VERBS USUALLY NOT
USED IN ANY OF THE PROGRESSIVE TENSES
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VERB |
EXAMPLE |
OTHER
USES OF THIS VERB |
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be |
(a) I am hungry |
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SENSES hear taste smell
see |
(b) I
hear a noise. (c)
This food tastes good. (d) I
smell gas. (e) I
see a butterfly. |
You will
be hearing from me. (meaning: I will write or phone you. The
doctor is seeing a patient, (meaning: meeting with) |
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MENTAL ACTIVITY know believe think understand recognize remember forget mean |
(f) I
know his phone number. (g) I
believe his story. (h) I
think he is a kind man. (meaning:
believe) (i) I
understand your problem now. (j) I
don't recognize him. (k) I
remember my first teacher. (1) I
forget his name, (m) I
mean this book, not that one. |
I am
thinking about this grammar, (meaning: Certain thoughts are going through
my mind right now.) I have
been meaning to call you. (meaning: intending) |
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POSSESSION possess own have belong |
(n) He possesses many fine qualities, (o) She owns a house, (p) He has a car. (meaning: possesses) (q) That belongs to me. |
I am
having trouble. He is
having a good time. (meaning:
experiencing) |
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ATTITUDES Want prefer need appreciate
love like hate
dislike
seem |
r)
I want to leave now. s)
He prefers to stay here. t)
I need some help. u)
I appreciate your help. v)
I love my family. w)
I like this book. x)
She hates dishonesty. y)
I dislike this book. z)
He seems to be a nice person. |
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VERB ATTITUDES look appear |
EXAMPLE She
looks cold. (aa) (meaning: seems to be) (bb) He appears to be asleep, (meaning:
seems to be) |
OTHER
USES OF THIS VERB I am
looking out the window. (meaning: using my eyes to see) The
actor is appearing on the stage. |
EXERCISE I
Use either the simple present or the present
progressive of the verbs in
parentheses.
1. Kathy
(sit, usually)USUALLY SITS in the front row in class, but today she
(sit) _______SHE IS SITING___________ in the last row.
2. Diane
can't come to the phone because she (wash) ____WASHING_____________ her hair.
3. Diane
(wash) ________WASHES__________________her hair every other day or so.
4. Please
be quiet. I (try) ___AM_TRYING_________________________ to concentrate.
5. (Lock,
you, always) __DO YOU ALWAYS LOCK ______________________ the door to your apartment when you
leave?
6. Look! It (snow) IS SNOWING!
7. Mike
(go, not) IS NOT GOING to school right now because it is
summer. He (attend)ATTENDS college from September to May every year, but in the summer he
(have, usually) USUALLY HAS a job at the post office. In fact, he
(work) IS WORKING there
this summer.
8. Right now I (look) AM LOOKING around the classroom. Ahmed (write) IS WRITING in his book. Carlos (bite)IS BITING his finger nails
5 Detectives at work
Tom and Nick are watching the house across
the street. Something strange is happening.
Put the verbs in brackets in the present
simple or the present continuous to make correct sentences.
TOM What are you staring (you stare) at?
NICK
There's a man at the Johnsons' house. He doesn't live (not live) there.
I wonder what he 1 IS DOING_(do)
TOM Perhaps
he IS VISITING (visit) the Johnsons.
NICK No.
They're not at home. They both WORK(work) in town. They CATCH (catch) the same train as Dad every morning. It's strange. He IS WATCHING (watch) the house very carefully.
TOM Now he IS TRYING (try) to open the gate, but it's locked.
Look! He IS CLIMBING (climb) over the garden wall.
I can't see him now.
NICK Let's follow him. I want to see what he IS DOING (do)
TOM He IS GOING (go) to the
garage. He IS CARRYING (carry) a ladder. Now he IS PUTTING (put) the ladder up to the bedroom window!
NICK He must be a burglar. . . Hey! You! What ARE YOU DOING (you do)?
MAN
It's all right, boys. I'm an insurance agent. 1 I AM EXAMINING (examine) the roof. The Johnsons KNOW (know) that I'm here.
Present Continuous
- actions going on now / around now
- future personal plans
-temporary actions ( this season / semester / module / ...)
Use the simple past or the past
progressive in the following.
1. I (read) READ only two chapters last week.
2. I (read) WAS READING a
book last night when you called.
