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Check your answers:
1In Johannesburg most people speak
at least five languages.
➪ We use the present simple for permanent situations or things that are usually or often true.
2Languages disappear
very fast. Half of world’s languages will disappear by 2100.
Correct answer: are disappearing
➪ We use the present continuous to talk about situations that are changing or developing.
3You can’t see Tim now; he has a bath.
Correct answer: ‘s having
➪ We use the present continuous for actions in progress now or ‘around now’.
➪ The verb have is a non-action verb only when it means ‘to own’ ‘to possess’. It is a dynamic or action verb with other meanings: have a nap, have a shower, have dinner, etc.
4Please keep quiet, I listen to the radio. You know I ‘m listening to the news in the mornings.
Correct answer: ‘m listening/listen
➪ We use present progressive for actions in progress now or ‘around now’ (I’m listening now).
➪ We use present simple for habits; for actions that we do (o we don’t do) regularly (I listen in the mornings).
5What time is the first train leaving?
Correct answer: does the first train leave
➪ We use the present simple to refer to future events which are timetabled.
6I ‘m never wearing a scarf, but today I wear one because it’s unusually cold.
Correct answer: never wear/’m wearing
➪ We use present simple for habits (I never wear).
➪ We use the present continuous for actions in progress now or ‘around now’ (today I’m wearing).
7I finished watching the series you recommended. Now I ‘m watching another one.
➪ We use the present progressive to talk about temporary actions or events that are going on ‘around now’ (maybe not at the moment of speaking, but these days, weeks, etc.). I’m not watching the series right now, as I am speaking, but I’m watching it these days.
8What are you doing tonight? Would you like to come and watch the game?
➪ We use the present continuous to talk or ask about future arrangements, i.e. future actions that are already planned or decided.
9Nobody thinks they will win the match.
➪ We use the present simple and not progressive with stative or non-action verbs.
➪ Think is a non-action verb when it means ‘believe’, ‘be someone’s opinion’.
10You look worried. What do you think?
Correct answer: are you thinking
➪ Think is a stative verb when it means ‘believe’, but it’s a dynamic verb when it refers to the mental process of thinking.\
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Your results
You answered 2 tasks out of 10 correctly. That is 20%.
- Andy sometimes to read comics. CLUEsometimes → Simple Present
Andy (3rd person singular) → infinitive + -sCorrect is: Andy sometimes reads comics.
- We never watch TV in the morning.
- Listen! Sandy to sing in the bathroom. CLUEListen! → Present Progressive
Sandy (3rd person singular) → is + infinitive + -ingCorrect is: Listen! Sandy is singing in the bathroom.
- My sister usually to help in the kitchen. CLUEusually → Simple Present
my sister (3rd person singular) → infinitive + -sCorrect is: My sister usually helps in the kitchen.
- My mother make breakfast now. CLUEnow → Present Progressive
my mother (3rd person singular) → is + infinitive + -ing
Drop the silent -e at the end of the word make.Correct is: My mother is making breakfast now.
- They often clean the bathroom.
- Look! The boys to come home. CLUELook! → Present Progressive
the boys (3rd person plural) → are + infinitive + -ing
Drop the silent -e at the end of the word come.Correct is: Look! The boys are coming home.
- Every day his grandfather go for a walk. CLUEevery day → Simple Present
his grandfather (3rd person singular) → infinitive + -es
go ends in -o, so add -es to the infinitive.Correct is: Every day his grandfather goes for a walk.
- I chat with my friend at the moment. CLUEat the moment → Present Progressive
I (1st person singular) → am + infinitive + -ing
Double the -t at the end of the word chat (short vowel -a).Correct is: I am chatting with my friend at the moment.
- Cats to eat mice. CLUEthings in general → Simple Present
cats (3rd person plural) → infinitiveCorrect is: Cats eat mice.
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Conversation 1
Luke: What 1 are you doing ?
Sarah: I am watching TV.
Luke: 2 Are you often watching TV in the afternoon?
Sarah: Yes, I do.
Luke: What kind of programs 3 do you watch ?
Sarah: I 4 watch talk shows. But now I 5 ‘m watching a sports show.
Feedback
1 Correct answer: are you doing
➪ We use the present continuous to talk about things that are happening now.
2 Correct answer: Do you often watch
➪ We use present simple for actions that we do (o we don’t do) regularly, often with adverbs or expressions of frequency (often).
3 Correct answer: do you watch
➪ We use present simple for actions that we do (o we don’t do) regularly.
➪ We use the verb do to make questions and negatives in present simple.
4 Correct answer: watch
➪ We use present simple for actions that we do (o we don’t do) regularly. In this sentence we mean ‘watch normally’.
5 Correct answer: ‘m watching
➪ We use the present continuous to talk about things that are happening now.
Conversation 2
Peter: What 6 is Jonatan doing ?
Rebecca: He 7 is an architect but he 8 not works at the moment. He 9 is look for a job desperately, because he 10 is need money for the house.
Feedback
6 Correct answer: does Jonathan do
➪ We use present simple for actions that we do (o we don’t do) regularly.
➪ The question what do you do? means ‘what is your job?’.
7 Correct answer: is
➪ Be is a stative verb and non–action or stative verbs cannot be used in present continuous. You can see a list of these verbs in the ‘Explanation’ tab.
8 Correct answer: is not working
➪ We use the present continuous to talk about things that are happening now or around now (at the moment).
9 Correct answer: is looking
➪ We use the present continuous to talk about things that are happening now or around now (at the moment).
10 Correct answer: needs
➪ Need is a stative verb and non–action or stative verbs cannot be used in present continuous. You can see a list of these verbs in the ‘Explanation’ tab.
Conversation 3
Sandra: Can I have that magazine or 11 do you read it?
Tim: No, I 12 don’t read it. I 13 am never reading that magazine. I 14 [no answer] sports magazines.
Sandra: I 15 ‘m hating sports magazines.
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