PRESENT SIMPLE
MICHAEL IS TOO BUSY TO VISIT HIS GRANDPARENTS EVERY WEEKEND.
TIME
MICHAEL............TO VISIT HIS GRANDAPARENTS EVERY WEEKEND.
DOESN'T HAVE TIME
YOU SKATEBOARD IN THE STREET ALL THE TIME. WHY DON'T YOUGO TO THE PARK INSTEAD?
SKATEBOARDING
YOU.....IN THE STREET. WHY DON'T YOU GO TO THE PARK INTEAD?
ARE ALWAYS SKATEBOARDING
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE COMPANY HAS ACCEPTEDAN APP I'VE DESIGNED
HAS
THE COMPANY.......ACCEPTED ONE OF MY APP DESIGNS BEFORE
HAS NEVER
JOSIE STARTED TRAINING LAST JANUARY FOR THE LONDON MARATHON.
BEEN
JOSIE..........THE LONDON MARATHON SINCE LAST JANUARY
HAS BEEN TRAINING
Lena isn’t a regular player in our netball team.
REGULARLY
Lena................................ for our netball team.
DOESN'T REGULARLY PLAY
EVERY DAY YOU IMPROVE AT THIS COMPUTER GAME!
GETTING
YOU........AT THIS COMPUTER GAME EVERY DAY!
ARE GETTING BETTER
I SAW CARLO ON TV A FEW MINUTES AGO TALKING ABOUT HIS MEDAL FOR SKIING
SEEN
I...........CARLO ON TV TALKING ABOUT HIS MEDAL FOR SKIING.
HAVE JUST SEEN
MADDY STARTED YOGA TWO YEARS AGO
DOING
MADDY......TWO YEARS
HAS BEEN DOING YOGA FOR
I don’t often get help from him with the washing up.
USUALLY
He........................... with the washing up.
DOESN'T USUALLY HELP ME
I find it annoying that Hector leaves his books all over the floor.
ALWAYSI WAS TEN WHEN I FIRST WANTED TO BE A DOCTOR
WANTED
I .............................A DOCTOR SINCE I WAS TEN
HAVE WANTED TO BE
I’ve had some help from my brother with my geography project for the last few weeks.
OUT
My brother has ...................with my geography project for the last few weeks.
BEEN HELPING ME OUT
The date for the Barcelona Conference is the 23rd of March.
PLACE
The Barcelona Conference ............ the 23rd of March.
TAKES PLACE
SHE NEVER STOPS SAYING HOW MUCH SHE DISLIKES PUBLIC TRANSPORT.
COMPLAINING
SHE .....PUBLIC TRANSPORT.
IS ALWAYS COMPLAINING ABOUT
It has been about a year since I last saw her.
FOR
I ..................................about a year.
HAVEN'T SEEN HER FOR
We started to live here last Christmas.
BEEN
We................................ last Christmas.
HAVE BEEN LIVING HERE SINCE
Bad weather makes me feel really unhappy in the winter.
DOWN
Bad weather....................in the winter.
GETS ME DOWN
It bothers me that Anita criticises the way I speak.
ALWAYS
Anita....................... the way I speak – it really bothers me!
IS ALWAYS CRITICISING
Their aeroplane landed in New York a few minutes ago.
JUST
Their aeroplane...................... in New York.
HAS JUST LANDED
She started to learn the violin when she was seven.
BEEN
She..................... the violin since she was seven.
HAS BEEN PLAYING