ESCUELA SUPERIOR POLITÉCNICA DE CHIMBORAZO

SEDE ORELLANA
FACULTAD DE RECURSOS NATURALES
AGRONOMÍA

NAME:
DATE:
SEMESTER: First Semester

HO0MEWORK

SIMPLE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

Complete the list of verbs. Also give them a translation in Spanish

Verb Spanish -Ing form Verb Spanish -Ing form

Offer Ofrecer Offering Stop
Target Distil
Commit Run
Visit Admit Admitir Admitting
Refer Chat
Rub Hope
Decide Slip
Knit Dub
Workship Mix
Kidnap Sew

-Make sentences: positive, negative

1) (she / go home now) ____________________________________________

2) (I / read a great book) ___________________________________________

3) (she / not / wash her hair) ________________________________________

4) (the cat / chase mice) ___________________________________________

5) (she /not/ cry) ________________________________________________

6) (he / not / study Latin) __________________________________________

7) (we / drive to London) __________________________________________

8) (they / not/ watch TV) __________________________________________

9) (she / not / go now) ____________________________________________

10) (I / not / leave now) ___________________________________________

11) (you / not / run) ______________________________________________

12) (he / not / leave) ______________________________________________

13) (I/ not / travel) _______________________________________________

14) (it / not / rain) _______________________________________________

15) ( we / arrive) ________________________________________________

16) ( they / stay) _________________________________________________

17) (it / rain) ___________________________________________________

18) (she / come at six) _____________________________________________

19) (he / watch a film at the moment) __________________________________

20) (we / not / sleep) _____________________________________________

UNDERLINE THE CORRECT ANSWER

1 music/ listen to / you

A.   ?    You are listening to music

B.   ?    You listening to music

C.   ?    You are listenning to music

2 the/ mall / (close) / for Christmas

A.   ?    The mall is close for Christmas

B.   ?    The mall is closing for Christmas

C. ? The mall closing for Christmas

3 someone / (talk to) / Jeanne

A.   ?    Someone are talking to Jeanne right now

B.   ?    Someone is talking to Jeanne right now

C.   ?    Someone talks to Jeanne right now

4 party/ (go) / Mr. and Mrs. King

A.   ?     Mr. and Mrs. King going is going to a party at the moment.

B.   ?     Mr. and Mrs. King going are going to a party yesterday.
C.   ?     Mr. and Mrs. King are going to a party at the moment.

5 next Friday / vacation / (take) / we

A.   ?    We is taking a vacation next Friday.

B.   ?    We are taking a vacation next Friday.

 C.   ?    We are takeing a vacation next Friday.

FILL THE BLANK SPACES WITH THE VERBS IN PARENTHESES. USE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

1. The team members ___________________________ late to finish the match. (stay)

2. Arnie ______________________________________ her homework over there (do)
3. You ________________________________________ a big wedding (plan/not)
4. Tim ___________________________________________ you put the lights up (help)
5. The computers ________________________________ like they’re supposed to. (run/not)
6. Ann ___________________________________________ in from New York tonight (fly)
7. The customers _________________________________ the price quote this week (get/not)
8. I_______________________________________________ Peter for a drink later. (ask)
9. The company ________________________________ in new machines (invest/not)
10. He _____________________ to you. (not lie) He ____________________ the truth. (tell)

READ CAREFULLY THE FOLLOWING

Underline the Present Progressive Tense
It’s a rainy Saturday. It’s raining a lot and Mary and her family are spending the afternoon at
home. Her uncles are visiting them. Mary and her father are in the living room. Mary is making a
draw and her father, Mr. Harris, is surfing the net. They are also talking. Mary’s older brother, Peter,
is in his bedroom playing computer games. He is a computer fanatic and he spends much time playing on
the computer. His little brother, Jim is also in the living room. He is playing with his dinosaurs’
collection. Sometimes he teases Mary, he is a really naughty boy. Mary’s mother, Mrs. Harris, is
in the kitchen preparing a snack for all of them. She is making some tea and talking to Mary’s
uncles –Lucy and Tom. They are from the nearest town and stopped by to say hello. Fluffy, the
family cat, is sleeping on the kitchen’s sofa. We can’t see him in the picture, but he is a true
.fluffy cat

.Answer the questions about the text

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ?What day of the week is it .1

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ?Where is Mary .2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ?What is she doing .3
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ?What is Mr. Harris doing .4
------------------------------------------------------------- ?Is Mrs. Harris preparing a snack in the kitchen .5
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ?What is Fluffy, the cat, doing .6