Soluciones. Presente Continuo.

 EXERCISES

1. Put the verbs into the correct form.

• Please don’t make so much noise. I am studying.

• Please be quiet. I am trying  to concentrate.

• Look! It is snowing.

• Why are you looking at the time? Did I say something wrong?

• You are making a lot of noise. Can you be a little bit quieter?

• Excuse me, I am looking for a phone booth. Is there one near here?

• Listen! They are yelling at each other again.

• Why are you wearing your coat today? It’s very warm.

• I am not working this week. I’m on vacation.

• I want to lose weight. I am not eating anything today.

2. Complete sentences using one of these verbs:

Get become change rise improve fall increase

• The population of the world is rising very fast.

• He is still sick, but he is getting better at the moment.

• These days food is becoming  more and more expensive.

• The world is changing. Things never stay the same.

• The cost of living is increasing. Every year things are more expensive.

• George has gone to work in Spain. At first, his Spanish wasn’t very good, but now it is improving.

• The economic situation is already very bad, and it is falling worse.

3. Read this conversation between Brian and Steve. Put each verb into the correct form.

Brian and Steve meet in a restaurant.

Brian: Hello, Steve. I haven’t seen you for ages. What are you doing these days?

Steve: I am working in a department store.

Brian: Really? Are you enjoy it?

Steve: Yeah, it’s OK. How about you?

Brian: Well, I am not working at the moment, but I’m very busy. I am building a house.

Steve: Really? Are you doing it alone?

Brian: No, some friends of mine are helping me.

4. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs below. Use the Present Continuous

Read look fly listen not play not learn

• The astronauts are flying in their spaceship.

• We are listening  to music at the moment.

• He is playing football today.

• They are not learning French this year.

• She is reading a book about stars.

• I am looking at the stars now.

5. Choose the correct answer.

• Some people are looking at the spaceship.

• Ben is writing a project about astronomy.

• I am waiting to see an alien.

• We aren’t standing on a spaceship.

• Are you looking at the stars or the moon?

• The sun isn’t shining at the moment.

6. Write the words in the correct order to make questions.

• Raining/it/is.  Is it raining?

• TV/watching/they/are. Are they watching TV?

• He/reading/is/book/a . Is he reading a book?

• We/walking/are/school/to . Are we walking to school?

• Bus/the/she/is/sitting/on. Is she sitting on the bus?

7. Answer the questions below. Use short answers. Make answers true for you:

(Respuesta libre)

8. Complete the sentences. Use the present continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

• Jo and Sam are wearing hats.

• Chris is listening to music.

• Chris and Jo are drinking  juice.

• Sam isn’t listening  to music.

• Chris and Bobby are not studying Maths.

• Bobby isn’t wearing a T-shirt.

• Jo isn’t reading a book.

9. Complete the dialogue. Use the present continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

Look watch not play try not read do win

• Jill: Hi, Des are you  watching tennis on TV?

• Des: Yes, I am. Hingis  won  5-4, but she isn’t playing a good game. Are you doing your Maths homeworks?

• Jill: No, I’m not. I am trying to do puzzles. It’s called People Puzzle. It’s really difficult.

• Des: I know that puzzle. It’s easy!

• Jill: Which boy is Sam? Is he looking at the magazine?

• Des: no, Sam isn’t reading a magazine – and Sam is a girl.

10. Write logical sentences with the words below. Use the Present Continuous affirmative or negative.

• the swimmers / wear / goggles  . The swimmers are wearing goggles

• I / surf / on a mountain / right now  . I am surfing on a mountain right now

• the bat / fly / near the apple tree  . The bat is flying near the apple tree

• Tim / buy / a magazine / at a library . Tim is buying a magazine at a library

• you / have / a shower / at the café / at the moment  . You are having a shower at the café at the moment

Shelly / sit / on the rug / in her bedroom . Shelly is sitting on the rug in her bedroom

Soluciones. Presente Simple.

 EXERCISES

1. Put the verbs into the correct form: 

• Water  boils at 100 degrees Celsius.

• George doesn’t go to the movies very often.

• How many languages do you speak?

• The swimming pool opens at 9:00 and closes at 6:30 every day.

• What time do the banks close here?

• I have a car, but I don’t use it very often.

• How many cigarettes do you smoke a day?

• What do you do?

• Where does your father come from? He comes from Mexico.

• It takes me an hour to get to work. How long does it take you?

• I don’t understand the word “deceive”. What does deceive mean?

2. Use these sentences to make questions:

• Ann watches television. How often does Ann watch television?

• I write to my parents. How often do I write to my parents?

• I have dinner in the evening. What time do I usually have dinner? 

• Tom works.  Where does Tom work?

• I go to the movies. How often do I go to the movies?

• People do stupid things. Why people do stupid things?

• The car breaks down. How often does the car break down?

3. Choose the correct answer:

• His grandparents live in France.

• Cathy washes her hair every morning.

• We usually buy ice cream on the weekend.

• The girls sometimes study at the library.

• Philip and Ned often go skiing in the winter.

• That teacher always gives a lot of homework.

4. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs below. Use the Present Simple.

Visit listen buy sleep play read

• Many people buy popcorn at the cinema.

• He plays football every afternoon.

• John visits his grandparents on Saturdays.

• My parents read the newspaper every day.

• I usually sleep eight hours each night.

• My friends usually listen to rock music, not classical music.

5. Choose the correct answer:

• John doesn’t like geography lessons.

• Mrs Brown doesn’t read detective stories.

• The students don’t learn English every day.

• I don’t do my homework every day.

• Robert  doesn’t go swimming on Tuesday.

• My brothers don’t play basketball.

6. Write questions with the words below. Use Present Simple.

• You/ live/ in England Do you live in England?

• Your family/ watch / TV / at night Does your family watch TV at night?

• Your friends/ play/ tennis Do your friends play tennis?

• Your father/ read/ mystery stories Does your father read mystery stories?

• You/ go/ to the cinema/ every weekend. Do you go to the cinema every weekend?

7. Answer the questions below. Use short answers. Make answers true for you:

(Respuesta libre)

8. Write three affirmative and three negative sentences about the things you do or don’t do regularly.

(Respuesta libre)

9. Read the text. Then circle ten more present simple affirmative verbs and underline three more present simple negative verbs (ignore be and have got).

      My boyfriend, Robert, and I are very different. He isn’t shy, but he’s very quiet. He’s very clever and he loves books. I don’t read books a lot, but I like magazines. I prefer action and I love sports. My favourite sport is tennis. I always play tennis on weekends and I usually win!

     Robert doesn’t like  a lot of sports, but he watches tennis on TV. He sometimes comes to the sports club with me. He doesn’t play, but he shouts for me! I like him because he’s different. I think that he’s interesting, and he’s very funny. He’s got a brilliant personality. He’s never moody and we don’t argue. We’re very happy and we’ve got a lot of friends.

10. Complete the sentences about Meg and Robert. Use the present simple affirmative or negative form of the verbs in the box.

Argue know lose     play read think

• Meg reads a lot of books.

• She doesn’t usually play tennis.

• Meg thinks  that Robert is boring.

• Robert argues with Meg.

• Meg knows a lot of people.