Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia

Pasto –
Branch
Openlingua Program
LEVEL III
TOPIC: PRESENT SIMPLE/ PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
INSTRUCTO Miguel Angel Bacca Navarro
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SESSION: 2 STUDENT’S NAME: xxxxxxxxx

I. Add –s, es or -ies to the verbs: II. Underline the verb form:

1) see sees 14) wake wakes 1. Tom his room every Saturday.
2) take takes 15) teach teaches a) tidy b) tidies
3) brush brushes 16) lose loses 2. We to the music every day.
4) kiss kisses 17) catch catches a) listen b) listens
5) call calls 18) buy buys 3. Mary usually TV in the evening.
6) give gives 19) pass passes a) watch b) watches
7) play plays 20) come comes 4. The girls often with the dolls.
8) study studies 21) fight fights a) play b) plays
9) watch watches 22) water waters 5. I in the pool on Sundays.
10) help helps 23) choose chooses a) swim b) swims
11) cut cuts 24) fly flies 6. They their homework every day.
12) cry cries 25) match matches a) do b) does
13) swim swims 26) carry carries

III. Use the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences, as in the

example:

1. I ..live.. (live) in Edinburgh.

2. He does (do) his homework every evening.
3. She’s a teacher. She works (work) at primary school.
4. “Are you a singer?” “No, I’m a pilot. I fly (fly) aeroplanes.
5. Joan washes (wash) her hair every day.
6. The museum closes (close) at seven in the evening.
7. Daniel brushes (brush) his teeth every morning.
8. She studies (study) Science at university.
9. Every Saturday, Paul gives (give) his dog a bath.
10. In the mornings, Betty takes (take) her sister to school.
11. We go (go) to the swimming pool at the weekend.
12. John and Mary have (have) a cup of tea in the afternoon.

IV. Read the text below and answer the questions.

Alfred is an American boy. He lives in Los Angeles, California. He lives with his family in a
modern house. He is eleven years old and he has got an older brother, David, and a younger
sister, Emma.
He starts his day at about half past seven. He gets up, goes to the bathroom, takes a
shower, brushes his teeth and get dressed. Then he has breakfast and at a quarter to eight
he leaves home and catches the bus to school. Classes begin at half past eight. He usually
has lunch at the school canteen at half past twelve. After school, at a quarter past five, he
goes home.
There he does his school homework and when he finishes it he helps his Mum laying the
table. At half past seven the family dines together.
Alfred is a very helpful boy, so he helps his mother cleaning up everything after dinner. He usually watches TV for
a while after dinner and at about ten o’clock the most he brushes his teeth again, puts on his Spider Man pajamas
and goes to bed. His parents always kiss him good night before he gets asleep. Alfred is a very happy boy!

1. Where does Alfred live? 6. Where does he have lunch?

He lives in Los Angeles, California He usually has lunch at the school canteen
2. What’s his sister’s 7. When does he return home?
name? Her sister´s After school, at a quarter past five, he goes home
name is Emma 8. Does he make homework at school or at
3. What time does he wake up? home? At home
He starts his day at about half past seven 9. Is he a helpful
4. Does he have breakfast at boy? Yes, of
home? Yes, he has breakfast course
at home 10. What about you? What’s your daily routine
5. What time does he leave home? like?
At a quarter to eight he leaves home I usually wake up at 7 or 8 in the morning. I get up, and
have breakfast and brus your teeth.
I start studying by attending virtual classes. then lunch I
take a break and again in the afternoon I attend my
virtual classes that usually go until 8 and I dedicate
myself to study a little.
then I have dinner and go to bed to rest for the next day.
 PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

 Always  sometimes  at the moment  right now

 every ...  seldom  at this moment  Listen!
 often  never  today  Look
 normally  first  now
 Tomorrow
 usually  then  at the weekend
 every…  Next…

IV. Present Simple or Continuous? Choose the correct alternative(s) in the sentences 1-•‐8 below.

1 Today she ’s spending/spends time with her

grandmother. 2 They usually are going/go to the gym on
Sundays.
3 We ’re having/have a barbecue later on. Do you want to
come? 4 No, she can’t answer the phone, she has/is having a
shower.
5 I always have/am having a coffee before I ’m leaving/leave for work in the
morning. 6 They sometimes fly/are flying to Sweden, but usually they are going/go
by boat.
7. Where are you? I ’m sitting/sit outside in the sunshine!
8. He always brings/is bringing a monolingual dictionary to his English class.

V. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate tense (PRESENT SIMPLE or PRESENT PROGRESSIVE)

Harold Black's a famous pianist. he gives (1: give) two or three concerts every
week. He travels (2: travel) a lot and this week he's in New York. He is staying (3:
stay) at an expensive hotel. He's at his hotel now.
He is having (4:have) his breakfast in the dining−room. He is drinking (5: drink) a
cup of coffee and he is reading (6: read) a newspaper.

Harold's always very busy. He plays (7: play) the pian regularly.
He practises (7:practise) for four hoursevery day. He doesn't go (9: go) to bed late and he always gests up (10: get
up) early. But he sometimes gets (11: get) dressed too quickly, and this morning he is wearing (12: wear) one blue sock
and one red one!