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GRAMMAR1 - PRESENT FORMS - Practice

The document provides a series of exercises to practice verb tenses and forms in English, including: 1) Underlining the correct verb form in sentences, 2) Putting verbs into the present simple or continuous tenses, 3) Identifying whether verbs refer to present or future time, 4) Converting verbs to the -ing form based on spelling rules, 5) Rewriting sentences using different verbs from a provided list, and 6) Putting verbs into the present simple or continuous in a sample letter. The exercises focus on accurate use of verbs in the present tense.

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GRAMMAR1 - PRESENT FORMS - Practice

The document provides a series of exercises to practice verb tenses and forms in English, including: 1) Underlining the correct verb form in sentences, 2) Putting verbs into the present simple or continuous tenses, 3) Identifying whether verbs refer to present or future time, 4) Converting verbs to the -ing form based on spelling rules, 5) Rewriting sentences using different verbs from a provided list, and 6) Putting verbs into the present simple or continuous in a sample letter. The exercises focus on accurate use of verbs in the present tense.

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THE PRESENT – PRACTICE

1. Underline the most suitable verb form in each sentence.

a) What sort of work do you do/are you doing?


b) I can't talk now. I cook/I'm cooking the dinner.
c) What shall we have? Do you like/Are you liking fish?
d) Can I borrow this typewriter? Or do you use/are you using it?
e) What do the people here do/are the people here doing in the evenings?
f) Follow that bus. Then you turn/are turning left.
g) A lot of people think that the Sun goes/is going around the Earth.
h) Excuse me, do you read/are you reading your newspaper? Could I borrow it?
i) Do you wait/Are you waiting for the bus to Newcastle?
j) Andy builds/is building his own house in the country.

2. Put each verb in brackets into either the present simple or the present continuous.

a) There's nobody here, and the door is locked. What (we do) ..do we do... now!
b) What (you look)…………………………………………. at? (I wear) …………………………………………. the wrong
clothes?
c) I (look after) ………………………………………. Jack's dog this weekend. (you want) ……………………………….
to take it for a walk?
d) Who (drive) …………………………………………. the Mercedes that's parked outside?
e) I (still have) …………………………………………. a pain in my leg but it (get) ……………………………. better.
f) Who (Sue dance) …………………………………………. with? That's not her brother, is it?
g) Harry always (look) …………………………………………. untidy! He (wear) …………………………………. dirty
jeans.
h) I (write) …………………………………………. in reply to your advertisement in the Daily News.
i) That plant I bought (not grow) ……………………………………. very much. And I (water) ………………………
it every day.
j) Which hotel (you stay) …………………………………………. in when you (come) ……………………………. Here.

3. Decide whether the verb form in italics refers to present or future time.

a) Where are you staying on Saturday night? ...future.....


b) George retires at the end of next year
c) What are we doing when the guests arrive?
d) I'm trying really hard to understand this book
e) Wait for me here until I get back
f) Sue is leaving in the morning
g) I'm waiting for the bus
h) I'm off now and I'm taking the car
i) They're showing a Woody Allen film on Channel 4 tonight
j) I'm going for a walk this evening
4. Write each verb in the -ing form, then complete the spelling rules below.

a) If a word ends in vowel + consonant + -e (write) …………………………………………………………..


b) If a word ends in vowel + consonant (swim) …………………………………………………………..
c) Words which end in -y (try, annoy) ………………………………………………………….

5. Rewrite each sentence. Use a verb from the box to replace the words in italics.

be cost feel have see smell taste


have think of have

a) This flower has a wonderful perfume.  the flower smells wonderful.

b) I think you are behaving in a very silly way. ………….……………………………………………………….


c) She is expecting a baby in the summer. ……..……………………………………………………………………….
d) Nancy is considering moving to Scotland. ……..……………………………………………………………………….
e) Don't go in. They are holding a meeting. ……..……………………………………………………………………….
f) I am meeting Janet this evening actually. ……..……………………………………………………………………….
g) Good clothes are becoming more and more expensive. ………………………..………………………………
h) I am trying the soup to see if it needs more salt. .……………………………………………………………………….
i) Helen is taking a bath at the moment. ……..……………………………………………………………………….
j) I think that you would be happier in another job. ……..……………………………………………………………………

6. Put each verb in brackets into either the present simple or the present continuous.

Dear Aunt Jean,

I (1) ...am just writing... (just write) to tell you how much I (2)………………………………….. (appreciate)
the money you sent me, and to tell you how I (3) ………………………………….. (get on) in my first term at
university. Actually I (4) ………………………………….. (really enjoy) myself! I (5) …………………………………..
(study) quite hard as well, but at the moment I (6) ………………………………….. (spend) a lot of time just
making friends. I (7) ………………………………….. (still stay) with my friend Sue, and I (8)
………………………………….. (look for) somewhere of my own to live. Only a few of the first-year students
(9) ………………………………….. (live) in college here, and I (10) ………………………………….. (seem) to be
spending a lot of time travelling backwards and forwards. I (11) ………………………………….. (go) to
lectures every morning, and most afternoons I (12) ………………………………….. (study) in the library. In
fact I (13) ………………………………….. (write) this letter instead of an essay on Hamlet! I (14)
………………………….. (think) I'll buy some new clothes with the money you sent. Everything (15)
………………… (cost) a lot here, and I (16) ………………………………….. (save) to buy a winter coat. It (17)
………………………………….. (get) really cold here in the evenings. I now (18) ………………………………….. (know)
some other students and generally speaking we (19) ………………………………….. (have) quite a good time
socially! I (20) ………………………………….. (also learn) to drive. See you soon. Katherine

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