOEBE een enneeneee oNdEFFUl 8 pictures. She's very talented. (draw) % Read and complete. Use the present the house and Mum ? because some of our guests?.. but she really enjoys it. We always and on my birthday, of course! Jane's bi (go) to the park for a picnic Why. 2 that hat? You look really silly! (you / wear) Water . -at 100°C. (boil) lunch at the moment? (he / have) Listen! Somebody... favourite song} (sing) swe YOUF ple or present continuous. (not eat) meat. It’s a lot of work for Mum (have) a party on Jane’s birthday \day is in the summer, so we usually ‘the sun but this year she *.. (have) her party at home. It’s going to be lots of fun because it’s a fancy dress party! 8 came waits Stative verbs describe states, not actions. We do not usually use them in continuous tenses, even when we want to talk about something that is happening now, at exactly this moment. Here are some common stative verbs: + sense verbs: feel, hear, see, smell, taste + thinking verbs: know, notice, realise, remember, ‘own, remind, seem, sound, want Do you remember your first day at school? verbs that express emotions: dislike, hate, like, love, not mind, prefer | other verbs: believe, belong, cost, forget, have (= % think, understand ‘own), look (= appear), mean, need, We have two dogs and a cat. s‘Some verbs have two meanings: one that describes an action and one that describes a state. When these verbs describe actions, we can use them in continuous tenses. Compare: The cat's fur feels very soft. (feel = It seems soft when you touch it) ‘She's feeling the baby's forehead. (feel = She's touching it) Do you see that castle over there? (see = Use your eyes.) {I'm seeing Tom this afternoon. (see = I'm meeting him.) That cheese smells horrible! (smell = it has a particular smell) The cat is smelling its food. (smell = It’s using its nose to smell its food.) This cake tastes delicious! (taste = It has a particular taste.) Mum's tasting the sauce. (taste = She's trying to see what it tastes like.) | think she's nice. (think = | believe she's nice.) I'm thinking about moving house. (think = I'm considering it) (look = You appear to be tired.) They have four children. Beth is having a shower. (have = They have got four children.) | (have = She is showering right now.) You look tired. Why are you looking at me like that? (look = You are watching me.) IEE circle the correct answer. 4. tm sorry but (don’t know/ am not knowing the answer. We try/ are trying to find the car keys. Your brother seems / is seeming a bit upset today. 4 Canyou get the phone, please? I wash / ‘am washing my hair. 5 You can keep this. | don’t need /am not needing it now. I want / am wanting to go home. 7 Why do they laugh / are they laughing? This isn’t funny! 8 You sound / are sounding a bit worried. ‘Are you OK? o EE complete. Use the present simple or present continuous. 1 Look! The puppy .. flowers! (smell) Di SNe secicsasna sisters. (not have) OL any brothers or 3 lan and Jo are in Kim's room. They at her paintings. (look) 4 They about moving house. (think) 5 Yuck! These sweet: of soap! (taste) 6 Mum. Toby's face to see if he has a temperature. (feel) 7 . that black car over there? (you / see) 8 Your perfume .. lovely. (smell)fe Read and circle the correct answer. e00e New Message eo Hi, Tom How are you? I'm really tired! |’ work /{am working)on my Geography project today and it’s really difficult. Luckily, my dad ® helps / is helping me with it. At the moment he ? looks /is looking for some information about China on the Internet and I* take / am taking a break. |° really need / am really needing it! ‘Are you busy this afternoon? * Do you want /Are you wanting to come round to my house? You can try some of my mum's Sunday cake (we call it Sunday cake because she ” always makes /is always making it for us on Sundays!) - it’s delicious! Then we can play Big Money - I know you ® love / are loving this game. What do you say? E-mail me and let me know. Chris Pe paragraph about what you and your friends or family usually do and what you are doing on this special day. EF Play a game with a partner. | Student A: Choose a verb from A and a word or phrase from B. Ask Student B to make a sentence with them. Student B: Listen to Student A and make a sentence. Use the correct tense. Get one point for each correct sentence. Do this four times. Then swap roles and do the same. Sam is having a shower at the moment. Correct. One abs point for you. at the moment sa i