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This document provides exercises to practice verb tenses in English, including the present simple, present continuous, and differences between the two tenses. The exercises include filling in verb forms, writing sentences, asking and answering questions, and identifying the appropriate tense to use in different contexts.

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Booklet Unit 1 DAM

This document provides exercises to practice verb tenses in English, including the present simple, present continuous, and differences between the two tenses. The exercises include filling in verb forms, writing sentences, asking and answering questions, and identifying the appropriate tense to use in different contexts.

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BOOKLET UNIT 1

Workbook

Modulo Lengua Profesional Extranjera: Inglés 1.


Curso 2021/2022
PRESENT SIMPLE: VERB TO BE

Exercise 1: complete the table of the verb “to be” in past simple.

Affirmative I ______ I _____ from Zaragoza.


You are
He/She/It _______ She _____ on holidays.
We are
You are
They ______ _____ are Spanish.

Negative I am not You ______ from here.


You ________ / aren’t
He/She/It is _____ / isn’t He is ____ sick.
We are not / ______
You are ____ / aren’t They ______ cold.
They are not / aren’t

Questions Close questions: am/are/ is + subject + _____ it early?


___________?

Yes, subject + verb to be Are ______ interested in this


No, subject + verb to be in negative subject?

Open questions: _________ + am/ ___/ How ____ you? I___ fine.
is + ________+ complement?
______ are you from? I’m
from Madrid.

Exercise 2: Complete the sentences with the verb to be.

a) I ________ tired today.


b) It _______ quarter past eight.
c) He ______ a cool kid.
d) You _______ late.
e) We _______ (not) angry with you.
f) It _______ (not) fast.
g) You _______ quite nice.
h) They ______ (not) funny at all.
i) I _______ (not) sleepy.
j) ____ John excited with the big news?
k) Why _____ Richard and his brother upset?
l) _________ (not) Lisa terrified of heights?
m) How old ____ Alisa? She ______ eighteen years old.
n) Where ____ you from? I’____ from Spain.
o) My mother _____ Asian American.
p) Hadil _____ (not) kind. He _____ quite rude.
q) The hammer ______ brand new so be careful with it.

Exercise 3: Listen and answer the questions.


Conversation 1

a) What’s the man’s name?


b) What’s the man’s surname?
c) Where is he from?

Conversation 2

d) Is the woman’s name Nancy?


e) Is the man’s name David?
f) Where are they from?

Exercise 4: Look at the information and write it into sentences using the verb “to be”.

Name: Charlotte Harris


City: Zurich
Age: 25
Phone Number: 43 55 980 7710
Email Address: [email protected]
Social Status: single.

PRESENT SIMPLE: REST OF THE VERBS

Exercise 5: look at these sentences and try to match the uses with the examples.

a) Class starts at 8:15


b) I usually wake up at seven o´clock
c) Water boils at 100 ºC
d) Christopher Columbus discovers America in 1492
e) Clinical pathologist analyse body fluids

1. Express general facts and truths


2. Historical Present
3. Timetables and schedules
4. To talk about repeated actions
5. Routines and habits

Exercise 6: Write sentences in present simple using the verbs from the box.

a) I / to work/ as a marketing assistant.


b) People / to like/ to gossip.
c) The history teacher / always / to teach / WWI.
d) Lucy / to have lunch / with her friends once a week.
e) That boy/ to love / chocolate
f) GPs / to prescribe / medicine.
g) The train to Oxford / to leave / at 08:46 a.m.

Exercise 7: Now, write the sentences from the previous exercise in negative.
Exercise 8: Let’s revise the wh-words. Complete the following sentences with a wh-word and
then answer the questions.

a) __________ do you get to work?


b) __________ children do you have?
c) __________ do you study this degree?
d) __________ do you usually eat dinner?
e) __________ do you live with?
f) __________ flavour do you prefer – chocolate or vanilla?
g) __________ do you like to go on holidays?
h) __________ sugar do you like in your coffee?
i) __________ is your favourite season?
j) __________ do you feel?
k) __________ is your favourite day of the week?
l) __________ do you live exactly?
m) __________ does it take you to come to class?
n) __________ do you wake up?

Exercise 9: ask your partner the questions from exercise 8 and write their answers.

Exercise 10: write the third person singular form on these verbs:

1. Play
2. Wash
3. Drive
4. Fly
5. Help
6. Watch
7. Like
8. Cry
9. Tie
10. Lie
11. Go
12. Teach
13. Carry
14. Start
15. Kiss
16. Tidy
17. Enjoy
18. Mix

Exercise 11: Listen the introduction and complete the gaps.

Anton Kristoff, from Toronto, Canada.

