ENGLISH GRAMMAR IN USE Fifth Edition
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Unit 1
Exercises
Unit 1
Present continuous ( I am doing )
1.1 What’s happening in the pictures? Choose from these verbs: cross hide scratch take tie wave
Study this example situation:
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Sarah is in her car. She is on her way to work. She ’s driving to work. (= She is driving …) This means: she is driving now , at the time of speaking. The action is not finished. am / is / are + - ing is the present continuous : I he/she/it we/you/they am is are (= I ’m ) (= he ’s etc.) (= we ’re etc.) driving working doing etc.
She’s taking a picture.
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his head.
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behind a tree. to somebody.
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a shoelace.
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the road.
1.2 The sentences on the right follow those on the left. Which sentence goes with which?
I am doing something = I started doing it and I haven’t finished; I’m in the middle of doing it. Please don’t make so much noise. I ’m trying to work. ( not I try) ‘Where’s Mark?’ ‘He ’s having a shower.’ ( not He has a shower) Let’s go out now. It isn’t raining any more. ( not It doesn’t rain) How’s your new job? Are you enjoying it? What’s all that noise? What ’s going on? or What ’s happening ? Sometimes the action is not happening at the time of speaking. For example: B
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a I’m getting hungry. b They’re lying. c It’s starting to rain. d They’re trying to sell it. e It’s getting late. f I’m trying to work. g I’m staying with friends. h The company is losing money.
1 Please don’t make so much noise. 2 We need to leave soon. 3 I don’t have anywhere to live right now. 4 I need to eat something soon. 5 They don’t need their car any more. 6 Things are not so good at work. 7 It isn’t true what they say. 8 We’re going to get wet.
Steve is talking to a friend on the phone. He says:
Write questions. Use the present continuous. 1 What’s all that noise? What’s happening?
I’m reading a really good book at the moment. It’s about a man who …
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(what / happen?) (why / you / cry?) (she / work / today?)
2 What’s the matter? 3 Where’s your mother?
Steve says ‘ I’m reading …’ but he is not reading the book at the time of speaking. He means that he has started reading the book, but has not finished it yet. He is in the middle of reading it.
4 I haven’t seen you for ages.
(what / you / do / these days?)
5 Amy is a student.
(what / she / study?) (what / they / do?)
6 Who are those people?
7 I heard you started a new job.
(you / enjoy / it?)
Some more examples:
8 We’re not in a hurry.
(why / you / walk / so fast?)
Kate wants to work in Italy, so she ’s learning Italian. (but perhaps she isn’t learning Italian at the time of speaking) Some friends of mine are building their own house. They hope to finish it next summer. You can use the present continuous with today / this week / this year etc. (periods around now): a: You ’re working hard today . ( not You work hard today) b: Yes, I have a lot to do. The company I work for isn’t doing so well this year . C
1.4 Put the verb into the correct form, positive ( I’m doing etc.) or negative ( I’m not doing etc.). 1 Please don’t make so much noise. I’m trying (I / try) to work. 2 Let’s go out now. It isn’t raining (it / rain) any more. 3 You can turn off the radio. (I / listen) to it. 4 Kate phoned last night. She’s on holiday with friends. (She / have)
a great time and doesn’t want to come back. 5 Andrew started evening classes recently. 6 Paul and Sarah have had an argument and now to one another. 7 The situation is already very bad and now
(He / learn) Japanese.
(they / speak)
We use the present continuous when we talk about a change that has started to happen. We often use these verbs in this way: getting , becoming changing , improving starting , beginning increasing , rising , falling , growing
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(it / get) worse.
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(work) today. He’s taken the day off.
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(I / look) for Sophie. Do you know where she is?
10 The washing machine has been repaired.
(It / work) now.
Is your English getting better? ( not Does your English get better) The population of the world is increasing very fast. ( not increases) At first I didn’t like my job, but I ’m starting to enjoy it now. ( not I start)
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(They / build) a new hospital. It will be finished next year.
12 Ben is a student, but he’s not very happy.
(He / enjoy) his course.
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(The weather / change). Look at those clouds.
I think it’s going to rain. 14 Dan has been in the same job for a long time.
(He / start) to get bored
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Present continuous and present simple ➜ Units 3–4
Present tenses for the future ➜ Unit 19
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Unit 2
Present simple ( I do )
Study this example situation:
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Alex is a bus driver, but now he is in bed asleep. He is not driving a bus. (He is asleep.) but He drives a bus. He is a bus driver. drive ( s ), work ( s ), do ( es ) etc. is the present simple : I/we/you/they drive / work / do etc. he/she/it drives / works / does etc.
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We use the present simple to talk about things in general. We use it to say that something happens all the time or repeatedly, or that something is true in general: Nurses look after patients in hospitals.
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I usually go away at weekends. The earth goes round the sun. The cafe opens at 7.30 in the morning.
We say:
I work
he works
you go I have
it goes he has
but but
but but
they teach
my sister teaches
For spelling (- s or - es ), see Appendix 6.
We use do / does to make questions and negative sentences: do does I/we/you/they he/she/it I/we/you/they he/she/it
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work ? drive ? do ?
work drive do
don’t doesn’t
I come from Canada. Where do you come from? I don’t go away very often. What does this word mean ? ( not What means this word?) Rice doesn’t grow in cold climates. In the following examples, do is also the main verb (do you do / doesn’t do etc.): ‘What do you do ?’ ‘I work in a shop.’ He’s always so lazy. He doesn’t do anything to help.
We use the present simple to say how often we do things: I get up at 8 o’clock every morning . How often do you go to the dentist? Julie doesn’t drink tea very often .
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Robert usually goes away two or three times a year .
I promise / I apologise etc. Sometimes we do things by saying something. For example, when you promise to do something, you can say ‘ I promise … ’; when you suggest something, you can say ‘ I suggest … ’: I promise I won’t be late. ( not I’m promising) ‘What do you suggest I do?’ ‘ I suggest that you …’ In the same way we say: I apologise … / I advise … / I insist … / I agree … / I refuse … etc. E
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Present simple and present continuous ➜ Units 3–4
Present tenses for the future ➜ Unit 19
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