HAVE GOT

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4. Complete the exercise by using the verb HAVE GOT or HAVE according to the case

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

5. (Grammar)

6. Write the ING form of the following verbs:

Have: _______________ Jog: ___________________

Dream: ______________ Die: ___________________
Study: _______________ Lay: ___________________
Tarmac: _____________ Swim: ___________________

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1. Have breakfast / you / (Affirmative) 2. I / (Information Question)

3. eat lunch / Emma / (Negative) 4. have dinner / Mr. and Mrs. Prez /
(Yes No Question)

5. you / (Information Question) 6. Luis, Jim and you /

(Affirmative)

_________________________ _________________________

7. Ralph / (Negative) 8. My friend / Neg.Yes-No Question

_ ___________________________

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 GRAMMAR SPOT

Do you remember? SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

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Complete with the correct form of the Present Simple Tense

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SIMPLE PRESENT vs PRESENT CONTINUOUS

SIMPLE PRESENT PRESENT CONTINUOUS OR PROGRESSIVE

in general (regularly, often, never) right now

James plays football every Tuesday. Look! James is playing football now.
present actions happening one after also for several actions happening at the
another same time
First James plays football, then he watches James is playing football and Anne is
TV. watching TV.
daily routine Only for temporary actions (does not have
Bob works in a restaurant. to happen directly at the moment of
speaking)
Jenny is working in a restaurant this week
SIGNAL WORDS
always at the moment

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 every ... at this moment
often today
normally now
usually right now
sometimes listen!
seldom look!
never
first
then
Note: The following verbs are usually only used in Simple Present NOT in present continuous:
be, have(*), hear, know, like, love, see, smell, think (*), want
PRACTICE
Write SP (simple present) or PC (present continuous).
1) For actions happening regularly, often or never, we use __________________
2) For actions happening now, we use __________________
3) The verbs 'be', 'have', 'like' and 'want' are normally only used in __________________
4) The signal word 'usually' indicates that we have to use __________________
5) The signal word 'now' indicates that we have to use __________________
B. Write the verbs in the indicated tense.
PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Speak-I
Jump- you
Play- he
Run- she
Know- it
Have- we
Drive- they
Kiss- He
Fix- I
Begin- it

C. Match the questions and answers.

1. What do you do? ( ) a. Actually, that's the radio.
2. What are you doing? ( ) b. French she's from Paris.
3. Where do you work? ( ) c. I want to get this car started
4. Where are you working? ( ) d. I'm an engineer.
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5. Does your son play the violin? ( ) e. I'm in Cali this week.
6. Is your son playing the violin? ( ) f. In a big insurance company.
7. What language does she speak? ( ) g. It sounds like Russian.
8. What language is she speaking? ( ) h. Me can I have some more?
9. Who drinks champagne? ( ) i. Me, when I can afford it.
10. Who's drinking champagne? ( ) j. No, the guitar.
D. Complete the sentences using words in parentheses. Use the simple present for the
present continuous tense.

1. Vegetarians are people who (not, eat) _______________meat.

2. Look out! My son (come) _______________.
3. Some people still think the sun (go) _______________ round the earth.
4. I (play) _______________ volleyball every weekend.
5. Who (sit) _______________ in my chair now?
6. What (happen) _______________ in golf if you lose the ball?
7. An alcoholic is a person who (drink) _______________ too much and can't stop.
8. Look! She (wear)_______________ the same shoes as me.
9. 'What (you, look) _______________ at?' 'A strange bird.'
10. I (stay) _______________ with Jimmy for a few weeks until my flat's ready.
11. We (usually, stay) _______________with Peggy when we go to Chicago.
12. Can you explain why water always (run) _______________downhill?
13. What (you, do) _______________ with my coat?
14. Nobody (get) _______________up early for fun.
15. Not many passenger planes (fly) _______________faster than sound.
E. Complete the questions with the correct tense.
1) (you / go) _______________________ on holiday by plane (sometimes)?
2) (they / play) _______________________ computer games every day?
3) (she / eat) _______________________ dinner at the moment?
4) What (they / do) _______________________ right now?
5) (she / visit) _______________________ her grandma very often?
F. Complete the sentences. Use the words in parentheses. Use the simple present or the
present progressive tense. Pay attention to the signal words.

1. I (sit) _______________ in class right now. I (sit, always) _______________ in the same
seat every day.
2. Alicia (speak) _______________ Arabic, but right now she (speak) _______________
English.
3. Right now we (do) _______________ an exercise in class. We (do) _______________

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exercises in class every day.
4. Bernardo (wear) _______________ blue jeans today. He (wear) _______________ blue
jeans every day.
5. You (study) _______________ Spanish every day. Youre in class now. You (study)
_______________ Spanish.
6. Shes in class now. She (look) _______________ at her classmates: Karen (write)
_______________ in her book. Fernando (look) _______________ out the window. Jane
(bite) _______________ her pencil. Alfred (smile) _______________. Mary (sleep)
_______________. Peter (chew) _______________ gum.
7. Anna (take, not)_______________ the bus to school every day. She (walk,
usually)_______________ instead. (take, you)_______________the bus to get to school
every day, or (walk, you) _______________ ?
8. Right now I (look) _______________ at a picture. The person in the picture is my sister. Shes
an accountant. She (work) _______________ for the government. She (be, not)
_______________ at home in the picture. She (be) _______________ at the park. She (sit)
_______________ on a bench. She (eat) _______________ her lunch. She (have)
_______________ an hour for lunch every day. She (bring, usually) _______________ a
sandwich and some fruit with her to the park. She (sit, usually) _______________ on a bench,
but sometimes she (sit) _______________ on the grass. While shes at park, she (watch)
_______________ people and animals: In this moment, some joggers (run) _______________
on a path through the park. A squirrel (sit) _______________ on the ground in front of Belinda.
The squirrel (eat) _______________ a nut. Belinda (watch) _______________ the squirrel. She
(watch, always) _______________ squirrels when she (eat) _______________ lunch in the
park. Some ducks (swim) _______________ in the pond in the picture, and some birds (fly)
_______________ in the sky. A police officer (ride) _______________ a horse. He (ride)
_______________ a horse through the park every day. Near Belinda, a family (have)
_______________ a picnic. They (go) _______________ on a picnic every week. Belinda
(relax) _______________ when she (eat) _______________ at the park.

ONLINE CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

USEFUL WEB SITES

http://www.linguee.es/
www.wordreference.com
www.aulafacil.com
www.mansioningles.com
www.ego4u.com
MURPHY, Raymond. Essential grammar in use. Cambridge University. 1990
CARR, Jane Comyns & Parsons, Jenny. Success Elementary. Pearson and longman. 2000
www.google.com
www.howjsay.com

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