CHAPTER 1. PRESENT TIME (21) FUNDAMENTAL OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR

 

FUNDAMENTAL OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR CHAPTER 1. PRESENT TIME

EXERCISE 19. Progressive verbs vs. non-action verbs. Directions: Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses. Use the simple present or the present progressive. 1 Right now I (look) ______ am looking _____ at the board. I (see) ___________ some words on the board. 2 A: (you, need) ___________ some help, Mrs. Brown? (you, want) ___________ me to carry that box for you? B: Yes, thank you. That's very kind of you. 3 A. Who is that man? I (think) ___________ that I (know) ___________ him, but I (forget) ___________ his name. B: That's Mr. Martinez. A: That's right! I (remember) ___________ him now. 4 A: (you, believe) ___________ in flying saucers? B: What (you, talk) ___________ about? A: You know, spaceships from outer space with alien creatures aboard. B: In my opinion, flying saucers (exist) ___________ only in people's imaginations. 5 Right now the children (be) ___________ at the beach. They (have) ___________ a good time. They (have) ___________ a beach ball, and they (play) ___________ catch with it. They (like) ___________ to play catch. Their parents (sunbathe) ___________ They (try) ___________ to get a tan. They (listen) ___________ to music on a radio. They also (hear) ___________ the sound of seagulls and the sound of the waves. 6 A: What (you, think) ___________ about right now? B: I (think) ___________ about seagulls and waves. A: (you, like) ___________ seagulls? B: Yes. I (think) ___________ seagulls are interesting birds. 7 A: Which color (you, prefer) ___________,red or blue? B: I (like) ___________ blue better than red. Why? A: I (read) ___________ a magazine article right now. According to the article, people who (prefer) ___________ blue to red (be) ___________ calm and (value) ___________ honesty and loyalty in their Wends. A preference for red (mean) ___________ that a person (be) ___________ aggressive and (love) ___________ excitement. B: Oh? That (sound) ___________ like a bunch of nonsense to me. 8 A: Does the earth turn around and around? B: Yes, Jimmy. The earth (spin) ___________ around and around on its axis as it circles the sun. The earth (spin) ___________ rapidly at this very moment. B: Really? I can't feel it moving. (you, try) ___________ to fool me? A: Of course not! (you, think, really) ___________ that the earth isn't moving? B: I guess so. Yes. I can't see it move. Yes. It isn't moving. A: (you, believe) ___________ only those things that you can see? Look at the trees out the window. All of them (grow) ___________ at this very moment, but you can't see the growth. They (get) ___________ bigger and bigger with every second that passes. You can't see the trees grow, and you can't feel the earth spin, but both events (take) ___________ place at this moment while you and I (speak) ___________. B: Really? How do you know?

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