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.
10.
My brother ( work) in a shoes
2. It ( rain) very much in the summer. It
store this summer.
( rain) now.
11.
The student ( cook) some food in
3. We seldom ( eat) before 6.30.
the kitchen at present. She always
4. Be quiet! The baby ( sleep).
(cook) in the morning.
5. Look! A man ( run) after the train. He
12.
Listen ! I ( hear) somebody
( want) to catch it.
knocking at the front door.
6. I ( need) some money for my text
13.
I ( see) that you ( wear) your
books.
best clothes.
7. Excuse me, I ( have) to help a
14.
I ( do) an exercise on the present
customer.
tense at this moment and I ( think)
8. Tom ( like) to go to museums.
that I ( know) how to use it now.
9. Mother have) coffee for breakfast
15.
She
sometimes
(
buy)
every morning.
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
- I ( hurry) because I ( meet) my
classroom. Yoke ( write) in her book.
mother at 4 o’clock and she ( not, like)
Carlos ( bite) his pencil. Wan-Ning
to be kept waiting.
( scratch) his head. Ahmed ( stare) out
4. This morning it ( rain). I can see Janet
the window. He ( seem) to be from my window. She ( stand) at the corner
daydreaming, but perhaps he ( think) of 5th and Pine. She
hard about verb tenses. What ( think,
(hold) her umbrella over her head. She
you) Ahmed ( do)?
( wait) for the bus.
2. Mike is a student, but he ( go, not) to
4. Mike ( take) three classes this
school right now because it is summer.
semester. Every morning he ( study)
He ( attend) college from September to
for 2 hours before he goes to school.
May every year, but in the summer he
5. ( have) French class at 9 o’clock. He
( have, usually) a job at the post office.
(
take,
also)
chemistry
and
In fact, he
accounting . He ( like) chemistry best
(work) there this summer.
of all, but he ( have) better grades in
3. - Why (you, walk) so fast today? You
accounting and French.
usually ( walk) quite slowly.
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. persuadeb. suggest .
make
d.. prevent