Hi! I’m Anton. I ______ from Canada, but at the moment I ________ here in New York. I
_____ as a bike messenger. I really ________ New York, It’s the centre of the universe and
it’s very cosmopolitan. I _________ friends from all over the world. I ___________ about
$100 a day in this job. That’s good money. I’m saving _________ for my education.
I was born in Toronto, but my parents _____from Bulgaria. They moved to Canada ________
years ago. When they first arrived, they didn’t _______ any English. They worry about me.
Last month, I had a bad accident on my bike, but I’m _______ now.

Next September, I’m going back _______ to Toronto and I’m going to ___________for a
Master’s degree, and then I _________ to get a good job.

Exercise 12: Write open questions for these sentences.

- I live in Zaragoza.
- He is a mechanical engineer
- Mary and Joseph play tennis every Monday?
- Miss Summers arrives at five p.m.
- I am from Birmingham
- My surname is R-O-D-R-I-G-U-E-Z
- Their latest podcast lasts two hours

Exercise 13: Listen to Moe explaining Canyon’s Fall summer routine and answer these
questions.

- When do they wake up?


- How many kids are there in a cabin?
- What time do they have breakfast?
- When does the first activity start?
- How many activities are there?
- How long does lunch take?
- What time does dinner begin?
- What time do children have to be in bed?

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Exercise 14: Transform these verbs into gerunds and classify them.

Smile, empty, go, take, jog, swim, cut, dream, fry, lie, worry, type, roar, dig, shave,

Adds -ing Drop -e C+ y → -ying -ie → -ying CVC → double


consonant

Exercise 15: Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets in present continuous form.

a) We ____________ (to make) sandwiches for the picnic.


b) I _______________ (to send) a text message to my friend to meet tomorrow.
c) Tom _____________ (to clean) the glass as we speak.
d) They _____________ (to run) in the park right now.
e) She ______________ (to work) as a P.A. at the moment, but she studied to be an engineer.
f) The teacher _________(to check) the students’ homework.
g) My friends __________ (to watch) the newest blockbuster.
h) George _____________ (to wear) a sweatshirt today.
i) Ronnie and David ___________ (to run out) of the house.
j) My baby brother __________ (to play) with its toys.
k) Our class____________ (to visit) a museum next Monday.

Exercise 16: Write the sentences in negative.

a) The girls are riding their bikes.


b) He is taking out a book.
c) I am washing my hair.
d) The baby is crying.
e) You are listening to music.
f) The dog is running after the cat.
g) She is sitting on the chair.
h) My mum is preparing lunch now.
i) We are carrying buckets.
j) The teacher is opening the window.

Exercise 17: write the questions for the following answers.

a) _____________________________________________
Dennis is swapping comic books with Peter at the moment.
b) _____________________________________________
Pete is screaming at John.
c) _____________________________________________
Timmy is packing the picnic basket quickly.
d) _____________________________________________
They are shaking hands.
e) _____________________________________________
Yes, I am having a bath.
f) _____________________________________________
Angela is coming home at seven in the evening.
g) _____________________________________________
The cat is scratching the sofa!
h) _____________________________________________
No, that man is not stealing her bag.
i) _____________________________________________
I am going to the pet shop.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS


STATIVE VERBS

Exercise 18: Look at these set of sentences and explain the differences between them.

a) Water boils at 100ºC vs. The water is boiling


b) Do you speak English? vs. Are you speaking English?
c) I always get hungry at last hour vs. I’m getting hungry
d) Many people learn Italian vs. Jen is learning Italian
e) My parents live in London vs. My parents are living in a cottage
f) He works really hard vs. He’s working hard today

Exercise 19: Read the sentences and decide if the tense used is correct or incorrect. If it is
incorrect, you must correct it.

- Ice melts at 0ºC or 32ºF


- How often are you going to the gym?
- Javier tries to find a job, but he hasn’t had any luck yet.
- Martha gives her mother a call every night
- The moon goes around the earth in about 27 days
- Can you hear them? What do they talk about?
- Paul is late. He always oversleeps
- Sorry, I have to go. It’s getting late.
- Come on! It’s time to leave. Ok! I come
- They don’t get on well. They are always arguing.

Exercise 20: Some verbs are called stative because we tend to use them in simple tenses.
Look at these verbs, write a sentence with each of them and decide if you usually write them
in present simple or present continuous.

- Like
- Think
- Hear
- Fit
- Prefer
- Know
- Understand
- Run
- Start
- Go
- Feel

Exercise 21: Look at these two sentences. Do they have the same meaning? If they don’t
explain the difference.

a) I think Peter is Canadian vs. I’m thinking about what happened yesterday
b) He is selfish vs. He is being annoying
c) That smells amazing vs. The dog is smelling the shirt
d) You look fantastic vs. You’re looking fantastic

Exercise 22: Choose the right option.

a) She is having / has a bath every evening.


b) My husband always tastes / is always tasting the food while I’m cooking. It’s so annoying!
c) Where’s Luke? – He is seeing / sees the doctor now.
d) I don’t think/ am not thinking that’s a good idea.
e) He has / is having a party this weekend.
f) This coffee does not taste / is not tasting right.

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