English Grammar

2. PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE
&
PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

3. P R E S E N T S I M P L E
• Subject + V1 (I do/ He does)
• To talk about
• things in general
• somethings that happens all the time or repeatedly.
• something that is true in general
• How often we do things
• is used with this verbs
• Promise
• Apologise
• Suggest
• Advise
• Agree
• Refuse

4. P R E S E N T C O N T I N U O U S
• Subject + am/is/are/was/were + V-ing (I am doing, He is doing)
• To talk about the action that is happening at the time of speaking but not
finished. (= middle of doing; have started doing but not finished yet)
Please don’t make so much noise. I’m trying to work.
• The action is not necessarily
happening at the time of
speaking.

5. Present continuous is used with
• Today
• This week
• This year
• Get
• Change
• Become
• Increase
• Rise
• Fall
• Grow
• Improve
• Begin
• Start
Periods around now
Changes happening around now

6. Are the underlined verbs right or
wrong? Correct them necessary.
A

7. 1. Water boils at 100 degree Celsius.
2. The water boils. Can you turn it off?
3. Look! The man tries to open the door of your car.
4. Can you hear those people? What do they talk about?
5. The moon goes around the earth in about 27 days.
6. I must go now. It gets late.
7. I usually go to work by car.
8. ‘Hurry up! It’s time to leave.’ ‘ok, I come.’
9. I hear you have got a new job. How do you get on?
10.Paul is never late. he is always getting to work on time.
boils
is boiling
is trying
are they talking
goes
is getting
go
am coming
are you getting
gets

8. 11.Nicky is thinking of giving up her job.
12.Are you believing in God?
13.I’m feeling hungry. Is there anything to eat?
14.This sauce is great. It’s tasting really good.
15.I’m thinking this is your key. Am I right?
is thinking
Do you believe
am feeling
tastes
think

9. Put the verb into the correct form,
present simple or present
continuous.
B

10. 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 it.
4. ‘---------- (you/listen) to the radio?’ ‘No, you can turn it off.’
5. ‘---------- (you/listen) to the radio every day?’ ‘No, just
occasionally.’
6. the River Nile ---------- (flow) into the Mediterranean.
7. The river ---------- (flow) very fast today – much faster
than usual.
is waiting
Are you listening
Do you listen
flows
is flowing
is not raining
speaks

11. 8. We usually ---------- (grow) vegetables in our garden, but
this year. We ---------- (not/grow) any.
9. Can you stop walking soon? I ---------- (start) to feel tired.
10.Normally I ---------- (finish) work at five, but this week I --
-------- (work) until six to earn a little more money.
11.My parents ---------- (live) in Manchester. They were born
there and have never lived anywhere else. Where ----------
(your parents/live)?
12.Sonia ---------- (look) for a place to live. She ---------- (stay)
with her sister until she finds somewhere.
live
are not growing
am starting
finish
am working
grow
do your parents live
is looking
Is staying

12. 13.Are you hungry? ---------- (you/want) something to eat.
14.Don’t put the dictionary away. I ---------- (use) it.
15.Don’t put the dictionary away. I ---------- (need) it.
16.Who is that man? What ---------- (he/want)?
17.Who is that man? Why ---------- (he/look) at us?
18.Alan says he’s 80 years old, but nobody ---------- (believe)
him.
19.She told me her name, but I ---------- (not/remember) it
now.
20.Air ---------- (consists) mainly of nitrogen and oxygen.
believes
am using
need
does he want
is he looking
do not remember
Do you want
consists

13. Finish B’s sentences.
Use ‘always –ing’.
C

14. A: Look! You’ve made the same mistake again.
B: Oh no, not again! I-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A: The car has broken down again.
B: That car is useless. It --------------------------------------------------------------------------
A: I’ve lost my pen again.
B: Not again! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A: Oh! I’ve forgotten my glasses again.
B: Typical! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
is always breaking down.
You are always losing your pen.
am always making the same mistake.
You are always forgetting your glasses..

15. Use the words in brackets to make
sentences.
D

16. What are you
doing?
Be quiet! I’m
thinking.
Who does this umbrella belong
to?
The dinner smells good.
Is anybody sitting there? These gloves do not fit
me.