- •Grammar book 3
- •Present Simple / Present Continuous
- •Exercises
- •Underline the most suitable verb form in each sentence.
- •Put each verb in brackets into either the present simple or the present continuous.
- •3. Underline the correct verb form.
- •Test 1 (Present Simple or Present Continuous)
- •Past Simple / Past Continuous
- •1. Put the verbs into the correct tense:
- •2. Put the verbs in the brackets in Past Simple or Past Continuous:
- •3. Put the verbs in the brackets into the right tense form:
- •Test 2 (Past Simple / Past Continuous)
- •Present Perfect
- •Test 3 (Present Perfect)
- •1. Choose the correct answer:
- •2. Make up the sentences using the Present Perfect:
- •3. Translate into English:
- •Past Perfect
- •Test 4 (Past Simple / Past Perfect)
- •1. Underline the correct answer:
- •2. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Perfect or Past Simple:
- •3. Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or past perfect simple):
- •4. Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or pas perfect simple):
- •Present Perfect Continuous
- •Test 5 (Present Perfect / Present Perfect Continuous)
- •1. Fill in the correct form (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Contonuous).
- •2. Complete the sentences with the words from the box:
- •3. Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect continuous or the present perfect simple:
- •4. Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect continuous or the present perfect simple:
- •Modal verbs
- •Test 6 (Modal verbs)
- •1. Rewrite the sentences using modal verbs:
- •2. Choose the most appropriate answer to express the idea specified in parentheses:
- •3. Translate the sentences into English:
- •4. Translate the sentences into English:
- •Passive Voice
- •Test 7 (Passive Voice)
- •List of Irregular Verbs
Present Simple / Present Continuous
To form the Present Simple Tense we use the verb's base form (go, work, speak,study). In 3rd person singular (he, she, it), the base form of the verb takes -s/es.
We use the Present Simple Tense:
when we talk about things that happen repeatedly or habitually;
with Present Simple Tense we often use time expressions such as always, often, sometimes, usually, seldom, on Saturdays, rarely, never, every day, etc.
Example: We usually start work at 8 o'clock.
when we talk about permanent or long-lasting situations;
Example: Tom lives in London.
when we talk about people or things in general;
Example: Nurses work in clinics and hospitals.
to indicate general truths, facts and scientific laws;
Example: My birthday is in May. California is in the Unated States.
when we talk about travel plans and timetables (mainly with verbs such as go,leave, arrive, start, come, return etc.);
Example: The course starts next Thursday.
with state (or stative) verbs such as
like,dislike, love, think, seem, look, know,feel, understand, want, need, hate,remember, forget, prefer, believe, mean,taste, hear, see, have (when the meaning is "possess"), own, belong, etc. These verbsare not normally used in the Continuous Tense (but there are exceptions).
Example: My aunt hates travelling by train.I like ice cream.
to give instructions/directions;
Example: Walk down the street to the corner and then turn right.
The Present Simple Tense is also used in:
sentences after "when", "after", "while", "till" / "until", "before", "as soon as"
Example: When the rain stops, we'll go out. I'll call you back as soon as I return home.
zero conditional sentences (when the result of the condition is always true)
Example: If you heat water to 100°C (212°F), it boils.
first conditional sentences (Often called the "real" conditional because it is used for real (or possible) situations. These situations take place if a certain condition is met.)
Example: If you finish your homework I'll bring you to the zoo.
To form the Present Continuous Tense we use the verb to be in present simple (am, is, are) and main verb with –ing ending.
We use Present Continuous Tense:
actions that are happening now
Example: What are you doing? We are watching a horror film.
actions that are happening at present, but not necessarily at this moment
Example: I'm studying French at the Escuela de Idiomas this year.
future arrangements
Example: Sarah and I are having a birthday party together next weekend.
habitual actions with a negative sense
Example: My little brother is always crying.
Exercises
Exercise 1.
Underline the most suitable verb form in each sentence.
a) What sort of work do you do/are you doing?
b) I can’t talk now. I cook/I’m cooking the dinner.
c) What shall we have? Do you like/Are you liking fish?
d) Can I borrow this typewriter? Or do you use/are you using it?
e) What do the people here do/are the people here doing in the evenings?
f) Follow that bus. Then you turn/are turning left.
g) A lot of people think that the Sun goes/is going around the Earth.
h) Excuse me, do you read/are you reading your newspaper? Could I borrow it?
i) Do you wait/Are you waiting for the bus to Newcastle?
j) Andy builds/is building his own house in the country.