 Present continouos/ progressive

 Simple present & Present continouos

Imperatives (Document in PDF)

 There is/are (Document in PDF)

Can/ can’t (Document in PDF)

 Telling the time (Document in PDF)

Asking & giving directions(Doc. In PDF)

Guide for the oral Exam

 =Topics for the test

Nota: Este material parece ser extenso y tedioso, pero es que hay un montón de ejercicios para practicar. De aquí tomare
muchos ejemplos para el examen, y algunos otro de otro material pero similares. Y por ultimo no todos los temas viene en el
examen… arriba están marcados los que vienen en el examen. Los demás se los estoy dando por pars su conocimiento. El examencito
será basado en present continouos/ progressive y la comparación de este con Simple present. Practicamente para examen son temas ue
ya vimos en clase.
Present Progressive/Continuous - Brief version
Present Progressive - Use

1) actions happening at the moment of speaking

Peter is reading a book now.

2) fixed plan in the near future

She is going to Basel on Saturday.

3) temporary actions

His father is working in Rome this month.

4) actions happening around the moment of speaking (longer actions)

My friend is preparing for his exams.

5) trends

More and more people are using their computers to listen to music.

6) repeated actions which are irritating to the speaker (with always, constantly,
forever)

Andrew is always coming late.

Signal words

now, at the moment, Look! Listen!

Form

to be (am, are, is) + infinitive + -ing

Examples

Affirmative sentences:
I am playing football. You are playing football.
I'm playing football. You're playing football.

Negative sentences:

You are not playing football.

I am not playing football.
You're not playing football.
I'm not playing football.
You aren't playing football.

Questions:

Am I playing football? Are you playing football?

Simple Present – Present Progressive
Form

Simple Present Present Progressive

infinitive form of 'be' and verb + ing

(3rd person singular: infinitive + 's')
I speak I am speaking
you speak you are speaking
he / she / it speaks he / she / it is speaking
we speak we are speaking
they speak they are speaking

Use

In general or right now?

Do you want to express that something happens in general or that something is happening right now?

Simple Present Present Progressive

in general (regularly, often, never) right now
Colin plays football every Tuesday. Look! Colin is playing football now.

present actions happening one after also for several actions happening at the same time
another
Colin is playing football and Anne is watching.
First Colin plays football, then he
watches TV.

Signal words
 always  at the moment
 every ...  at this moment
 often  today
 normally  now
 usually  right now
 sometimes  Listen!
 seldom  Look!
 never
 first
 then

Note: The following verbs are usually only used in Simple Present:
be, have, hear, know, like, love, see, smell, think, want
 *Here you have exercise to pracitice and pracice, and you also have the link if you want to correct yourself.

Exercise on Simple Present - Present Progressive

Exercise 1: http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present progressive).
is leaving
1. Look! He (leave) the house.
am w riting
2. Quiet please! I (write) a test.
w alks
3. She usually (walk) to school.
is going
4. But look! Today she (go) by bike.
go
5. Every Sunday we (go) to see my grandparents.
goes
6. He often (go) to the cinema.
are playing
7. We (play) Monopoly at the moment.
cries
8. The child seldom (cry) .
9. I (not / do)am not doing anything at the moment.
10.(watch / he)does he w atch the news regularly?
 Exercise on Simple Present - Present Progressive
Exercise 2
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises?ex02
Look at the picture on the right and complete the sentences (Simple Present or Present
Progressive).
is
1. This (be) Marc.
is w earing
2. He (wear) a t-shirt and shorts today.
is eating
3. He (eat) an apple at the moment.
likes
4. Marc (like) fruits and vegetables.
eats
5. He (eat) some every day.
know s are
6. Marc (know) that apples (be) good for his health.

Marc
 Exercise on Simple Present - Present Progressive
Exercise 3
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro#exercises

Look at the picture on the right and complete the sentences (Simple Present or Present
Progressive).

is
1. This (be) Caroline.
has
2. Caroline (have) long blond hair.
w ears is w earing
3. She usually (wear) glasses, but now she (wear) contact lenses.
likes
4. Caroline (like) sports.
plays
5. She (play) handball every Monday and Thursday.

