6. Present Continuous.

6.1 Complete the sentences. Use am/is/are + one of these verbs:

Building, coming, having, playing, cooking, standing, swimming

1. Listen! Pat is playing the piano.

2. They …. a new hotel in the city centre at the moment.

3. Look! Somebody … in the river.

4. You … on my foot. – Oh, I’m sorry.

5. Hurry up! The bus … .

6. Where are you, George? – In the kitchen. I … a meal.

7. Hello. Can I speak to Ann, please? – She … a shower at the moment. Can you phone again later?

2. What’s happening at the moment? Write true sentences.

1. (I/wash/my hair) I’m not washing my hair.

2. (It/snow)

3. (I/sit/on a chair)

4. (I/eat)

5. (it/rain)

6. (I/learn/English)

7. (I/listen/to the radio)

8. (the sun/shine)

9. (I/wear/shoes)

10. (I smoke/a cigarette)

11. I/read/a newspaper)

6.3Write positive or negative short answers (Yes, I am/No, it isn’t etc.).

1. Are you watching TV? No, I’m not.

2. Are you wearing shoes? …………..

3. Are you wearing a hat? …………..

4. Is it raining? ……………….

5. Are you eating something? ……………

6. Are you feeling well? ……………

7. Is the sun shining? ……………….

8. Is your mother watching you? ………….

7. Past Simple.

1. Write the past of the verbs.

1. get got 11. buy …

2. eat … 12. know …

3. pay … 13. stand …

4. make … 14. take …

5. give … 15. do …

6. leave … 16. put …

7. see … 17. tell …

8. go … 18. lose …

9. hear … 19. think …

10. find 20. speak …

7.2 Write sentences about the past (yesterday/last week etc.)

1. He always goes to work by car. Yesterday he went to work by car.

2. They always get up early. That morning they ……………. .

3. Bill often loses his keys. He ………… last Saturday.

4. I write a letter to Jane every week. Last week …………….. .

5. She meets her friends every evening. She ……yesterday evening.

6. I usually read two newspapers every day. ……………yesterday.

7. They come to my house every Friday. Last Friday ……………. .

8. We usually go to the cinema on Sunday. …………… last Sunday.

9. Tom always has a shower in the morning. …………that morning.

11. I eat an orange every day. …………….yesterday.

12. We usually do our shopping on Monday. …………last Monday.

7.3 What did you do yesterday? (Your sentences can be positive or negative).

1. (watch TV) I watched TV yesterday. (or I didn’t watch TV yesterday).

2. (get up at 7.30) ……………….. .

3. (have a shower) …………………. .

4. (buy a magazine) ……………….. .

5. (speak English) …………………. .

6. (pass an examination) ……………… .

7. (eat meat) ………………. .

8. (go to bed before 7.30) …………….. .

7.4 Put the verb in the correct form of the past (positive, negative or question)

1. I played (play) tennis yesterday but I didn’t win (not/win).

2. We … (wait) a long time for the bus but it … (not/come).

3. That’s a nice shirt. Where …(you/buy) it?

4. She …(see) me but she … (not/speak).

5. … it (rain) yesterday? – No, it was a nice day.

6. That was a stupid thing to do. Why … (you/do) it?

8. Past Continuous + Past Simple.

1. A group of people were staying in a hotel. One evening the fire alarm rang. Use the words in brackets to make sentences saying what each person was doing at the time.

1. (Don/have/a bath). Don was having a bath.

2. (Ann/write/a letter in her room). …………………………………

3. (George/get/ready to go out) ……………………………………

4. (Carol and Denies /have/dinner) …………………………………

5. (Tom/make/a phone call) ………………………………………..

8.2 Put the verb into the Past Continuous (I was doing) or Past Simple (I did).

1. When we went (go) out, it was raining (rain).

2. I wasn’t hungry last night. I didn’t eat (not/eat) anything.

3. Were you watching (you/watch) TV when I phoned you (phone) you?

4. Jane wasn’t at home when I went to see her. She … (work).

5. I … (get) up early that morning. I … (wash), … (dress) and then I … (have) breakfast.

6. The postman … (come) while I … (have) breakfast.

7. We … (meet) Joan at the party. She … (wear) a red dress.

8. The boys … (break) a window when they … (play) football.

9. I was late but my friends … (wait) for me when I … (arrive).

10. I … (get) up at 7 o’clock. The sun … (shine), so I … (go) for a walk.

11. He … (not/drive) fast when the accident … (happen).

12. Margaret … (not/go) to work yesterday. She was ill.

13. What … (you/do) on Saturday evening? – I went to the cinema.

14. What … (you/do) at 9.30 on Saturday evening? – I … (watch) a film in the cinema.

8.3 Put the verb into the correct form, Past Continuous or Past Simple.

1. While Tom was cooking (cook) the dinner, the phone rang (ring).

2. George … (fall) off the ladder while he … (paint) the ceiling.

3. Last night I … (read) in bed when suddenly I … (hear) a scream.

4. … (you/watch) TV when I phoned you?

5. I … (break) a plate last night. I … (do) the washing-up when it … (slip) out of my hand.

6. Tom … (take) a photo of me while I … (not/look).

7. We …(not/go) out because it … (rain).

8. What … (you/do) at this time yesterday?

9. I … (see) Carol at the party. She … (wear) a really beautiful dress.