Present Simple
My grandmother speak/speaks five languages.
Speaks
Jane is swiming/swimming.
Swimming
This soup tastes horrible!
Correct?
Yes
A colony of Antartic penguins.................in Marwell Zoo.
-is living/live/lives
-why?
lives
permanent situations
The film don’t/doesn’t start at 5 P.M.
Doesn’t
My students are studing/studying together.
Studying
I am knowing the answer.
Correct sentence?
No
Broken bones in adults ..................... as fast as they do in children.
-doesn´t heal / don´t heal / aren´t healing / isn´t healing
-why?
don´t heal
Fact
Susan rarely argue/argues with her brother.
Argues
“My cousin is staying with us this weekend.”
Is this action temporary.
Yes (only this weekend)
Jenny’s thinking of going to France.
Correct sentence?
Yes.
think=consider
My niece from Ireland .................... the summer with us.
-spend / spends / is spending
-why?
is spending
-temporary situations
We use present simple for future plans and annoying habits. True or false?
False
We use present contunuous for an annoying habit. True or false?
True
I’m having a great time.
Correct sentence?
Yes. Have=experience
Our two chefs .................. an excellent choice of hot meals every day.
- are providing / provide
-why?
provide
repeated actions or present habits
We use present simple for actions that are temporary. True or false?
False
Why is the sentence
“I am eating lunch tomorrow at 12 PM“ in the present continuous if it refers to the future?
The present continuous can be used to talk about future plans or arranged events that are already scheduled or decided. In this case, "I am eating lunch tomorrow at 12 PM" means that the action of eating lunch has been planned for a specific time in the future.
Most common stative verbs are verbs of:………….
Emotions (hate, like, lobe)
Senses (feel, hear, ound…)
State of mind (believe, know, remember…)
Verbs of possession (have, own, possess)
I ............................ in tonight. I promised my flatmates I´d cook lasagne for them.
-stay / am staying
-why?
am staying
Future arrangement