Grammar in use Simple vs Progressive

	Simple	Progressive
	S+V	S+to be+V-ing
Future	S+will+V1 The surgeon will perform this complicated operation tomorrow.	S+will be+V-ing The surgeon will be performing this operation from 5 till 9 p.m. tomorrow.
Present	S(I/you/we/they) V1 S (he/she/it) V-s/-es The nurse gives injections every day. Nurses give injections every day.	S+am/is/are+V-ing She is giving the injection at the very moment.
Past	S+V2 Professor Smith delivered this lecture yesterday.	S+was/were+V-ing Professor Smith was delivering the lecture from 9 till 10.30 a.m.

Exercise 1. Use the proper form of the verb and translate these sentences in your native language:

1. He (to study) Anatomy every Friday last year.

2. The students (to learn) a lot of new terms.

3. The body (to consist) of organs and systems.

4. Histology (to be) a difficult subject.

5. Nurses (to look) after patients in hospitals.

6. Mary (to go) to the library after classes tomorrow.

7. She (to become) a specialist in the field of endocrinology.

8. Last week he (to be) at hospital because he (to be) sick.

9. The pain (to affect) my sleep.

10. The arteries (to carry) pure blood.

Exercise 2. Correct the mistakes:

1. My parents works at the in- patient department.

2. He doesn`t study French as he study English.

3. A lot of students wants to join the Foreign Language Society.

4. The scientists distinguishes three groups of muscular tissue.

5. An organ don`t contain various tissues.

6. There is several organ systems in the human organism.

7. Tissues is groups of cells , which does the same work.

8. Small children fall down a lot but doesn`t have many fractures.

9. Do milk contain a lot of calcium?

10. Does deficiency of vitamin D in the diet causes bone problems in children?

Exercise 3. Put verbs in brackets in the correct form:

1. They (to work) hard at that problem for the whole year.

2. Alfred Einkorn (to research) an easy-to-use and safe local anesthesia to use on soldiers during wartime.

3. Dry rales (to disappear) slowly.

4. The surgeon (to operate) on the newborn with a congenital heart disease.

5. A crushing pain in the mid-chest areas frequently radiating down the left arm made the patient stop whatever he (to do).

6. The patient (to undergo) an operation because of the bile duct obstruction.

7. These people (to suffer) from scurvy because of vitamin C deficiency.

8. The patient (to hold) a saliva ejector attached to the unit or aspirator.

Exercise 4. Put verbs in brackets in a proper tense:

1. The doctor (say) that Tom (be) too sick to go to work and that he (need) to stay at home for a couple of days.

2. I (to see) a light in your window when I (pass).

3. As I was following doctor’s administration, the fever (to subside) 2 days later.

4. The effect of the drug (to appear) half an hour after and (to last) for 5 hours.

5. The doctor (to write) a prescription when a nurse (to open) the door and (to ask) what injection to make.

6. He (to loose) consciousness and (to moan) all the time.

7. Bob (to fill) in the patient’s card when the telephone (to ring).

Exercise 5. Put verbs from brackets in a proper tense and translate them:

1. He knew that I (навчатися) at the Medical University for 2 years.

2. While the surgeon (виконувати) the operation, he (виявляти) the ulcer on the anterior wall of the stomack.

3. While I (слухати) to the radio, the telephone (дзвонить).

4. He (зломати) his leg when he (кататися на лижах) in the Alps.

5. We (бачити) an accident while we (чекати) for the bus.

6. While she (готувати) lunch, she (порізати) her finger.

7. When the dentist (оглянути) the patient he (виявляти) caries in 2 lower left molars and cavity in the upper right cuspid.