LECTIA 2

PREZENTUL SIMPLU SI CONTINUU

PREZENTUL SIMPLU (PRESENT SIMPLE)

Prezentul simplu - FORMA

forma de INFINITIV + s / es la pers. III singular afirmativ

Utilizare:
1. pentru activitati sau obisnuinte generale sau repetate:
Doctors cure patients.
I drink tea for breakfast.
Jack goes to work by train every morning.
Christine reads the newspaper before she goes to bed.

2. pentru actiuni care sunt adevarate in general:

The sun rises in the East and sets in the West.
Water freezes at 00 C.

3. pentru a indica o situatie permanenta:

My parents live in Manchester.
The Pope governs the Catholic Church.

4. cand se vorbeste despre orare si programe fixe:

We leave New York on Monday and arrive in Boston the next morning.
The film starts at 10.30.

EXERCITII

1. Completati spatiile libere cu forma potrivita a verbului din parateza (Prezentul simplu
sau continuu).

1. He’s tired. He ........................ (lie) down for a while.

2. Marie ………………… (go) to the supermarket by car every Thursday.
3. Jack always …………………… (drink) wine at dinner.
4. What exam ………………………………………… (your sister / study) for at the
moment?
5. Mary ………………… (have) a party today because it’s her birthday.
6. What …………… you ………………. (wait) for? The bus. Ah! there it is, it
………………… (come).
7. Christine’s cakes …………………… (rise) very quickly in her new oven.
8. Bill often ………………….. (sleep) on the couch while …………………..
(watch) TV.
2. Completati propozitiile folosind forma corecta a timpului prezent.

1. The river Thames ....................... (flow) through London.

2. “Where is Emily?” “…………………… (have) her dinner.”
3. At night, our tomcat …………………… (catch) mice.
4. Listen to those girls. What language ……………………….. (speak)?
5. In summer we ………………… (eat) in the garden.
6. “Don’t’ switch the TV off, I ………………….. (watch) it.”

PREZENTUL CONTINUU (PRESENT CONTINUOUS)

Prezentul continuu - FORMA

to be + ING

Utilizare:
1. pentru actiuni care se petrec in momentul vorbirii:
Kate is reading a book now.
Where is Tom? He is having a shower.

2. pentru actiuni in desfasurare intr-o perioada limitata din preajma momentului

vorbirii:
John is looking for a job.
Steven is spending a lot of money on this holiday.

3. pentru actiuni care se petrec in preajma momentului vorbirii, dar nu neaparat in

momentul vorbirii; cu today, these days, this week, at the moment:
My boss is away on business this week. He is working in Denver.
Beatrice isn’t studying English this year. She wants to concentrate on
another foreign language.

4. pentru actiuni in schimbare sau in evolutie in preajma momentului vorbirii:

I am shocked at how my children are growing up.
Is your English improving?
The traffic is getting worse and worse in Tokyo.

5. cu always pentru a exprima iritarea:

Your children are always running on my lawn.
I can’t stand him; he’s always interrupting me.

NOTA: Unele verbe nu se folosesc in mod normal la forma continua. De ex.:

adore, agree, appreciate, believe, belong, care, concern, consist, contain, desire, dislike,
fear, forgive, forget, hate, know, like, love, matter, mean, mind, need, notice, own,
possess, prefer, realise, recognise, refuse, remember, see, seem, signify, smell, suppose,
think (= opinie), understand, want, wish.
EXERCITII

1. Completati spatiile libere cu forma potrivita a verbului din parateza (Prezentul simplu
sau continuu).

Jack is a teacher, he .................... (teach) at a University. He …………………… (not

teach) at the moment, he is holiday. He ……………….. (read) a newspaper on the beach.
Emma and Ben are brother and sister. Emma ……………….. (love) Ben and Ben
……………….. (love) Emma. They usually ………………… (play) together, but today
Emma is ………………….. (help) her mother to make a cake. It is Ben’s birthday and
………………… (have) a party. His father ………………….. (prepare) the decorations
and games because Ben ………………… (like) to have fun and games at his parties. Ben
usually ……………… (invite) ten friends, but only nine ……………… (come) today.
Henry ………………… (not come), he …………………….. (not feel) well, he has a
cold. He often ………………….. (catch) a cold in winter.

2. Completati spatiile libere cu forma potrivita a verbului din parateza (Prezentul simplu
sau continuu).

1. My roses usually ..................... (flower) in June, but it’s only May and
they .................................. (flower) already!
2. I am pleased to see you ……………… (wear) your new red dress today.
3. I ………………… (hear) Jack wants to change jobs.
4. ………………… you ………………… (know) her?
5. Turn the music down. It ………………….. (play) too loud.
6. Professor Hanks usually ………………….. (speak) so quickly that I
…………………………… (not understand) him.
7. What ……………….. Susan …………………….. (do) this evening?
8. What ………………….. Simon ……………… (do) in the evenings?
9. Frank never ………………….. (listen) to what I say.
10. We …………………… (save) up because we ……………….. (want) to go to
Italy in August.