Verb Tenses

Present Simple and Present Continuous Tense

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE   -   PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

Put the verb in brackets in the correct tense.  Justify your choice.

1.     Anne _______________ (make) all her own clothes.

2.     At the moment she _______________ (make) a dress for herself.

3.     What's that smell ? Something _______________ (burn) in the kitchen.

4.     I _______________ (work) overtime this month because I ______________ (save up) to buy a car.

5.     He _______________ (smoke) thirty cigarettes a day, but at the moment he _______________ (try) very hard to cut down.

6.     The sun _______________ (rise) in the east.

7.     She usually _______________ (learn) languages very fast, but she _______________ (have) problems with Arabic.

8.     We _______________(live) in a hotel until we can find a house to buy.

Finish these sentences, and include an adverb of frequency.

Be careful with the word order.              how often ?  always, usually, often,

sometimes, not often, rarely, seldom, never,...

1.     He's a vegetarian, so he _____________________________________ (meat)

2.     We ___________________________________________ Italy for our summer holidays because we have a villa there.

3.     In winter we __________________________________ go skiing in France, or we _____________________________ at home. It depends.

4.     We _________________________________________ fish because it's difficult to buy fresh.

Write four sentences about yourself, using an adverbs of frequency.

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Contradict these sentences.

example : It doesn't rain in Britain.          Yes, it does.

1. Children start school when they're ten.         __________________________

2. Nurses don't wear uniforms.                          __________________________

3. You aren't learning English.                           __________________________

4. It's snowing.                                                   __________________________

5. Aspirin is good for a cough.                           __________________________

6. You don't work hard.                                      __________________________

7. The best wine comes from Holland.               __________________________

8. Water boils at 1OO degrees centigrade.        __________________________

Individual Work

A. Write four sentences about yourself using these verbs: enjoy,   hope,   regret,   think (of +ing)

Pair Work

B.Use a dictionary and write an example for each of these verbs, using present simple: belong,   consist of,   contain,   cost,   depend on,  deserve,   matter,   own,   possess,   resemble.

Group Work

 a)    Doctors express concern over heavy school bags

Every year thousands of children (1) _________(go) to the doctor because of back pain, and in fact, this kind of problem (2) _________(rapidly become) one of the most common childhood complaints. And what exactly (3) _________(cause) this outbreak of back strain and muscle fatigue? It (4) _________(seem) that even quite young children (5)_________ (take) more and more to school - not just books, but also clothes and games players - and their backpacks (6)_________ (simply weigh) too much. 'Some kids (7)_________ (carry) more than 25% of their bodyweight in a bag that has a nice cartoon character on the bag, but which (8) _________(actually give) them serious backache,' reported Dr Elaine Sachs, a GP in North London. 'Most parents (9) _________(simply not realize) what (10) _________(happen) to their children.

Practice homework here