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1.1.1: Practice with Present Tenses

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    Exercise 1.1-Identify the Uses of Present Tenses

    a. fact or permanent situation         b. habit or routine         c. irritation         d. state of being

    1. Joel always eats breakfast in the morning. b
    2. Hurricanes often cause extensive damage to a community _____
    3. I believe our team is going to win the match. _____
    4. My brother is always leaving his dirty dishes in the sink. _____
    5. It rains a lot in Texas in the summer. _____
    6. Michele works at the nail salon three days a week. _____
    7. I feel sick to my stomach. _____
    8. Learning a language requires a lot of practice. _____
    9. Why are you constantly interrupting me! _____
    10. My sister has three dogs and two cats. _____

    Exercise 1.2 Choose simple present or present progressive

    Is it a general truth (fact) or an observation (observation at the moment)?

    1. The sun (rises / is rising) every morning.

    2. The sun (rises / is rising ) over the mountains now.

    3. Look! The moon (lights up / is lighting up ) the face of my watch.

    4. The moon (lights up / is lighting up) the night sky .

    5. Plants (die / are dying) in my garden. I'm watering them now.

    6. Plants (die / are dying) without water.

    7. Children (grow / are growing) a little each year.

    Exercise 1.3: Fill in the Blanks

    Part 1 Directions: Gloria and Esperanza are in the library (right now). Complete the dialogue with the correct form of the verb in parentheses. Because it’s a conversation, use contractions.
    ● Look for signal words to help you decide the right tense.
    ● Put stative verbs in the simple present (not present progressive).


    Esperanza: Hi, Gloria. What are you doing here?
    Gloria: I __________________ (look) for a book about U.S. presidents. How about you?
    Esperanza: I _________________ (return) a book. ___________________ (you/want) to go for a cup of coffee?
    Gloria: Sorry, I can’t right now. I __________________ (wait) for my friend. Today, we ___________________ (work) on a project for history class together. We _______________ (need) to finish it by next week.
    Esperanza: _________________ (you/like) your history class?
    Gloria: Yes. I really ________________ (like) the teacher. She always _________________ (wear) explains things so well, and she ________________ (have) a lot of teaching experience.


    Part 2 Directions: Take turns reading the dialogue. One person takes the role of Gloria. The other person takes the role of Esperanza. You can even give a performance of your reading to the class.

    Exercise 1.4: Error Correction
    Directions: Read each sentence and think about the verb form. There are five sentences with mistakes. If there is a mistake, correct it.
    1. I want to learn English.
    2. Every morning, I like to drink coffee.
    3. Two days a week, I am going to the gym.
    4. I am loving to exercise at the gym.
    5. I want to practice English with native speakers.
    6. Now, I study English and look for a job.
    7. I work Monday through Friday.
    8. I am study English this term.
    9. I often practice English.
    10. I am doing my homework every day.


    Exercise 1.5: Fill in the Blank


    Directions: Write the correct verb forms on the lines. Use either the simple present or the present progressive.
    ● Use signal words to help you determine the correct tense.
    ● Use stative verbs in the simple present (not in the present progressive).
    ● Don’t forget that “think” can be active or stative depending on how it is used.


    Right now I (1. write) _______________ in my journal. It (2. snow) ____________________________ outside. I (3. think) ____________________ about my family. I (4. think)

    _____________________ about my family every day. I (5. speak) ________________ with my family every weekend. My mother _____________(6. send) me letters every week, but I still miss them.

    Oh! The phone (7. ring) _____________________. Maybe my father (8. call) ________________. He always (9. call) ___________________ on Sunday.

     

    Exercise 1.1 Original Content by Allyson Marceau

    Exercise 1.2 from Grammar Quizzes by Julie Sevastopoulos is licensed for use under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 International

    Exercises 1.3, 1.4 and1. 5 are from Explorations 1: Grammar for the Experienced Beginner by Susan Caisse, Jennifer Rueda,and Kristee Emens-Hesslink is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License


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