Grammar Rule

Examples
I play tennis every Sunday.
I’m playing hockey now.
She eats fruit every day.
She’s eating an apple now.

Remember!
We use the present simple to talk about routines – what you do every day or every week.
We use the present continuous to talk about things you are doing now.
I watch cartoons every day.
I’m watching a film now.    

Be careful!
For the present simple, add ‘s’ or ‘es’ for he/she/it. Make the negative with ‘don’t’ or
‘doesn’t’. For the present continuous, use the verb ‘to be’ and ‘-ing’. Add ‘not’ to make the
negative.  
My dad makes dinner every evening. He doesn’t make lunch.
We are studying English now. We aren’t studying maths.

We say... We don’t say...

I wake up every morning at 7:00. (NOT I am waking up every morning at 7:00.)
She is talking on the phone now. (NOT She talks on the phone now.)
They aren’t reading a book now. (NOT They don’t reading a book now.)

Exercise on Present Progressive or Continuous

Form positive sentences in Present Progressive.

1. I / the question / answer

→

2. you / a question / ask

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 3. we / in London / live
→

4. she / at you / look

→

5. you / cards / play

→

6. we / with a family / stay

→

7. she / home / walk

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8. you / in the garden / work

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9. we / in the park / wait

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10. you / with me / come

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Form negative sentences in Present Progressive.

1. I / the question / answer

→
2. Mary / in a musical / dance
→

3. she / at you / look

→

4. Tom / with Anny / stay

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5. Fiona / her grandma / visit

→

6. we / in the park / wait

→

7. he / to school / go
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8. I / bread / buy
→

9. You / a song / sing

→

10. we / her / an apple / give

→
Form questions in Present Progressive.

1. they / us / call
→

2. Anna / the window / open

→

3. you / the castle / visit

→

4. Fiona / her grandma / visit

→

5. we / in the mountains / walk

→

6. he / the car / wash

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7. you / in the garden / work

→

8. Betty / her best / do

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9. I / bread / buy
→
 10. we / fish / eat
→

Like + ing
Grammar Rule
Examples
I like going to the park.
I love playing games.
I don’t mind doing homework.

Remember!
We can use ‘like’, ‘love’, ‘hate’ and ‘don’t mind’ to say how we feel about an activity.
She loves watching TV.
He hates tidying his room.
They don’t like going to the dentist.

Be careful!
After ‘like’, ‘love’, ‘hate’ and ‘don’t mind’ we usually use the verb with ‘ing’.
I love using the computer.
He doesn’t like shopping.
She doesn't mind reading.

We say... We don’t say...

I like cooking. (NOT I like to cooking.)
She doesn’t like studying. (NOT She doesn’t like for studying.)

Uncountable Nouns
Words for liquids, powders, materials, and many foods are uncountable. Abstract nouns are
also uncountable

Examples of Uncountable Nouns

Type Examples
Liquids water, juice, milk
Powders sugar, flour, rice
Materials wood, metal, plastic, paper
Food fruit, meat, bread, cheese
Abstract nouns love, hope, fear, justice

Words that are Countable and Uncountable

Some words can be both countable and uncountable depending on how you use them.

If you are talking about a whole object, the noun is often countable. If you are talking about
part of an object, the noun is often uncountable.

2 cakes.

You are talking about two whole cakes, so the noun 'cake' is countable.

2 pieces of cake.

You are talking about part of a cake, so the noun 'cake' is uncountable.

Some cake.

You are talking about part of a cake, so the noun 'cake' is uncountable.

Nouns that are usually uncountable are used as countable nouns when we talk about
different types or varieties.

I tried several cheeses.

'Cheese' is usually uncountable. In this sentence we are talking about the different varieties
of cheese, so it is countable.

https://www.theenglishspace.com/grammar/nouns/countable-uncountable-nouns.html

It is really a matter of learning which verbs take 'to-infinitive' clauses

and which take an '-ing' clause, Claudia.
For example, 'hope', 'expect', 'learn' normally take 'to-infinitive':

 'I learnt to swim in Portugal last summer.'

 'I expect to get high marks in this exam because I put in a lot of
work for it.'
 'I hope to recover in time for my business trip to Thailand in
August.'

After some verbs, e.g. 'tell', 'advise', 'ask', 'to-infinitive' follows the
object:
 'We asked them to show us the way.'
 'He advised me to drive more slowly through the village.'
 'I told him to be quiet.'

Other verbs, such as 'enjoy', 'finish', 'admit', 'mind', 'feel like',

'can't help', 'look forward to' take an '-ing' clause:

 'I can't help feeling that it's going to rain before we get
home.'
 'I feel like stopping work now and coming back to it
later. '
 'Do you mind not talking in here? Speaking is not
allowed in the library.'
 'He admitted taking the bribe and leaking the
documents to the press.'
 'I always enjoy listening to Mozart whenever I'm feeling
stressed.'
 'She finished cleaning the floor and then she hoovered
the room.'
 'I look forward to hearing from you.'

'Prevent' is followed by an object + (from) + an '-ing' clause.

 'I prevented him from stealing the painting.'

Some verbs such as begin, start, like, love, hate, continue,

cease can take either a 'to-infinitive' or an '-ing' clause and there
is usually little or no difference in meaning between them:

 'I like to read in the bath.'

 'I like reading in the bath.'
 'I continued to work till Sally came in and then we had
supper.'
 'I continued working till Sally came in and then we had
supper.'

Sometimes the meaning does change:

 'I stopped smoking when I married Joan.' = I gave up

smoking when I married Joan.
 'I stopped to smoke a cigarette.' = I stopped what I was
doing in order to smoke a cigarette.
 In your example, 'decide to' would be the norm:

 'She has decided to model clothes for both the English

and the Italian fashion houses this year.'

'Decide' + '-ing' would only be possible if the '-ing' form

functions as a gerund, as in:

 'She decided modelling was the best career for her.'

 'I decided smoking was bad for me.'

Exercise on Simple Past

Form positive sentences in Simple Past.

1. we / in the mountains / walk

→

2. she / happy / be
→

3. You / a song / sing

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4. you / the house / see

→
 5. the teacher / the tenses / explain
→

6. she / a circle / draw

→

7. Cindy / a book / take

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8. your father / a lorry / drive

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9. my sister / our dog / feed

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10. they / in the lake / swim

→

Form negative sentences in Simple Past.

1. it / a lot / rain
→

2. we / in the mountains / walk

→

3. they / a hamster / have

→
 4. he / a computer / have
→

5. they / races / run

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6. we / our rooms / clean

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7. Christine / her home / decorate

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8. we / the bill / pay

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9. he / around / turn
→

10. he / a mistake / make

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Form questions in Simple Past.

1. he / the question / answer

→
2. you / a question / ask
→

3. You / a song / sing

→

4. they / their mum / thank

→

5. the teacher / the tenses / explain

→

6. I / with you / agree

→

7. he / around / turn
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8. we / the game / lose

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9. Cindy / a book / take

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10. you / early / wake up

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