Universidad Abierta Para Adultos

Subject
English Grammar I-ING224

Topic
The Simple Present Tense

Career
Modern Language

Teacher
Leonardo Gil Sánchez

Student

Bertha Adreina Cisnero González

Enrollment
14-1356

23-09-2019
 Exercises for Task 3 (English Grammar)
Complete the exercises that are below. Include a presentation to your report and
do it in a WORD file.

A. Complete the sentences. Use the verbs in parenthesis. Use the present
continuous.

1) I (run) __am running_____________ in the park in this moment.

2) She (talk) __is talking____________ on the telephone right now.

3) We (get) ___getting_____hungry.

4) You (eat) _are eating_____ your favorite sandwich.

5) We (plan) __are planning______the vacation with all the coworkers.

6) They (play) __are playing______ video games right now.

7) They (stop) __are stopping_____ at the coffee shop.

8) Robert and I (swim) __are swimming_____in the pool now.

9) He (sleep) __is sleeping______in the bed now.

10) She (shop) __is shopping___at the mall with her best friends.

B. Make each sentence negative in the present continuous tense.

1. She __is not working______ there anymore. (work)

2. I __am____ __not____ ___laughing________ at what you said. It is funny.

(laugh)

3. They ___aren’t____ ____studying______ English anymore. (study)

4. You ___aren’t___ ____having______ much fun, are you? (have)

5. The maid ___isn’t___ ___cleaning_____ my bedroom right now. (clean)

6. We __aren’t____ ___doing_____ anything this weekend. (do)

7. The people from the United States ___are____ __coming_______ today. (come)

8. I __am___ ___not____ ____buying______ a new house this year. (buy)

9. ____aren’t_____ you ___working________ today? (work)

10. Why ___isn’t____ he _____helping______ you move? (help)

B. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the simple
present or the present continuous.

1. Every Monday, Ana (drive) ___drives___________ her kids to baseball

practice.

2. Usually, I (work) __work_____ as a secretary at a hospital, but this summer I

(study) ___am studying______________ French at a language school in Santo
Domingo.

3. Be quiet! My mother (sleep) __is sleeping_____________________.

4. Don't forget to take your umbrella. It (rain) ____is

raining___________________.
5. I hate living in Bonao because it (rain, always)
__rains_____________________.

6. I'm sorry I can't hear what you (say) ___ are saying____________. because
everybody (talk) _is talking_____________.so loudly.
7. Justin (write, currently) ___ writes, currently ________________ a book about
his adventures in Jarabacoa. I hope he can find a good publisher when he is
finished.

8. Peter: Do you want to come over for dinner tonight?

Denise: Oh, I'm sorry, I can't. I (go) __I’m going_______________ to a meeting.

C. Explain the differences between the simple present and present continuous.
Provide examples.

The simple present can represent something that you know how to do it but
without you do it at the moment.

The present continuous is something different because can represent something

that you are doing right all depend the moment and the time.

D. Write 5 sentences about yourself using the present continuous.

1. __I am studying right now in my

computer._________________________________

2. __water is falling in the

bathtub.__________________________________________

3. __Tim is crying for the

meal._____________________________________________

4. __my friends are playing a new

game._____________________________________

5. __Susan, Michael, and Carlos are watering the seeds in the field.
_______________