I am doing and I do ESSENTIAL GRAMMAR IN USE ELEMENTARY

ESSENTIAL GRAMMAR IN USE ELEMENTARY

8. I am doing and I do

(present continuous and present simple)

EXERCISES

8.1 Answer the questions about the pictures. 1 Does he take photographs? Yes, he does. _____    Is he taking a photograph? __No, he isn’t. _______ What is he doing? ____ He’s having a bath. _____ 2 Is he driving a bus? ________________________________     Does she drive a bus? ______________________ What is she doing? ______________________ 3 Does he clean window? ______________________               Is he cleaning a window? ______________________ What is he doing? ______________________ 4 Are they teaching? ______________________             Do they teach? ______________________ What do they do? 8.2 Put in am/is/are or do/don’t/doesn’t. 1 Excuse me, ___do___ you speak English? 2 ‘Where’s Ann?’ ‘I _____________ know.’ 3 What’s funny? Why _____________ you laughing? 4 ‘What _____________ your sister do?’ ‘She’s a dentist.’ 5 It _____________ raining. I _____________ want to go out in the rain. 6 ‘Where _____________ you come from?’ ‘Canada.’ 7 How much _____________ it cost to phone Canada? 8 George is good tennis player but he _____________ play very often. 8.3 Put the verb in the present continuous (I am doing) or the present simple (I do) 1 Excuse me. ___Do you speak___ (you/speak) English? 2 ‘Where’s Tom?’ ‘__He’s having__’ (he/have) a shower.’ 3 I don’t watch ___ (i/not/watch) television very often. 4 Listen! Somebody ____________ (sing). 5 Sandra is tired. ____________ (she/want) to go home now. 6 How often ____________ (you/read) a newspaper? 7 ‘Excuse me but ____________ (you/sit) in my place.’ ‘Oh, I’m sorry.’ 8 I’m sorry. ____________(I/not/understand). Can you speak more slowly? 9 It’s late ____________ (I/go) home now. ____________ (you/come) with me? 10 What time ____________ (your father/finish) work in the evenings? 11 You can turn off the radio. ____________ (I/not/listen) to it. 12 ‘Where’s Paul?’ ‘In the kitchen. ____________ (he/cook) something.’ 13 Martin ____________(not/usually/drive) to work. He ____________ (usually/walk). 14 Sue ____________ (not/like) coffee. ____________ (she/prefer) tea.

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