Grammar exercises. Present Continuous subject: Present Simple, Present Continuous

C) Read the questions & answers about ALAN and ask and answer about JUDITH.

Questions: ALAN

1. What does Alan do? 1. Alan’s a lorry driver.

2. How old is Alan? 2. He’s twenty-five years old.

3. How many days a week does he work? 3. He works five days a week.

4. What time does he get up? 4. He gets up at six o’clock every day.

5. What does he eat for breakfast? 5. He eats an enormous breakfast.

6. What does he drink? 6. He drinks two cups of tea.

7. What does he do after breakfast? 7.Then he kisses his wife.

8. What time does he leave for work? 8.He leaves for work at half past six.

9. Where does he have lunch? 9. He has lunch in a transport café.

10.What time does he come home? 10.He comes home at five o’clock.

11.Where does he go in the evening? 11.In the evening he goes to the pub.

12.What time does he go to bed? 12.He goes to bed at ten o’clock.
Questions: JUDITH

1. …………. What does JUDITH do?…… ………. 1. secretary

2. …………. How old is JUDITH?……………. 2. 18

3. …… How many days a week does SHE work?….. 3. 5 days a week.

4. …… What time does SHE get up? …….. 4. 7.30

5. …… What does SHE eat for breakfast?…….. 5. cornflakes

6. ……… What does SHE drink?……….. 6. orange-juice

7. …… What does SHE do after breakfast?……….. 7. parents

8. …… What time does SHE leave for work?…….. 8. 8.15

9. ………… Where does SHE have lunch?…….. 9. in tSHE canteen

10. ………… What time does SHE come home ………. 10. home / 5.30

11. ……… Where does SHE go in the evening?……. 11. evening classes

12. ………… What time does SHE go to bed?…. 12. eleven o’clock
D) Fill in the chart for yourself. Then look at the example. Choose and write TEN sentences from the chart:

	Always		Usually		Often		Sometimes		Never
	Tom	You	Tom	You	Tom	You	Tom	You		Tom	You
Drink fizzy drinks	*
buy fast food			*
play tennis							*
eat sweets			*
watch TV in the evenings	*
save money											*
listen to cassettes			*
play computer games					*

Example: Tom always drinks fizzy drinks.

1. 
   …………………I USUALLY BUY FAST FOOD…………………
   
2. 
   …………………I ALWAYS PLAY TENNIS…………………………
   
3. 
   …………………I NEVER EAT SWEETS……………………
   
4. 
   …………………I USUALLY WATCH TV IN THE EVENINGS……………………
   
5. 
   …………………I ALWAYS SAVE MONEY………………………
   
6. 
   …………………I OFTEN LISTEN TO CASSETES………………………………
   
7. 
   …………………I SOMETIMES PLAY COMPUTER GAMES………………………
   

E) Now ask questions about the CHART:

Example: How often does Tom buy fast food? He usually buys fast food.

Does Tom play tennis? No, he doesn’t play tennis.

1 How often does Tom drink fizzy drinks?. He always watches TV.

2. How often does Tom play tennis? He sometimes plays tennis.

3. How often does Tom eat sweets? No, he doesn’t save money.

4. How often does Tom watch TV ing the evenings? Yes, he usually listens to cassettes.

5. How often does Tom save money? He often plays computer games.

6. How often does Tom listen cassetes? Yes, he always drinks fizzy drinks.

7. How often does Tom play computer games. He usually eats sweets.

F) Complete the sentences with SIMPLE PRESENT or PRESENT CONTINUOUS:

1. 
   Susan usually ………………. (go) to school by bus, but now she …………………….. (go) to school by train.
   
2. 
   Mary often ……………….. (read) in bed, but today she is very tired and she ………… … … … ……. (not / read).
   
3. 
   The boys usually ………………… (ride) their bikes to school. They ……………. … …… ………… (like / ride) their bikes. They ……………… (be) very naughty boys. They always … … ……………… (go) to school late. Today their teacher …………………. (be) very angry, because they ………………… (be) late again.
   
4. 
   Mary ……………………….. (like / eat) sweets. Every morning she ……………. (have) coffee with a lot of sweets and chocolate. For lunch she and her friends often ……………….. (eat) sweets or ice-cream. She ……………………… (not / like / eat) fruit or vegetables. She ……………………… (eat / never) eggs or cheese. Today she ………………….. (be) sick. She …………………… (sleep) in her room now.
   

Exercise 2. Answer the questions using the words given in brackets:

Model: - What are the girls doing? (to have lunch)

They are having lunch.

1) What’s the cook doing? (to fry some potatoes). 2) What are the girls doing now? (to discuss the menu) 3) What’s the woman doing? (to eat Aunt Mary’s apple pie) 4) What are those people doing? (to have coffee) 5) What’s the cook doing now? (to finish his work).

Exercise 3. Complete these sentences using one of these verbs:

get become change rise improve fall increase

You don’t have to use all the verbs and you can use some of them more than once.

Example: The population of the world ………… is increasing ……… very fast.

1) The number of people of the world without jobs ................ at the moment. 2) He is still ill but he ........……… better slowly. 3) These days food …....…... more and more expensive. 4) The world ………............ Things never stay the same. 5) The cost of living …………….. Every year things are dearer. 6) When George arrived to Spain his Spanish wasn’t very good but now it …………….. 7) The economic situation is already very bad and it...................worse.

Exercise 4. Answer as in the model:

Model: - Are the girls going to have breakfast? (lunch)

- No, they are going to have lunch.

1) Are the girls going to have meat soup? (mushroom soup). 2) Is Jane going to have fish? (a hamburger). 3) Are they going to have fruit salad? (vegetable salad). 4) Is the woman going to have Aunt Ann’s apple pie? (Aunt Mary’s apple pie). 5) Are the girls going to have spaghetti with their fish? (fried potatoes)

Exercise 5. Ask questions making use of the given words:

Model: - Jane’s talking to the waiter. (Who)

- Who is Jane talking to?

- The girls are waiting for the order. (What)

- What are the girls waiting for?

1) Nancy’s looking at the people in the bar. (Who). 2 The cook’s frying potatoes for them. (Who). 3) Jane’s reading the menu for Nancy. (Who). 4) She’s pointing at something. (What). 5) The girls are laughing at something. (What). 6) The waiter’s listening to the girls. (Who). 7) They are asking the waiter for some juice (What).

Exercise 6. Put the verb into the correct form, present progressive or present simple.

I ……… (not/belong) to a political party.

Hurry! The bus …………. (come). I ………………. (not/want) lo miss it.

The River Nile .............. (flow) into the Mediterranean.

The river .... ……….. (flow) very fast today - much faster than usual.

…………….. (it/ever/snow) in India?

You can borrow my umbrella. I………......... (not need) it at the moment.

George says he’s 80 years old but I ………....... (not/believe) him.

We usually …. (grow) vegetables in our garden but this year we …... (not/grow) any.

Ron is in London at the moment. He ……… (stay) at the Hilton Hotel.

He usually ……..... (stay) at the Hilton Hotel when he’s in London.