THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE

Exercise 1. Put the verb into the correct form.

Example: Please don’t make so much noise. I ...... am studying....... (study).

Let's go out now. It .......isn’t raining .......(not/rain) any more.

Listen to those people. What language ....are they speaking…(they/speak)?

l) Please be quiet! I ………….…..(try) to concentrate. 2) Look! It ……………(snow). 3) Why …………..(you / look) at me like that? 4) You ……….....(make) a lot of noise. Can you be a bit quieter? 5) Excuse me, I .……….......(look) for a phone box. Is there one near here? 6) Listen! Can you hear those people next door? They ……..(shout) at each other again. 7) Why …...…......(you / wear) your coat today? It’s very warm. 8) I ………..(not / work) this week. I’m on holiday. 9) I want to lose weight. I .......….........(not / eat) anything today. 10) (in the cinema) It’s a good film, isn’t it? ...................(you / enjoy) it?

Exercise 2. Answer the questions using the words given in brackets:

Model: - What are the girls doing? (to have lunch)

They are having lunch.

1) What’s the cook doing? (to fry some potatoes). 2) What are the girls doing now? (to discuss the menu) 3) What’s the woman doing? (to eat Aunt Mary’s apple pie) 4) What are those people doing? (to have coffee) 5) What’s the cook doing now? (to finish his work).

Exercise 3. Complete these sentences using one of these verbs:

get become change rise improve fall increase

You don’t have to use all the verbs and you can use some of them more than once.

Example: The population of the world ………… is increasing ……… very fast.

1) The number of people of the world without jobs ................ at the moment. 2) He is still ill but he ........……… better slowly. 3) These days food …....…... more and more expensive. 4) The world ………............ Things never stay the same. 5) The cost of living …………….. Every year things are dearer. 6) When George arrived to Spain his Spanish wasn’t very good but now it …………….. 7) The economic situation is already very bad and it...................worse.

Exercise 4. Answer as in the model:

Model: - Are the girls going to have breakfast? (lunch)

- No, they are going to have lunch.

1) Are the girls going to have meat soup? (mushroom soup). 2) Is Jane going to have fish? (a hamburger). 3) Are they going to have fruit salad? (vegetable salad). 4) Is the woman going to have Aunt Ann’s apple pie? (Aunt Mary’s apple pie). 5) Are the girls going to have spaghetti with their fish? (fried potatoes)

Exercise 5. Ask questions making use of the given words:

Model: - Jane’s talking to the waiter. (Who)

- Who is Jane talking to?

- The girls are waiting for the order. (What)

- What are the girls waiting for?

1) Nancy’s looking at the people in the bar. (Who). 2 The cook’s frying potatoes for them. (Who). 3) Jane’s reading the menu for Nancy. (Who). 4) She’s pointing at something. (What). 5) The girls are laughing at something. (What). 6) The waiter’s listening to the girls. (Who). 7) They are asking the waiter for some juice (What).

Exercise 6. Put the verb into the correct form, present progressive or present simple.

I ……… (not/belong) to a political party.

Hurry! The bus …………. (come). I ………………. (not/want) lo miss it.

The River Nile .............. (flow) into the Mediterranean.

The river .... ……….. (flow) very fast today - much faster than usual.

…………….. (it/ever/snow) in India?

You can borrow my umbrella. I………......... (not need) it at the moment.

George says he’s 80 years old but I ………....... (not/believe) him.

We usually …. (grow) vegetables in our garden but this year we …... (not/grow) any.

Ron is in London at the moment. He ……… (stay) at the Hilton Hotel.

He usually ……..... (stay) at the Hilton Hotel when he’s in London.

Exercise 7. Imagine what your friend (brother, sister, mother, father) is doing at the moment and tell your classmates.

Date: 2015-01-12; view: 1769