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DIRECO REGIONAL DE EDUCAO DO NORTE

Escola Secundria
Dr. Manuel Gomes de Almeida

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WORKSHEET THE SIMPLE PRESENT

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES:

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We use the present simple to ............................................

and also to .........................................................................................
2. We use do/does to make ................................. and
.................................. sentences.
3. We use .................... or ........................ with he/ she/ it.
B. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:
1. What is the way of making the 3rd person singular?
......................................................................
2. What happens with verbs ending in vowel + y
(e.g. say) ? .............................................................
3. What happens with verbs ending in consonant + y
(e.g. fly) ? ........................................................
4. After which (groups of) consonants do we add -es?
.......................................................................
5. Which two other common verbs add -es?
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C. WRITE THE 3RD PERSON SINGULAR OF THE VERBS:

1. box - ...........................
2. buy - ...........................
3. complete - ..................
4. cry - ............................
5. defend - ......................
6. deny - .......................
7. destroy - ......................
8. expect - ......................
9. fry - .......................
10. guess - .......................
11. pray - .........................
12. reach - .................
13. receive - ....................
14. rush - .........................
15. watch - .................
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PUT THE VERBS INTO THE CORRECT FORM:

1. Some people ............................. (not/ be) very clever.
2. Peter ........................ (study) engineering.
3. If you need money, why .................................. (you/ not/ get) a job?

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In Britain the banks ............................ (open) at 9.30 a.m.

My sister .............................. (not/ go) to the cinema very often.
Food ............................. (cost) a lot of money.
How many languages ............................................................ (John and
Charles/ speak) ?
I must confess I ....................................... (not/ study) a lot.
Her job ...................... (be) very interesting.
What ...................................... (he/ do) ?
Mary usually ........................... (have) breakfast in the morning.
Where .......................... (you/ come) from ?

E. REWRITE THE SENTENCES IN THE NEGATIVE:

1. I understand your problem. .........................................................................
2. He smokes a lot. .................................................................................
3. They know the answer. .....................................................................
4. She loves him. ...................................................................
5. You speak English. .............................................................
6. I want it. ...............................................................
7. He wants them. ............................................................
8. Sarah lives in London. ..............................................................................
F. MAKE QUESTIONS USING THE WORDS IN BRACKETS:
1. People sometimes do stupid things. (Why ?) ..........................................
2. He plays football. (How often ?) ...............................................................
3. I want to go. (Where ?) ...............................................................................
4. Its important.(Why ?) ...............................................................................
5. They go to church. (When ?) ....................................................................
6. Michael needs money. (How much ?) ......................................................
7. She goes to school. (What time ?) .........................................................
8. I stay here. (How long ?) ........................................................................
9. Peter and John go to the cinema every Sunday. (How ?) ................
10. You work. (Where ?) ...................................................................................
G. OPTIONAL ACTIVITY
TELL ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL PREFERENCES. WHAT DO YOU
USUALLY DO AT SCHOOL? REFER TO: SUBJECTS YOU LIKE/
PEOPLE YOU MEET/ PLACES YOU GO/ ACTIVITIES YOU DO/ ....

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THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

A. READ THE INFORMATION

1. We use the Present Continuous when we
is happening at the time of speaking.
2. We also use the present cont. when we
which is happening around the time of
exactly at the time of speaking.
3. We often use the present cont. when we
the present. For example, today, this
4. We use the present cont. when we talk
B. WRITE THE CORRESPONDING
SENTENCES (bearing in mind the previous
- Im reading an interesting book at the
Ive finished it , Tom said. ...............
- Is your English getting better? ...............
- Youre working hard today
- Yes, I have a lot to do. ............
- Where is Margaret?
- Shes having a bath. .............

PRESENT CONTINUOUS or PRESENT SIMPLE?

A. STUDY THE EXPLANATION AND COMPARE THE
EXAMPLES:
PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT SIMPLE

1. Use the present cont. to talk 1. Use the present simple to

about something which is
happening at or around the
time of speaking:

talk about things in general,

things which happen
repeatedly and daily routines:

E.g. Tom is playing tennis.

