UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE VILLARRICA DEL ESPIRITU SANTO FACULTAD DE FILOSOFIA Y CIENCIAS HUMANAS GRAMATICA DEL INGLES I ENCARGADA: Abg. Coral Fernández Name: ____________________________ WS. 4 Date: ____________________ ►PRESENT CONTINUOUS. A- Read the article about neighbors. Complete the list of problems with these verbs. argue bark cry have move play talk watch In a newspaper survey these were the top eight problems: 1-They ___________ loudly. 5-They __________ TV late at night. 2-Their babies ___________. 6-They __________ furniture. 3-They _________ noisy parties. 7-They ___________ a musical instrument. 4-Their dogs _____________ . 8-They ___________ with their family. B-Answer the questions in the survey. 1-Do you have good neighbors? 2-Do you know your neighbors? 3-Are they friendly? Do they help you? 4-Do they make a lot of noise? What kind of noise? 5-Do you have any other problems with your neighbor? C-GRAMMAR. PRESENT CONTINUOUS. Match the sentences with apartments 1-8 -He’s listening to music ____ -The baby’s crying _____ -They’re having a party ____ -She’s playing the violin ____ -The dog’s barking _____ -They’re arguing _____ -He’s watching soccer _____ -They’re moving furniture _____ PRACTICE. A-Spelling –ing form. 1-go ________ 5-love _________ 9-shop___________ 2-listen ___________ 6-fly __________ 10-come _________ 3-dance __________ 7-walk ________ 11-get ___________ 4-travel __________ 8-sit __________ 12-eat ___________ B-Change the sentences to the Present Continuous form. 1-She eats cookies and listens to music. She is eating cookies and listening to music. 2-They don’t go to a concert, they go to a conference. _______________________________________________________________________ 3-Paul doesn’t travel to Asuncion. _______________________________________________________________________ 4- I cook pasta. It’s my favorite! _______________________________________________________________________ 5-She reads and her husband plays soccer. _______________________________________________________________________ 6-What do you do? I study English. _______________________________________________________________________ 7-What does she do? She cleans the house meanwhile she listens to the radio. ______________________________________________________________________ 8-It rains a lot today. ______________________________________________________________________ C-Put the verbs in parentheses in the Present Continuous. A-Hello. B-Oh, hi, Dad. Where are you? A-I’m in my hotel. I (1)________________ (have) lunch. It (2) ________________ (rain) a lot here. Is Mom there? B-Yes, but she (3) _______________ (talk) to somebody on the cell phone right now. A- Oh. What (4) _______ you ________ ? (do) B- My friend Matt is here. A- Matt? Why (5) _______ you _______ your homework? (not do) B-Don’t worry. We (6) _______________ (study) together. A-Where’s Jenny? B-She (7) _______________ (wait) for Kevin to come. They (8) ________________ (have) a party tonight. A-Oh. What (9) ______ she _______ ? (wear) B-Nothing special. Ok, dad, here’s mom. Bye! D-PRESENT SIMPLE OR PRESENT CONTINUOUS. Choose the present simple or present continuous: 1. (You / come) _________________________________ tonight? 2. (He / eat) _________________________________ rice every day? 3. I (work) _________________________________ at the moment. 4. (He / come) _________________________________ to London often? 5. He (play) _________________________________ tennis now. 6. (You / come) _________________________________ to the cinema later? 7. They (not / come) _________________________________ to the party tomorrow. 8. He (not / play) _________________________________ golf now. 9. (You / play) _________________________________ tennis this Sunday? 10. They (go) _________________________________ to a restaurant every Saturday. E-GRAMMAR. Decide which is the correct verb form. Underline. 1-Maria comes / is coming from Spain. 2-She speaks / is speaking French. 3-Today she wears / is wearing jeans and a T-shirt. 4-She smokes / is smoking twenty cigarettes a day. 5-She doesn’t smoke / isn’t smoking now. She’s I class. 6-I read / am reading a book about astrology. 7-I read / am reading lots of books every year. 8-We go / are going to a party on Saturday. 9-Nurses look / are looking after people in the hospital. 10-Annie comes / is coming for dinner this evening. F- Choose the correct sentence! Read the sentences and underline the correct one. 1. I doing this grammar test right now! 2. I’m not usually reading adventure I do this grammar test right now! stories. I’m doing this grammar test right now! I don’t usually read adventure stories. I’m not usually read adventure stories. 3. My parents get up very early every day. My parents are getting up very early every day. My parents gets up very early every day. 4. My best friend play at my house after school on Fridays. My best friend plays at my house after school on Fridays. My best friend is playing at my house after school on Fridays. 5. My brother doesn’t watching TV right now because he has to do his homework. My brother doesn’t watch TV right now because he has to do his homework. My brother isn’t watching TV right now because he has to do his homework. G- Find the mistake and correct it. 1. We make a cake for mum’s birthday now. → We are making a cake.. 2. Every Sunday I’m calling my grandmother. 3. At the moment my sister doesn’t studying English. 4. My parents take the dog for a walk right now. 5. My brother is never eating peanuts because he’s allergic. 6. The TV no is working. 7. I’m liking this album a lot. 8. She sending a message to Billie. 9. Come on, the film’s start. 10. She’s knowing Alfie very well. 11. You going to Chinese classes? 12. What are you thinking about the film? 13. The price of food goes up at the moment. H-Put in the verbs in brackets in Simple Present or Present Progressive. 1. Andy sometimes 2. We never 3. Listen! Sandy 4. My sister usually comics. (to read) TV in the morning. (to watch) in the bathroom. (to sing) in the kitchen. (to help) 5. My mother breakfast now. (to make) 6. They often the bathroom. (to clean) 7. Look! The boys home. (to come) 8. Every day his grandfather 9. I for a walk. (to go) with my friend at the moment. (to chat) 10. Cats mice. (to eat) I-Write questions. Use the present continuous. 1 What’s all that noise? What’s happening? (what / happen?) 2 What’s the matter? (why / you / cry?) 3 Where’s your mother? (she / work / today?) 4 I haven’t seen you for ages. (what / you / do / these days?) 5 Amy is a student. (what / she / study?) 6 Who are those people? (what / they / do?) 7 I heard you started a new job. (you / enjoy / it?) 8 We’re not in a hurry. (why / you / walk / so fast?) J-Put the verb into the correct form, present continuous or present simple. 1 Are you hungry? Do you want (you / want) something to eat? 2 Alan says he’s 90 years old, but nobody ____________ (believe) him. 3 She told me her name, but _________________ (I / not / remember) it now. 4 Don’t put the dictionary away. _________________ (I / use) it. 5 Don’t put the dictionary away. __________________ (I / need) it. 6 Air __________________ (consist) mainly of nitrogen and oxygen. 7 Who is that man? What ____________________ (he / want)? 8 Who is that man? Why ______________________(he / look) at us? 9 Who is that man? __________________________ (you / recognise) him? 10 _____________________ (I / think) of selling my car. Would you be interested in buying it? 11 I can’t make up my mind. What _____________________ (you / think) I should do? 12 Gary wasn’t well earlier, but ________________________(he / seem) OK now.