Caroline
 Exercise4 on Simple Present – Present http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-
prepro/exercises?ex04
Look at the picture on the right and complete the sentences (Simple Present or Present Progressive).
are
1. Joe and Dennis (be) best friends.
meet
2. They often (meet) in the afternoon.
3. What (do / they)are they doing at the moment?
are playing
4. They (play) football.
love
5. They (love) football.
practises
6. Joe (practise) with his father every weekend, but
Dennis (not / play)does not plays football very often.

Joe and Dennis

 Exercise on Simple Present - Present Progressive
Exercise 5
Look at the picture on the right and complete the sentences (Simple Present or Present Progressive).
are
1. These (be) Linda and Jeff.
is
2. Linda (be) Jeff's little sister.
is sitting
3. At the moment, the two kids (sit) on the floor.
is holding is reading
4. Jeff (hold) a book right now, he (read) a story to Linda.
is listening is looking
5. Look! Linda (listen) carefully and she (look) at the
beautiful pictures.
loves
6. Linda (love) Jeff's stories.
reads
7. He (read) a story to her every day.
w rites
8. Jeff sometimes even (write) his own stories.

Linda And Jeff

 Oral Exam
These are the instructions for you:

1. Read very well the instructions and Notes (It will help you a lot)
2. Get into groups of three people.
3. Everything in English.
4. Say good morning, or hello/ hi… or something when come to take your exam.
5. Try to give complet answers to the question or questions. (I posibly use a picture so you say
according to the picture)= posiblemente use una imagen entonce usted responde mi pregunta
sugun la imagen.

Look for classmates you can take your oral exam with. The oral exam will be easy just two or three questions per
student.

NOTE: almost the question i am givin you are with you, but remember I can ask you with she or He…

WH-QUESTIONS
These are the posible questions i can ask you:

Whe do you get up in the morning?

When is your birthday?

What do you do?or what does your mother/ father do?

Where do you live?

Who do you live with?

Where do you come from? Or where are you from?

What are you studying?/ what is he/ she studying?

What are you doing right now? What is your mother doing in this moment?

What is your favorite food/drink/ color/ hobby/movie/actor/ actress/ music/ Singer/ book/ writer ?

What is your favorite day of the week/ month of the year?

How do you like English?

What are you wearing today?

How many bothers/ sisters do you have?

YES-NO QUESTIONS

Are you teacher?/ Is your mother/ father a teacher(Professions)?

Do you work?/ does your mother work?

Do you listen to music? & what kind of music do you listen to?

Do you have a large/ small family?

Do you have a computer?

Do you watch TV?

Do you read the newspaper?

Why do you like English?

Do you speak Spanish/ French/ Italian/ portuguese/ chinise…?

Examples1:

A: When do you get up in the morning?

B: I always get up at six-thirty.

A: And What time do you get up on weekends?

B: Oh, on weekends i usually get up at ten. Very late.

Example 2:

A: What does your mother do?

B: My mother is a doctor. How about your mother?

A: My mother is a chef. She cooks very well.

Example 3:

A: What does your father do?

B: My father/ He is a teacher.

A: Where does he work?

He works in a achool.

Example 4:

A. Do you listen to music?

B. Yes, i do.
A: Who is your favorite Singer?
B: My favorite Singer is vicente fernandez: I love rancheras.
Note: Hay algunas preguntas que no manejan: ¿ puede hacer? 1. Inevestigar. 2. Pregunteme o las disctimos
en clase. 3. Si hay alguna que sea muy difícil la eliminamos

There some questions that you probably don’t know. What can you do?
1. Investigate or find out what it means and how to answer.
2. You can ask me and we discuss that in class.
3. If the question is very difficult, don’t worry… i will not ask you that question. Eliminamos esa
pregunta y ya.

Made by Carlos Membreño, Basic English: ‘’Compartiendo saberes’’

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