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Stat Ive Verbs Practice 1

The document describes a practice activity for Jane to use present progressive and simple present tenses correctly when describing a dinner party to a friend on the phone. Jane is to choose between the present progressive or simple present form of verbs in 10 sentences about what is happening at the party based on whether the verb expresses a state or an action. This will help her use the correct verb tense in her descriptions.

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Stat Ive Verbs Practice 1

The document describes a practice activity for Jane to use present progressive and simple present tenses correctly when describing a dinner party to a friend on the phone. Jane is to choose between the present progressive or simple present form of verbs in 10 sentences about what is happening at the party based on whether the verb expresses a state or an action. This will help her use the correct verb tense in her descriptions.

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Stative  Verbs  –  Practice  Using  Present  Progressive  and  Simple  Present  


 
 
A  Dinner  Party  
Jane  is  at  a  dinner  party.    She  is  on  the  phone  with  a  friend  and  is  describing  the  party.    
 
Look  at  all  of  the  sentences  Jane  uses  to  
describe  the  dinner  party.    Decide  whether  
the  verbs  should  be  in  the  present    
progressive  or  the  simple  present.    
Remember  to  decide  whether  the  verb  is  
expressing  a  state  or  an  action.    This  will  
help  you  to  choose  the  verb  tense.  

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1.  Everyone  (a)  is  talking    (b)  talks  to  each  other.        


 
 
2.  Joe  is  cooking  something  that    (a)  is  smelling    (b)  smells      delicious!  
 
 
3.  All  of  the  decorations  (a)  are  looking    (b)  look    beautiful!  
 
 
4.  Mary  (a)  is  looking    (b)  looks    out  the  window  because  she  is  bored.    
 
 
5.  Bob  (a)  is  having    (b)  has    a  hat  on.    
 
 
6.  Emily  is  serving  two  main  dishes  because  some  people  (a)  aren’t  liking    (b)  don’t  like    meat.  
 
 
7.  Some  of  the  guests  (a)  are  preferring  juice    (b)  prefer    not  to  dance.      
 
 
8.  All  of  the  guests  (a)  are  having    (b)  have    a  good  time.    
 
 
9.  Even  Melissa,  who  usually  doesn’t  like  parties,  (a)  is  thinking    (b)  thinks    it’s  awesome!  
 
 
10.  Jodie,  on  the  other  hand,  is  not  having  a  good  time.    Unfortunately,  he  (a)  is  thinking    (b)  
thinks    about  his  TOEFL  test  tomorrow.      

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