Lesson 1: Tenses : The simple present and the present continuous I. Put the verbs in brackets into the simple present and the present continuous: 1. I ( look up) that new word right now. 2. It ( rain) very much in the summer. It ( rain) now. 3. We seldom ( eat) before 6.30. 4. Be quiet! The baby ( sleep). 5. Look! A man ( run) after the train. He ( want) to catch it. 6. I ( need) some money for my text books. 7. Excuse me, I ( have) to help a customer. 8. Tom ( like) to go to museums. 9. Mother have) coffee for breakfast every morning. 10. My brother ( work) in a shoes store this summer. 11. The student ( cook) some food in the kitchen at present. She always (cook) in the morning. 12. Listen ! I ( hear) somebody knocking at the front door. 13. I ( see) that you ( wear) your best clothes. 14. I ( do) an exercise on the present tense at this moment and I ( think) that I ( know) how to use it now. 15. She sometimes ( buy) vegetables at this market. II. Use either The simple present or the present continuous of the verbs in parentheses: 1. Right now I ( look) around the classroom. Yoke ( write) in her book. Carlos ( bite) his pencil. Wan-Ning ( scratch) his head. Ahmed ( stare) out the window. He ( seem) to be daydreaming, but perhaps he ( think) hard about verb tenses. What ( think, you) Ahmed ( do)? 2. Mike is a student, but he ( go, not) to school right now because it is summer. He ( attend) college from September to May every year, but in the summer he ( have, usually) a job at the post office. In fact, he (work) there this summer. 3. - Why (you, walk) so fast today? You usually ( walk) quite slowly. - I ( hurry) because I ( meet) my mother at 4 o’clock and she ( not, like) to be kept waiting. 4. This morning it ( rain). I can see Janet from my window. She ( stand) at the corner of 5 th and Pine. She (hold) her umbrella over her head. She ( wait) for the bus. 4. Mike ( take) three classes this semester. Every morning he ( study) for 2 hours before he goes to school. 5. ( have) French class at 9 o’clock. He ( take, also) chemistry and accounting . He ( like) chemistry best of all, but he ( have) better grades in accounting and French. Vocabulary multiple choice: Circle the best one 1. Don’t touch the cat, he may------- you. a. kick b. tear c. scream d. scratch 2. The brothers are so alike I cannot ------- one from the other. a. say b. notice c. mark d. tell 3. My mother was ------ of making a cake when the front door bell rang. a. at the centre b. on her way c. in the middle d. halfway through 4. The police have asked that ------ who saw the accident should get in touch with them. a. somebody b. someone c. one d. anyone 5. It’s six years now since the Socialists came to ------ in the country. a. power b. force c. control d. command 6. When he heard the terrible noise he asked me what was ------ on. a. happening b. being . getting d. going 7. I don’t think that red dress ------ for her. a. suits b. matches c. cheers d. agrees 8. It’s difficult to pay one’s bills when prices keep ------ . a. rising b. afterwards . following d. after 9. The dentist told him to open his mouth ------ . a. broad b. much c. greatly d. wide 10. He is very stubborn, so it will be difficult to ------ him to go. a. persuade b. suggest . make d prevent . front door. 13. I ( see) that you ( wear) your best clothes. 14. I ( do) an exercise on the present tense at this moment and I ( think) that I ( know) how