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Lesson 1:
Tenses : The simple present and the present continuous
I. Put the verbs in brackets into the simple present and the present continuous:
1. I ( look up) that new word right now.
2. It ( rain) very much in the summer. It
( rain) now.
3. We seldom ( eat) before 6.30.
4. Be quiet! The baby ( sleep).
5. Look! A man ( run) after the train. He
( want) to catch it.
6. I ( need) some money for my text
books.
7. Excuse me, I ( have) to help a
customer.
8. Tom ( like) to go to museums.
9. Mother have) coffee for breakfast every
morning.
10. My brother ( work) in a shoes
store this summer.
11. The student ( cook) some food in
the kitchen at present. She always
(cook) in the morning.
12. Listen ! I ( hear) somebody
knocking at the front door.
13. I ( see) that you ( wear) your best
clothes.
14. I ( do) an exercise on the present
tense at this moment and I ( think) that
I ( know) how to use it now.
15. She sometimes ( buy) vegetables
at this market.

II. Use either The simple present or the present continuous of the verbs in parentheses:
1. Right now I ( look) around the
classroom. Yoke ( write) in her book.
Carlos ( bite) his pencil. Wan-Ning
( scratch) his head. Ahmed ( stare) out the
window. He ( seem) to be daydreaming,
but perhaps he ( think) hard about verb
tenses. What ( think, you) Ahmed ( do)?
2. Mike is a student, but he ( go, not) to
school right now because it is summer.
He ( attend) college from September to
May every year, but in the summer he (
have, usually) a job at the post office. In
fact, he
(work) there this summer.
3. - Why (you, walk) so fast today? You
usually ( walk) quite slowly.
- I ( hurry) because I ( meet) my mother
at 4 o’clock and she ( not, like) to be
kept waiting.
4. This morning it ( rain). I can see Janet
from my window. She ( stand) at the corner
of 5
th
and Pine. She
(hold) her umbrella over her head. She
( wait) for the bus.
4. Mike ( take) three classes this
semester. Every morning he ( study) for
2 hours before he goes to school.

5. ( have) French class at 9 o’clock. He
( take, also) chemistry and accounting .
He ( like) chemistry best of all, but he
( have) better grades in accounting and
French.
Vocabulary multiple choice: Circle the best one
1. Don’t touch the cat, he may------- you.
a. kick b. tear c. scream d. scratch
2. The brothers are so alike I cannot ------- one from the other.
a. say b. notice c. mark d. tell
3. My mother was ------ of making a cake when the front door bell rang.
a. at the centre b. on her way c. in the middle d.
halfway through
4. The police have asked that ------ who saw the accident should get in touch with them.
a. somebody b. someone c. one d. anyone
5. It’s six years now since the Socialists came to ------ in the country.
a. power b. force c. control d. command
6. When he heard the terrible noise he asked me what was ------ on.
a. happening b. being . getting d. going
7. I don’t think that red dress ------ for her.
a. suits b. matches c. cheers d. agrees
8. It’s difficult to pay one’s bills when prices keep ------ .
a. rising b. afterwards . following d. after
9. The dentist told him to open his mouth ------ .
a. broad b. much c. greatly d. wide
10. He is very stubborn, so it will be difficult to ------ him to go. a. persuade b. suggest .
make d.. prevent