A) Fill in the gap
Do you really not know that the Earth ........................... (go) round the sun?
Do you really not know that the Earth GOES round the sun?
PRESENT SIMPLE for things that are always true
A: What is your dad doing?
B: He's an accountant.
A: What DOES your dad DO?
B: He's an accountant.
DO - in the sense of: What does he do for a living? What is his job? NOT in the sense of: What actvity is he doing now?
Choose the correct answer A or B. Explain if THINK is a stative or action verb in this context.
You look worried. What ........................... about?
A) DO YOU THINK
B) ARE YOU THINKING
You look worried. What ARE YOU THINKING about?
B) ARE YOU THINKING
THINK - ACTION VERB in this sentence, means: considering something, reflecting on something
The train ........................... (arrive) at 5 p.m. every day. Look at the road! It ........................... (come).
The train ARRIVES at 5 p.m. every day. Look at the road! It'S COMING.
ARRIVES - PRESENT SIMPLE for timetables & schedules
IS COMING - PRESENT CONTINUOUS for actions happening now
Have you recently seen our manager? She gets fatter and fatter.
Have you recently seen our manager? She'S GETTING fatter and fatter.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS for CHANGING situations
Choose the correct answer A or B.
Explain if HAVE is a stative or action verb in this context.
I'm sorry but the executive can't come to the phone now. He ........................... a meeting.
A) HAS
B) IS HAVING
B) IS HAVING
I'm sorry but the executive can't come to the phone now. He IS HAVING a meeting.
HAVE - experience something, not in the sense of own
Why ........................... (some workers / be / never) satisfied with their job?
Why ARE some workers NEVER SATISIFED with their job?
Some workers ARE NEVER satisfied with their job.
BE (am, is, are) + ADVERB OF FREQUENCY (never, hardly ever, sometimes, often, usually, always, etc.)
I'm studing a lot this week.
I'm STUDYING a lot this week.
SPELLING:
STUDY + ING = STUDYING
PRESENT CONTINUOUS FOR TEMPORARY SITUATIONS
Find a mistake. Correct it.
A: What is she cooking?
B: I don't know but it is smelling good.
A: What is she cooking?
B: I don't know but it SMELLS good.
- something smells
- somebody is smelling something (Person B is smelling the food.)
My employer ........................... (always / forget) about paying me on time!
My employer IS ALWAYS FORGETTING about paying me on time!
ALWAYS + PRESENT CONTINUOUS --- to describe annoying behaviour (when something happens always and irritates us)
They always are late for work!
They ARE ALWAYS late for work.
1=BE + 2 =ADVERB OF FREQUENCY
Complete the question with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
........................... (you / recognise) the man in the photo? It's our old English teacher.
DO you RECOGNISE the man in the photo? It's our old English teacher.
RECOGNISE - a stative verb (+ PRESENT SIMPLE)
........................... (your employer /work) more and more these days?
IS YOUR EMPLOYER WORKING more and more these days?
PRESENT CONTINUOUS for CHANGING SITUATIONS (e.g. at present / these days)
My friend never replys to my messages fast!
My boss never REPLIES to my emails.
SPELLING:
reply + ies ---- replies
y --- i + es
Complete the question with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
I ........................... (feel) exhausted when I work long hours every day. But today I .......................... (not / feel) exhausted.
I FEEL exhausted when I work long hours every day. But today I'M NOT FEELING (or: I DON'T FEEL exhausted).
FEEL & LOOK - Present Simple or Present Continuous to describe how somebody FEELS/LOOKS NOW.