Circle the correct words.
1. He isnt watching / doesnt watch a match now. He is in the library.
2. Paddy often watches / is often watching football matches with his friends.
3. Do you work / Are you working or I can come in?
4. My English is getting / gets a lot better.
5. He usually stays / is staying in his flat in London, but he is staying / stays with his parents at the moment.
6. I spend / am spending more time with my girlfriend these days.
7. We dont write/ arent writing to each other very often.
State and action verbs
We use simple and progressive tenses with action verbs.
The meaning of the verb doesnt change.
I often eat fruit.→ Im eating an apple now.
I go home at lunchtime..→Im going home now.
() , (e.g. believe, belong, hate, know, like, love, need, prefer, see, understand).
I want to be alone.
Yes, I remember now.
The list of state (or nonprogressive) verbs.
know realize understand recognize
believe feel suppose think*
imagine doubt remember forget
want need prefer mean
love like appreciate hate
dislike fear envy mind
care
possess have* own belong
taste* smell* hear feel*
see*
seem look* appear* cost
owe weigh* be* exist
consist of contain include
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Nonprogressive Progressive
I think he is a kind man. I am thinking
about this grammar.
He has a car. I am having
trouble.
This food tastes good. The chef is tasting
a sauce.
These flowers smell good. Don is smelling
the roses.
Tick the correct sentences and correct the wrong ones.
1. Jack isnt liking the book.
2. Im listening to a great piece of music.
3. George doesnt know the answer.
4. Im sorry but Im not agreeing with you.
5. Im thinking my answer is wrong.
6. You arent understanding the joke.
3. Complete Michels message to the English Contacts website with the verbs below.
Understand love belong like want think
My name is Michel and Im twenty-two. I come from Belgium but at the moment Im studying English in London. I _____ painting and I _____ to be a professional artist in the future. I also _____ to a youth theatre group in Liege and enjoy acting. I dont have time for sport at the moment but I like swimming. I also_____ crime novels (at the moment Im reading books by P.D.James). Thanks to my course, I _____ my English is getting better and now I _____ more when people speak to me. My friends say that Im romantic and cheerful. Oh, Im also crazy about football. This is my first post if you have the same interests as me, please write!
Now write a short introduction about yourself for the English Contacts website.
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Contrast the Present Simple with the Present Continuous Tense, and explain the difference.
1. He (speak) five foreign languages.
2. He now (learn) French.
3. The moon (go) round the Earth.
4. He (listen) to his favourite pop-group. Don`t disturb him.
5. He always (complain) about his health.
6. I don`t like any of the candidates. None of them (speak)
well.
7. The term (end) in January.
8. You (understand) what he (talk) about?
9. You (stand) in my way.
10.Jack is so lazy! He never (get) up before 9 o`lock.
(Personal pronouns)
: (The Nominative case), (the Objective case).
:
I saw that picture ( ).
It is I (he, we ..) ( ).
:
He saw me in the street ( ).
He showed her the picture ( ).
| 1- | I | me | my/mine |
| 2- | ______ | __ | ______ |
| 3- | he she It | him her it | his/his her/hers its/its |
| 1- | we | us | our/ours |
| 2- | you | you | your/yours |
| 3- | they | them | their/theirs |
