Part c. Mini-test

1. Are the underlined verbs right or wrong? Correct the ones that are wrong.

1) I’m seeing the manager tomorrow morning. 2) I’m feeling hungry. Is there anything to eat? 3) Are you believing in God? 4) This sauce is great. It’s tasting really good. 5) I’m thinking this is your key. Am I right?

2. Tick the sentences which are correct. Put a cross by the sentences which are wrong, and correct them.

1) Are you liking the coffee? 2) Do you like coffee? 3) I’m not believing you! 4) Do you want a drink?

5) I’m not understanding him. 6) I’m hating cold weather! 7) I don’t understand Turkish. 8) I’m not knowing her name.

3. Look at the pictures. Use the words in brackets to make sentences.

4. Use each verb twice, once in the Present Simple and once in the Present Continuous, to complete the sentences.

a. think

What ____ you of Stephen Spielberg’s latest film?

You’re day-dreaming. What ____ you about?

b. expect

I ____ an important phone call from America. Could you tell me when it comes?

I ____ you’re hungry after so much hard work. Shall I get you something?

c. appear

He ____ to understand what you say to him, but when you ask him a question, he isn’t so sure.

Roy Pond ____ at Her Majesty’s Theatre in the role of King Lear.

d. smell

Something ____ good in the kitchen. What’s cooking?

Why ____ you ____ the meat? Do you think it’s gone off?

e. weigh

I need to know how much the meat ____ to know how long to cook it.

Why ____ you ____ yourself? Do you think you’ve put on weight?

f. see

I ____ what you mean, but I don’t agree.

She ____ a solicitor about her aunt’s will.

g. have

I usually pick up languages quickly, but I ____ difficulties learning Chinese.

He ____ more clothes than a department store.

h. look

It ____ as if it’s going to rain.

What are you doing on your hands and knees? ____ you ____ for something?

I. Guess

That isn’t the answer! You ____ ! Think before you speak!

I ____ you’re wondering what I’m doing here.

j. think

What ____ you ____ of doing when you leave here?

How much ____ you ____ it would cost to fly to Australia.

5. Use the suitable tense form:

1) You can’t see Tom now: he (have) a bath. 2) You (enjoy) yourself or would you like to leave now? – I (enjoy) myself very much. I (want) to stay to the end. 3) The milk (smell) sour. You (keep) milk a long time? 4) What Tom (think) of the Budget? – He (think) it most unfair. – I (agree) with him. 5) You (see) my car keys anywhere? – No, I (look) for them but I (not see) them. 6) Why you (taste) the cake? 7) Sam now (weigh) even more than his father. 8) He (look) as if he is going to faint. 9) The baby’s skin (feel) very nice. 10) People (enjoy) going out.

UNIT 2. THE VERB. PRESENT SIMPLE. PRESENT CONTINOUS