Examples:
Water boils (boil) at 100 degrees Celsius.
George doesnt go (not/go) to the cinema very often.
How many languages do you speak (you/speak)?
a) The swimming bath ______________ (open) at 9.00 and ______________ (close) at 18.30 every day.
b) What time ______________ (the banks/close) in Britain?
c) I have a car but I ______________ (not/use) it very often.
d) How many cigarettes ______________ (you/smoke) a day.
e) What ______________ (you/do)? Im an electrical engineer.
f) Where ______________ (your father/come) from? He ______________ (come) from Scotland.
g) If you need money, why ______________ (you/not/get) a job?
h) I ______________ (play) the piano, but I ______________ (not/play) very well.
i) I dont understand the word deceive. What ______________ (deceive/mean)?
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a) Stefan Edberg plays football.
b) The Queen lives at 33, Station Road, London.
c) Kangaroos come from Canada.
d) The sun shines at night.
e) In England people drive on the right.
f) Your teacher arrives late.
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Examples:
Do you smoke?
Yes, I do/ No, I dont
a) Do you like science fiction?
b) Do you dream a lot?
c) Do you listen to the radio?
d) Do your parents read a lot?
e) Does your teacher give you a lot of homework?
f) Does it rain a lot in your country?
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Examples:
Tom plays tennis. (How often?) How often does Tom play tennis?
I get up in the morning. (What time/usually?) What time do you usually get up?
a) Ann watches television. (How often?) ______________
b) I write to my parents. (How often?) ______________
c) I have dinner in the evening? (What time/usually?) ______________
d) Tom works. (Where?) ______________
e) I go to the cinema. (How often?) ______________
f) People do stupid things. (Why?) ______________
g) The car breaks down. (How often?) ______________
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Present Continuous
| 1., E.g. He is reading a book at the moment. 2., E.g. She is writing a new novel. 3. , E.g. I am leaving for London tomorrow. | now, at present, at this moment, at the moment Now, at the present moment tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, in a day, next week, soon, tonight, | ||||||||
| I You We They He She It | am are is | working | |||||||
| I You We They He She It | am not are not is not | working | |||||||
| Where | am are is | I you we they he she it | working? | ||||||
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Exercises
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a) Please, be quiet. I______________ (try) to concentrate.
b) Look! It______________ (snow).
c) Why______________ (you/look) at me like that? Have I said something wrong?
d) You______________ (make) a lot of noise. Can you be a bit quieter?
e) Excuse me, I______________ (look) for a phone book. Is there one near here?
f) (in the cinema) Its a good film, isnt it? ______________ (you/enjoy) it?
g) Listen! Can you hear those people next door? They______________ (shout) at each other again.
h) Why______________ (you/wear) your coat today? Its very warm.
i) I______________ (not/work) this week. Im on holiday.
j) I want to lose weight. I______________ (not/eat) anything today.
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Example:
Are you working hard?
Yes, I am.
a) Are you enjoying the lesson? ______________
b) Is the teacher smoking? ______________
c) Are people walking on the street? ______________
d) Are they wearing raincoats? ______________
e) Are you feeling OK? ______________
f) Is your friend helping you? ______________
3. (Participle I) :
think shine get play arrive
wait smoke stop enjoy rob
rain have run fly swim
wear take begin dry start
catch make travel train write
4. : Present Simple Present Continuous.
a) I ______________ (not/belong) to a political party.
b) Hurry! The bus ______________ (come). I ______________ (not/want) to miss it.
c) The River Nile ______________ (flow) into the Mediterranean.
d) The river ______________ (flow) very fast today much faster than usual.
e) ______________ (it/ever/snow) in India?
f) We usually ______________ (grow) vegetables in our garden but this year we ______________ (not/grow) any.
g) A: Can you drive?
B: No, but I ______________ (learn). My father ______________ (teach) me.
h) You can borrow my umbrella. I ______________ (not/need) it at the moment.
i) (at a party) I usually ______________ (enjoy) parties but I (not/enjoy) this one very much.
j) George says hes 80 years old but I ______________ (not/believe) him.
k) Ron is in London at the moment. He ______________ (stay) at the Hilton Hotel. He usually ______________ (stay) at the Hilton Hotel.
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Present Perfect
| 1. , , ) , , : E.g. I have read this book today. b) just, yet, already E.g. I have already seen this film. 2. : .g. I have never been to London. 3. , E.g. I have known her since we came to this town. I havent seen him for a month. | today, this week, this month, this century, this year yet, already, just ever never for, since | |
| I You We They | have | worked played gone |
| He She It | has | |
| I You We They | havent | worked played gone |
| He She It | hasnt | |
| Have | I you we they | worked played gone |
| Has | he she it |
Exercises
1. :
Example: Alice is a journalist.
meet/ a lot of famous people
She has met a lot of famous people.
a) Robert Swam is an explorer.
be/North Pole __________________________.
never/get lost __________________________.
b) Bill and Sophie are unemployed.
not have/a job for six months___________________________.
not have/a holiday since Christmas___________________________.
not be/in the cinema for a year___________________________.
c) Sandra is a tennis player.
play/since she was six ___________________________.
not win/ a senior competition ___________________________.
never play/at Wimbledon ___________________________.
2. Present Perfect, , :
a) (you/ever/be/to South America?) ___________________________.
b) (you/read/any English books?) ___________________________.
c) (you/live/in this town all your life?) ___________________________.
d) (how many times/you/be/in love?) ___________________________.
e) (whats the most beautiful country you/ever/visit?) ___________________________.
f) (you ever/speak/to a famous person?) ___________________________.
g) (you/read/a newspaper recently?) ___________________________.
h) (you/see/Tom in the past few days?) ___________________________.
i) (you/play/tennis recently?) ___________________________.
j) (you/eat/anything today?) ___________________________.
3. Present Perfect, since for:
a) Jack lives in Bolton. (since he was born) Jack ___________________________.
b) Bill is unemployed. (since April) Bill ___________________________.
c) Ann has a bad cold. (for the last few days) ___________________________.
d) I want to go to the moon. (since I was a child) ___________________________.
e) My brother is studying languages at university. (for two years) ___________________________.
f) Tim and Jane are working in Sheffield. (since February) ________________________.
g) My cousin is in the army. (since he was 17) ___________________________.
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Past Simple
| 1. . E.g. I met him yesterday. 2., E.g. In summer I went for long walks after breakfast. 3. E.g. He put on his coat, took his umbrella and left the house. | yesterday, the day before yesterday three days ago, last year, month in February on Sunday in summer every day, seldom, usually, never, sometimes, as a rule, regularly, twice a week then, after that | |||||||
| I He She It We You They | finished arrived went | yesterday | ||||||
| I He/She/It We You They | didnt(did not) | arrive finish go | yesterday | |||||
| Did | I he/she/it we you they | arrive? finish? go? | ||||||
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