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ENGLISH WORKSHEET N°1

PRESENT SIMPLE V/S PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

1. The simple present tense

The simple present tense is used for two main types of action:

Habits Actions which happen regularly (for example, every day or every week)
States Things which do not often change (for example, opinions and conditions)

2. The present continuous tense is used for two main types of action:

A temporary action happening now Something which is going on right now (but it will stop in the future)
A definite plan for the future Something we intend to do, usually in the near future

Spelling of Verb + ING

For many verbs we make the ING form by simply adding -ING to end of the verb.
 eat – eating speak – speaking cook – cooking start – starting do - doing
 stay – staying fix – fixing try - trying

Verbs ending with -e (with the exception of verbs ending in -ee and -ie)
Drop the -e and add ING
 hope – hoping ride – riding make – making write - writing

Verbs ending with -ee

Just add -ING: agree – agreeing flee – fleeing see - seeing

Verbs ending with -ie

Change the -ie to -y and add –ING: die – dying tie – tying lie - lying

Verbs ending with one vowel and one consonant (with the exception of w, x, and y)
For one syllable verbs: double the consonant and add -ING
 jog – jogging sit – sitting run – running stop - stopping

For two syllable verbs If the 1st syllable is stressed, just add ING
 answer – answering offer – offering listen – listening visit - visiting

If the 2nd syllable is stressed , double the consonant and add ING
 admit – admitting prefer – preferring begin – beginning
I. Complete the following exercises using Present Progressive or Simple Present correctly.

1. Every Monday, Sally (drive)_____________ her kids to football practice.

2. Usually, I (work)__________ as a secretary at ABT, but this summer I (study)______________ French at a

language school in Paris. That is why I am in Paris.

3. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep) ____________

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

5. I hate living in Seattle because it (rain, always) _________________

6. I'm sorry I can't hear what you (say)______________ because everybody (talk)_____________ so loudly.

7. Justin (write, currently) ________________ a book about his adventures in Tibet. I hope he can find a
good publisher when he is finished.

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

Denise: Oh, I'm sorry, I can't. I (go) _____________ to a movie tonight with some friends.

9. The business cards (be, normally )_______________ printed by a company in New York. Their prices (be)
___________________inexpensive, yet the quality of their work is quite good.

10. This delicious chocolate (be) __________________made by a small chocolatier in Zurich, Switzerland.

II. Choose the correct tense.

1. Water ________ at a temperature of 0 degrees Celsius. is freezing freezes

2. Take an umbrella. It ________. You don't want to get wet. is raining rains

3. Here in Montreal the winters are very long and it ________ a lot. Is snowing snows

4. Now I ________ what you are trying to say. Am understanding understand

5. I'm sorry. Bob can't come to the phone. He ________ a shower. Is having has