Verbs and Pronouns


The Present Continuous and Present Simple Tenses

  1. Permanent (usual) and Temporary (now, around now) actions.

    • We use the Present Continuous tense to speak about things which are happening now or things which are temporary.

      I am not working now. I am on holiday.
      Sally is listening to a new CD.
      Who are you phoning?
    • The Present Simple tense describes usual, repeated and permanent things - for example, always, usually, often, sometimes, never.

      I work as an accountant.
      John doesn't know German.
      How often do you play tennis?
    • Compare how these two tenses are used.

      Why are you walking to work? Don't you usually go by bus?
      I live in Kharkiv, but now I am living in Moscow.
      Usually we have dinner at 7, but today we are having it at 9.
  2. Present Continuous and Present Simple to talk about the future.
    • We use the Present Continuous Tense for plans and arrangements.

      What are you doing tonight?
      I'm seeing a very important customer in my office at 4 o'clock.
      We are going to the see for our holiday.
      Where are you staying in Vienna?
      I'm not going anywhere. It is final.
    • We use the Present Simple in the conditional clauses after if, when, as soon as, until etc, and when we talk about timetable, schedules, itineraries etc.

      What will you do if you fail your exam?
      We will wait, until she comes.

      My plane takes off at 9.00.
      The President arrives in Norway on 17 September.
      What time does your train leave?

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Simple Present / Present Continuous

Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses


1. Every Monday, Sally (drive)  her kids to football practice.

2. Usually, I (work)  as a secretary at ABT, but this summer I (study)  French at a language school in Paris. That is why I am in Paris.

3. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep) .

4. Don't forget to take your umbrella. It (rain) .

5. I hate living in Seattle because it (rain, always) .

6. I'm sorry I can't hear what you (say)  because everybody (talk)  so loudly.

7. Justin (write, currently)  a book about his adventures in Tibet. I hope he can find a good publisher when he is finished.

8. Jim: Do you want to come over for dinner tonight?
Denise: Oh, I'm sorry, I can't. I (go)  to a movie tonight with some friends.

9. The business cards (be, normally )  printed by a company in New York. Their prices (be)  inexpensive, yet the quality of their work is quite good.

10. This delicious chocolate (be)  made by a small chocolatier in Zurich, Switzerland.

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Positive sentences

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.
  1. We (help)  in the canteen this week.
  2. Martin usually (drive)  to work.
  3. But today, he (take)  the bus.
  4. Listen! She (practise)  the piano.
  5. My friend (play)  the guitar every evening.

Negative sentences

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.
  1. He (not / spend)  his holidays in Spain each year.
  2. I (not / meet)  Francis tonight.
  3. They (not / fly)  to London tomorrow.
  4. We (not / work)  this week.
  5. The film (not / begin)  at 7 o'clock.

questionn

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.
  1. (leave / you)  the party now?
  2. (have / you)  any brothers or sisters?
  3. (love / she)  him?
  4. Who (cook)  dinner tonight?
  5. (send / he)  you an e-mail every day?

Text

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.
  1. Maria (want)  to improve her English.
  2. Therefore, she (do)  a language course in London at the moment.
  3. She (stay)  with a host family and (must)  take the tube to get to her language school.
  4. It (be)  only a five-minute walk to the nearest tube station.
  5. The tube (leave)  at half past eight.
  6. The first lesson (begin)  at 9 o'clock.
  7. In the afternoons, the school (offer)  sightseeing tours in and around London.
  8. Tomorrow, the students of the language school (go)  to Windsor.


Verb to be ( am / is / are ) The verb to be - exercise

Chose the correct form of the verb to be - am/is/are.
  1. It  cold today.
  2. I  at home now.
  3. They  Korean.
  4. There  a pen on the desk.
  5. My name  Nikita.
  6. We  from Ukraine.
  7. That  right.
  8. I  OK, thanks.
  9. Clara and Steve  married.
  10. She  an English teacher.

Verb to be ( am / is / are ) The verb to be - more practice

Click on the words in the correct order to make
positive sentences with the verb to be.

 


 

3  name a and I'm Anton student. My is

 

4  my This book. is

 

5  today. nice a day It's

 


 


 


 


 

10  new is the My at of letter. the top address

 

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1. Let's go out. It  (not/rain) now.
2. Julia is very good at languages. She  (speak) four languages very well.
3. Hurry up! Everybody  (wait) for you.
4. 'Can you drive?' 'I  (learn).
5. My father  (teach) me English at the moment.
6. The River Nile  (flow) into the Mediterranean.
7. Look at the river. It  (flow) very fast today -much faster than usual.
8. '  (you / listen) to the radio ?' 'No, you can turn it off.'
9. 'How is your English?' 'Not bad. It  (improve) slowly.
10. Ron is in London at the moment. He  (stay) at the Park Hotel.
11. He  (always/stay) there when he's in London.
12. Can we stop walking soon? I  (start) to feel tired.
13. Normally I  (finish) work at 5.00,
14. but this week I  (work) until 6.00 to earn a bit more money.
15. (at a party) Usually I  (enjoy) parties ...
16. ... but I  (not/enjoy) this one very much.
17. 'What  (your father / do)? What is his job?'
18. 'He's an architect but he  (not/work) at the moment.'
19. The train is never late. It  (always/leave) on time. 
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