Verb Tenses

Present Simple and Present Continuous Tense

A: SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE   -   PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

Put the verb in brackets in the correct tense.  Justify your choice.

1.     Anne _______________ (make) all her own clothes.

2.     At the moment she _______________ (make) a dress for herself.

3.     What's that smell ? Something _______________ (burn) in the kitchen.

4.     I _______________ (work) overtime this month because I ______________ (save up) to buy a car.

5.     He _______________ (smoke) thirty cigarettes a day, but at the moment he _______________ (try) very hard to cut down.

6.     The sun _______________ (rise) in the east.

7.     She usually _______________ (learn) languages very fast, but she _______________ (have) problems with Arabic.

8.     We _______________(live) in a hotel until we can find a house to buy.

B:Finish these sentences, and include an adverb of frequency.

Be careful with the word order.              how often ?  always, usually, often,

sometimes, not often, rarely, seldom, never,...

1.     He's a vegetarian, so he _____________________________________ (meat)

2.     We ___________________________________________ Italy for our summer holidays because we have a villa there.

3.     In winter we __________________________________ go skiing in France, or we _____________________________ at home. It depends.

4.     We _________________________________________ fish because it's difficult to buy fresh.

Write four sentences about yourself, using an adverbs of frequency.

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Contradict these sentences.

example : It doesn't rain in Britain.          Yes, it does.

1. Children start school when they're ten.         __________________________

2. Nurses don't wear uniforms.                          __________________________

3. You aren't learning English.                           __________________________

4. It's snowing.                                                   __________________________

5. Aspirin is good for a cough.                           __________________________

6. You don't work hard.                                      __________________________

7. The best wine comes from Holland.               __________________________

8. Water boils at 1OO degrees centigrade.        __________________________

C:Watch this video and write five sentences using the simple present or present continuous tense about what you have watched.

Individual Work

A. Write four sentences about yourself using these verbs: enjoy,   hope,   regret,   think (of +ing)

Pair Work

B.Use a dictionary and write an example for each of these verbs, using present simple: 

belong,   consist of,   contain,   cost,   depend on,  deserve,   matter,   own,   possess, resemble. 

Group Work

 a)    Doctors express concern over heavy school bags

Every year thousands of children (1) _________(go) to the doctor because of back pain, and in fact, this kind of problem (2) _________(rapidly become) one of the most common childhood complaints. And what exactly (3) _________(cause) this outbreak of back strain and muscle fatigue? It (4) _________(seem) that even quite young children (5)_________ (take) more and more to school - not just books, but also clothes and games players - and their backpacks (6)_________ (simply weigh) too much. 'Some kids (7)_________ (carry) more than 25% of their bodyweight in a bag that has a nice cartoon character on the bag, but which (8) _________(actually give) them serious backache,' reported Dr Elaine Sachs, a GP in North London. 'Most parents (9) _________(simply not realize) what (10) _________(happen) to their 


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