Read, sleep, eat, sail, cry, drink, run, sing, play, fish, sit

Laura 1) is sitting under a sunshade. Two boys 2)……….round a sandcastle while their father 3)……….a newspaper. Tom 4)…………Coke. Two girls 5)……….ice-cream while their mother 6)……………..along with the radio. Some boys 7)……….football near a man who 8)…………. Jim 9)………….. On his right a baby 10)……………Some people 11)…………past the beach

Ex. 10. Writing Activity: Find a picture from a magazine and write what the people in it are doing at the moment.

Ex. 11. Put the verbs in brackets into Present Continuous.

1 She (not work), she (swim) in the river.

2 He (teach) his boy to ride.

3 Why Ann (not wear) her new dress?

4 The aeroplane (fly) at 2,000 metres.

5 What Tom (do) now? He (clean) his shoes.

6 This fire (go) out. Somebody (bring) more coal?

7 It (rain)?-

Yes, it (rain) very hard. You can't go out yet.

8 Why you (mend) that old shirt?

9 You (not tell) the truth. ~

How do you know that I (not tell) the truth?

10 Who (move) the furniture about upstairs? — It's Tom. He (paint) the front bedroom.

11 Mrs Jones (sweep) the steps outside her house.

12 What you (read) now? I (read) Crime and Punishment.

13 It is a lovely day. The sun (shine) and the birds (sing).

14 Someone (knock) at the door. Shall I answer it? ~ I (come) in a minute. I just (wash) my hands.

15 She always (ring) up and (ask16 Why you (make) a cake? Someone (come) to tea?

17 Where is Torn?-He (lie) under the car.

18 Can I borrow your pen or you (use) it at the moment?

19 You (do) anything this evening? -No, I'm not. -Well, I (go) to the cinema. Would you like to come with me?

20 We (have) breakfast at 8.00 tomorrow as Tom (catch) an early train.

Unit 3

Present Simple-Present Continuous

1.Headlines (in reference to past events Ship sinks in midnight collision.	1. Actions which are in progress at the moment of speaking The dog is sleeping on our bed.
2. Instructions and itineraries On day three we visit Paris.	2. Actions which are generally in progress, but not at the moment of speaking I’m learning to drive.
3. Summaries of events May 1945: The war in Europe comes to an end.	3. Complaints about bad habits You are always complaining about my cooking
4. Facts which are always true Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius	4. Verbs, describing change and development Things are getting worse!
5. Habits British people drink a lot of tea
6. States I don’t like gangster films.

Ex. 12. Put the verbs in brackets into Present Simple or Present Continuous.

Caller: Good morning, 1) is (be) Mr Green there?

Man: No, he 2)…………..(not /be) here. He 3)…………….(work) at the moment. He usually 4) (work) until 4 p.m.

Caller: What about Mrs Green? Where 5) (be) she?

Man: She 6) (do) the shopping. She always 7) (do) the shopping on Thursday afternoons.

Caller: Where 8) (be) the children?

Man: They 9) (play) football.

They always 10) (play) football after school.

Caller: How 11) (you/know) all this? Who are you?

Man: I 12) (be) the burglar!

Ex. 13. Choose a time expression from the list to complete each sentence.