Present Simple Present Continuous Past Simple Past Continuous

Arise Te sun arises You are arising The sun arose The sun was
Arose every morning. later yesterday ariasing when you
Arisen morning. left.
Awake I awake to seven I’m awaking now. I awoke to eight When you came to
Awoke o’clock. o’clock and I was me, I was
Awoken lateing to job. awakeing
Be I am here for I am being followed. I was at gym You were being
Was/were you. yesterday. responsable for
Been the crime.
Bear We bear your You are bearing the We bore all that We were bearing
Bore behavior. pain. happened. what our dad
Born(e) made.
Beat I beat the ball in You are beatting very My mother beat John was beatting
Beat your door. strong. me when I was his brother when I
Beaten younger. came.
Become My girlfriend You are becoming now You became a You were slowly
Became becomes a what you always stranger for me. becoming an
Become monster when wanted. enemy.
she is hungry.
Begin I begin the work The test is begging I began to cry He was beginning
Began at seven o’clock now. when you left. to belive in God.
Begun every day. Obs! believe la ce
timp trebuie pus?
Bend The cable bends You are bending my The employee They were bending
Bent every time I step pen. bent over the in the front of God.
Bent on it. edge.
Bet I always bet on I’m betting that you will I bet on Chelsea When you were
Bet Utd team. lose. but I lost all the comming I was
Bet money. betting on your
birthday day.
Bind I bind the You are binding me of He bound the He was binding the
Bound tomatoes plants. the bed now. components with dead bodies when
Bound wire. I saw him.

A lega

Observatie!

to late  lateing or [lating (asa cum zice regula -e)]

awake  awakeing or [awaking (asa cum zice regula -e)]

B1 Present Tense Simple and Progressive T016

Complete the sentences using the correct form of the present tense.

1. It often rains in Ireland. That’s why they call it the „Green Island”. But it isn’t rainning there at he
moment. (RAIN, NOT RAIN).

2. Such behaviour normally makes me furious (MAKE).

3. I don’t believe a word he says. (NOT BELIEVE).

4. I’m wearing a hat today because it’s such special event. (WEAR)

5. Susan writes an email to hear parents nearly every Saturday evening. (WRITE)

6. Stop right now! You are breaking the flowers every time the ball lands in the flower bed. (BREAK,
LAND)

7. Where is Jimmy? – I don’t know. I think he’s playing tennis with his younger brother, Mark. (THINK,
PLAY)

8. My mum organises a party for her best friends once a year. (ORGANISE)

9. She lives in London, but she currently stays with friends up in Scotland. (LIVE, CURRENTLY STAY)

10. Our headmaster rarely teaches a class. He has a lot of administrative work to do. (TEACH, HAVE)

11. As the private secretary of the boss I read up to a hundred emails every day. (READ)

12. Look at her! – She’s smoking in a non-smoking area. (SMOKE)

13. Do you belong to a tennis club? (YOU BELONG)

14. Dana loves reading a good novel. (LOVE)

15. Songs that are not very popular don’t sell very well. (NOT SELL)

16. My brother isn’t here. He’s touring Spain at he moment. (TOUR)

17. Tom always asks the strangest questions in class. (ASK)

18. I buy lottery tickests every week, but I never don’t win anything (BUY, NEVER WIN)

19. You can’t disturb them. They play a game of cards. (PLAY)

20. Can’t you see that I’m working on my thesis? – I don’t want you to disturb me. (WORK, NOT
WANT)

21. Our children enjoy going skiing with us. (ENJOY)

22. The plane is leaving the runway now. You are too late. (LEAVE)

23. I create websites for a living. What do you do? (CREATE, YOU DO)
24. She thinks of leaving home and going to Australia for a year. (THINK)

25. I told you that I don’t work with you any more. You’re simply not a team player. (NOT WORK)

Present Simple vs Present Continuous [317]

1. Read and circle the indicators of Present Simple and Present Continuous (e.g. now, today,
always, often).

Read and colour – Present Simple verbs red and Present Continuous verbs blue.

Hi, Ben!

How are you? I’m on holiday in Spain with my family. We’re staying in Malgrat de Mar. It’s a nice
town at the seaside. We’re living in a great hotel. I love the food. I eat delicious seafood every day.
Today is “The Fruit Day” and I’m eating melons, bananas and oranges. Yummy! Do you like melons,
Ben?

In the morning we always go to the beach. I enjoy sunbathing and swimming in the water. We are on
the beach now. My parents are swimming, my baby brother is building a sandcastle. I’m not
swimming at the moment, because I’m writing to you . And what are you doing?

There are many shops in Malgrat de Mar. My mum goes shopping all the time. My dad and my
brother don’t like shopping but I don’t mind. I often help mum with bags and souvenirs.

Guess what!? Today in the afternoon we’re going to a waterpark. I’m so happy! My dad is very
excited. He loves waterslides.

Where are you? Are you having fun?

Write soon!

Jess