E.g. Water boils at 100

degrees Celsius.
Tom plays tennis every
Saturday.

2. Use the present cont. for a

temporary situation :

E.g. That machine isnt

working. It broke down this
morning.
Use it with now, right now,
today, at the/ this
moment.

C. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING

The number of people without
moment.
He is still ill but he .................................. better now.
These days petrol .............................. more and more expensive.
The world ............................... . Things never stay the same.
The cost of living ................................... . Every year things are dearer.
George has gone to work in Spain. When he arrived, his Spanish
wasnt very good but now it ...........................................
The economic situation is already very bad and it ....................................

2. Use the present simple for a

permanent situation:

ATTENTIVELY:
talk about something which
talk about some thing
speaking, but not necessarily
talk about a period around
season, ...
about changing situations.
NUMBER AFTER THE
information) :
moment. Ill lend it to you when

E.g. That machine doesnt

work. It hasnt worked for
years.
Use it with Frequency
Adverbs and Adverbial
Expressions.

ONE OF THE VERBS:

jobs ......................................... at the

B. SOME VERBS ...

..... are used only in simple tenses. For example, you cannot say I am
knowing. You can only say: I know.
Here is a list of verbs which are not normally used in continuous
tenses (but there are exceptions):
want
need
belong
know
suppose
remember
like
love
see
realise
mean
forget
prefer
hate
hear
believe
understand
seem

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C. DECIDE WHETHER THE VERBS ARE RIGHT OR WRONG. CORRECT THE
WRONG ONES.
1. I dont know your telephone number. ...........................................................
Please dont make so much noise. I study. ...............................................
Look! Somebody is climbing up that tree over there. ...........................
Can you hear those people? What do they talk about? .........................
Are you believing in God? ..............................................................................
Look! That man tries to open the door of your car. ...............................
The moon goes round the Earth. .................................................................
Im thinking it would be a good idea to leave early. ...............................
The government is worried because the number of people without jobs is
increasing. ...........................................................................................
10. Im usually going to work by car. ................................................................
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D. PUT THE VERB INTO THE CORRECT FORM (PRESENT CONTINUOUS OR

PRESENT SIMPLE)
I ......................... (not/ belong) to a political party.
Hurry! The bus .................................. (come). I ............................. (not/ want) to miss
it.
The River Nile ............................... (flow) into the Mediterranean.
The river ..................................... (flow) very fast today much faster
than usual.
...................................................... (it/ ever/ snow) in India?
We usually ................................... (grow) vegetables in our garden but
this year we ..................................................... (not/ grow) any.
A: Can you drive?
B: No, but I ...................................... (learn). My father .................................
(teach) me.
You can borrow my umbrella. I .................................. (not/ need) it
at the moment.
(at a party) I usually .................................. (enjoy) parties but I ..................................
(not/ enjoy this one very much.
George ......................... (say) hes 80 years old but I ...............................
(not/ believe) him.

11. Ron .................. (be) in London at the moment. He .............................

(stay) at the Hilton Hotel.
12. Brian usually .................................... (live) in some strange place
with his family but at the moment they ....................................... (live) in
a house on the coast of Norfolk.
13. Miranda usually ................... (go) to school by bus but today her
father .......................... (take) her because she is late.
14. Tim always ........................... (drink) milk when he is thirsty but now he
............................... (not/ drink) milk; he ............................... ( drink)
orange juice.
15. Mrs. Blackwell is generally a quiet woman. She ....................................
(not/ talk) a lot but now she ...................................... (ask) Mr. Thomson
a lot of questions about the house.
16. Brian usually ............................ (do) his homework when he ...................
(come) home from school at 4 oclock. Its now 5 oclock and
he .............. (not/ do) his homework; he ...................................... (watch) a
football match on TV.
17. Rita ............. (go) to Rosemarys house every Saturday afternoon.
Today they ............................ (go) to the Zoo to see their favourite
animals.
18. Alice usually ...................... (ride) her horse when the weather is
fine. Now the sun ............................. (shine) but Alice ...........................
(not/ ride) Star because she has got a headache.