The Present Simple(Indefinite)Tense vs. the Present Continuous(Progressive)Tense
Stative Verbs
EXERCISES
| Exercise 1.
| Distribute the verbs into Action Verbs and Stative Verbs.
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| admit
| come
| hate
| lose
| remember
| teach
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| agree
| contain
| hear
| love
| say
| travel
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| agree
| cost
| help
| mean
| see
| understand
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| appear
| depend
| jump
| own
| seem
| want
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| believe
| drink
| laugh
| play
| sing
| watch
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| belong
| eat
| learn
| prefer
| sleep
| wish
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| call
| fall
| leave
| rain
| swim
| work
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| care
| forget
| like
| read
| take
| write
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| Action Verbs
| Stative Verbs
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| Exercise 2.
| Choose the correct form of the verb.
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| 1.
| He ____ (writes / is writing) a new novel now.
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| 2.
| The farmer ____ (owns/is owing) the land.
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| 3.
| I ____ (study / am studying) economics at a business school.
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| 4.
| The instructor ____ (explains / is explaining) the safety rules at the moment.
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| 5.
| I ____ (expect / is expecting) they will be late.
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| 6.
| He ____ ( wants / is wanting) some more biscuits.
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| 7.
| It ____ (rains / is raining) hard today.
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| 8.
| He ____ ( hates / is hating) the show they are watching on TV now.
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| 9.
| The box ____ (contains/is containing) old books.
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| 10.
| Im afraid I ____ (dont remember/am not remembering) where we met.
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| Exercise 3.
| Choose the correct sentence in each pair.
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| 1.
| a) Are you having an English dictionary?
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| b) Do you have an English dictionary?
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| 2.
| a) What are you thinking about?
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| b) What do you think about?
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| 3.
| a) Wild flowers smell nice.
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| b) Wild flowers are smelling nice.
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| 4.
| a) Tom looks out of the window.
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| b) Tom is looking out of the window.
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| 5.
| a) I am thinking about the plan.
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| b) I think about the plan.
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| 6.
| a) The food tastes delicious.
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| b) The food is tasting delicious.
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| 7.
| a) I see my family next Sunday.
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| b) Im seeing my family next Sunday.
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| 8.
| a) I feel we should go home now.
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| b) I am feeling we should go home now.
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| Exercise 4.
| Complete the conversation. Put the verb into the correct form, the Present Continuous or the Present Simple.
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| Linda:
Martin:
Linda:
Martin:
Linda:
Martin:
Linda:
Martin:
Linda:
Martin:
Linda:
| Hi, Martin What 1.____ you ____ (look) at?
Oh, hi! These are photos of me when I was a child.
Oh, look at this one. I 2.____ (think) you look lovely, Martin.
I 3.____ (have) some more photos here.
Look at this. Why such a big jacket?
It was my brothers. Thats why it 4.____ (not fit) properly.
Oh, I 5.____ (see). And you 6.____ (have) your tea here. And in this one you 7.____ (think) about something very serious.
This is a photo of the city I 8.____ (come) from.
Oh, thats nice.
And I caught this fish, look. It 9.____ (weigh) about half a kilo.
What a nice little boy!
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| Exercise 5.
| Are the underlined verbs right or wrong? Correct them where necessary.
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| 1.
| Can you hear those people? What do they talk about?
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| 2.
| Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
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| 3.
| The water boils. Can you turn it off?
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| 4.
| We aren t going to the theatre very often.
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| 5.
| I read a newspaper at least once a week.
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| 6.
| Sonia and Dan do quite well at school at the moment.
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| 7.
| Helen is talking on the other phone right now.
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| 8.
| Lets go out. It doesn t rain now.
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| 9.
| We are usually growing vegetables in our garden.
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| 10.
| Normally I finish work at five.
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| Exercise 6.
| A. Complete this postcard using the correct form of the verbs on the right.
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| Greetings from Scotland!
George and I 1.____ something different this month. Were on the banks of Loch Ken in south west Scotland in Galloway Activity Centre. People 2.____ here every summer to learn more about their hobbies and interests. I 3.____ photography and tennis this week and George 4.____ about computers. We 5.____ up at half past seven every morning and 6.____ lessons from nine to half past twelve. We 7.____ lunch at one, and then there are more lessons.
So its hard work. But I 8.____ it here. We 9.____ a super time. Its half past seven in the evening now, and we 10.____ out on the banks of Loch Ken not far from the Center. The weather is fine.
See you soon.
Love,
Kate
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do
come
do, learn
get
do, have
like, have
sit
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| B. Imagine that you are at the holiday camp now. Write a postcard to an English friend. Say what you do every day on holiday and what you are doing at the moment.
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| Exercise 7.
| Work in pairs. Write the names of five important people in your life, like this: Andrew, Boris, Lisa, Olga, Nick. Ask and explain what these people do / what theyre doing at the moment, like this:
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| Model:
| SA: Who is Andrew?
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| SB: He is my elder brother.
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| SA: Where does he work?
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| SB: He doesnt work. He is a student. And now hes preparing for his exams.
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