The Present Simple(Indefinite)Tense vs. the Present Continuous(Progressive)Tense
Глаголы состояния
Stative Verbs
EXERCISES
| Exercise 1. | Distribute the verbs into Action Verbs and Stative Verbs. |
| admit | come | hate | lose | remember | teach |
| agree | contain | hear | love | say | travel |
| agree | cost | help | mean | see | understand |
| appear | depend | jump | own | seem | want |
| believe | drink | laugh | play | sing | watch |
| belong | eat | learn | prefer | sleep | wish |
| call | fall | leave | rain | swim | work |
| care | forget | like | read | take | write |
| Action Verbs | Stative Verbs |
| Exercise 2. | Choose the correct form of the verb. |
| 1. | He ____ (writes / is writing) a new novel now. |
| 2. | The farmer ____ (owns/is owing) the land. |
| 3. | I ____ (study / am studying) economics at a business school. |
| 4. | The instructor ____ (explains / is explaining) the safety rules at the moment. |
| 5. | I ____ (expect / is expecting) they will be late. |
| 6. | He ____ ( wants / is wanting) some more biscuits. |
| 7. | It ____ (rains / is raining) hard today. |
| 8. | He ____ ( hates / is hating) the show they are watching on TV now. |
| 9. | The box ____ (contains/is containing) old books. |
| 10. | I’m afraid I ____ (don’t remember/am not remembering) where we met. |
| Exercise 3. | Choose the correct sentence in each pair. |
| 1. | a) Are you having an English dictionary? |
| b) Do you have an English dictionary? | |
| 2. | a) What are you thinking about? |
| b) What do you think about? | |
| 3. | a) Wild flowers smell nice. |
| b) Wild flowers are smelling nice. | |
| 4. | a) Tom looks out of the window. |
| b) Tom is looking out of the window. | |
| 5. | a) I am thinking about the plan. |
| b) I think about the plan. | |
| 6. | a) The food tastes delicious. |
| b) The food is tasting delicious. | |
| 7. | a) I see my family next Sunday. |
| b) I’m seeing my family next Sunday. | |
| 8. | a) I feel we should go home now. |
| b) I am feeling we should go home now. |
| Exercise 4. | Complete the conversation. Put the verb into the correct form, the Present Continuous or the Present Simple. |
| 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 brother’s. That’s 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, that’s nice. And I caught this fish, look. It 9.____ (weigh) about half a kilo. What a nice little boy! |
| Exercise 5. | Are the underlined verbs right or wrong? Correct them where necessary. |
| 1. | Can you hear those people? What do they talk about? |
| 2. | Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. |
| 3. | The water boils. Can you turn it off? |
| 4. | We aren ’ t going to the theatre very often. |
| 5. | I read a newspaper at least once a week. |
| 6. | Sonia and Dan do quite well at school at the moment. |
| 7. | Helen is talking on the other phone right now. |
| 8. | Let’s go out. It doesn ’ t rain now. |
| 9. | We are usually growing vegetables in our garden. |
| 10. | Normally I finish work at five. |
| Exercise 6. | A. Complete this postcard using the correct form of the verbs on the right. |
| Greetings from Scotland! George and I 1.____ something different this month. We’re 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 it’s hard work. But I 8.____ it here. We 9.____ a super time. It’s 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 | do come do, learn get do, have like, have sit |
| 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. |
| 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 they’re doing at the moment, like this: |
| Model: | SA: Who is Andrew? |
| SB: He is my elder brother. | |
| SA: Where does he work? | |
| SB: He doesn’t work. He is a student. And now he’s preparing for his exams. |