3. I (call) CALLED John at nine last night, but he (be, not) WAS NOT at home. He (study) WAS STUDYING at the library.
4. I (hear, not) DIDN'T HEAR the thunder during the storm last night because I (sleep) WAS SLEEPING.
5. My brother and sister (argue) WERE ARGUING about something when I (walk) WALKED into the room.
6. When I (open) OPENED the package, I (find) FOUND a surprise.
7. He (climb) WAS CLIMBING the stairs when he (trip) TRIPPED
and (fall) FELL.
Luckily, he (hurt, not) DIDN'T HURT himself.
8. While I (read) I WAS READING the little boy a story, he (fall) FELL asleep, so I (close) CLOSED
the book and quietly (tiptoe) TIPTOED out of the room.
Exercise 2
How jeans
came to America
Put the
verbs in brackets in the past simple or past continuous.
Levi Strauss came (come) from a
small town in the south of
But the mayor and Levi's parents DIDN'T WANT (not want) them to marry.
Levi's parents SENT (send) him away to
10
(dig)
for gold in the streams and rivers. The weather was bad.it WAS RAINING (rain) and
the wind12 WAS BLOWING (blow). The men were cold because they (wear) WERE WEARING thin
trousers.
Suddenly
Levi HAD (have) an idea. He USED (use) the sailcloth which he WAS TRANSPORTING (transport) to
make trousers for the men. Then he SOW(sew) on metal studs to
make them
stronger.
The men 18 LOVED (love) the trousers but they DIDN'T LIKE(not like) the yellow-grey colour. So when
Levi Strauss OPENED(open) a tailor's shop in
IMPORTED (import) a special thick blue material from
Exercise 3
Where did he come from?
Use the
words in brackets to write questions about Levi Strauss. He came from
'Where did he come from?
1 His
parents sent him to
WHERE DID HIS PARENTS SEND HIM?
2 His
brothers taught him to sew. (What)
WHAT DID HIS BROTHERS TEACH HIM?
3 In 1850 he
set out for
WHEN DID HE SET OUT FOR SAN FRANCISCO?
4 He met
some prospectors on the way. (Who)
WHO DID HE MEET ON THE WAY?
5 They were
digging in a river. (Where)
WHERE WERE THEY DIGGING?
6 They were
wearing thin trousers. (What)
WHAT WERE THEY WEARING?
7 He was
taking sailcloth to
WHAT WAS HE TAKING TO CALIFORNIA?
8 He made trousers from the sailcloth. (What. . from)
WHAT DID HE MAKE TROUSERS FROM?
9 The men
didn't like the colour. (Why)
WHY DIDN'T THE MEN LIKE THE COLOUR?
10 He
imported blue material from
WHERE DID HE IMPORT BLUE MATERIAL?
Past
Simple / Continuous
Complete
the jokes below by using the correct tense of the verb in brackets:
1. Dad. What do you call a small brown
thing with ten legs, and green eyes?
I don't know, son. Why do you ask?
Well, one WAS CRAWLING.
along your lettuce just before you ATE it! (crawl, eat)
2. Harry WAS CARRYING a large grandfather clock on his shoulder, (carry) He was delivering it to a customer. He couldn't see
what was on his right hand side and he KNOCKED over
an old lady who WAS LOOKING. in a shop window, (knock,
look) "I'm very, very sorry, "said the man.
"Idiot!" shouted the old woman. "Why
can't you wear a watch like everybody else?"
3. What WERE you DOING. in my apple tree last night, young man? (do)
Well, one of your apples FELL down when I WAS PASSING your garden so I PUT . it back for you! (fall,
pass, put)
4. Magic Bob was a magician on a
cruise ship. Each night he took objects from the passengers and made them disappear,
then reappear in strange places. The captain of the ship had a parrot which
always shouted "Rubbish!" at the end of the magician's act. One day
the ship HIT an iceberg and SANK . (hit, sink) The
magician and the parrot were the only survivors. While they WERE LYING on a large piece of wood in the water, the parrot SAID (lie,
say) "OK, genius. Where's the ship?"
5. A lifeguard WAS GIVING a young lady the kiss of life when her husband ARRIVED (give, arrive).
What are you doing to my wife?
I'm giving her artificial respiration.
Artificial! Give her the real thing. I'll pay for it.
6. Doctor, lots of my hair FELL out while I WAS BRUSHING it this morning, (fall, brush)
Have you got anything for it?
Sure. Here's a box.
7. A young man was in the middle of a
road with his right ear to the ground. An old lady asked him:
8.
What are you listening for?
A motorbike passed this spot ten minutes ago.
That's incredible! How do you know that?
Because it HIT me
while I WAS CROSSING the road and it BROKE my neck.
(hit, cross, break)
9. How did you get that big red lump
on your nose?
I SMELLED a brose while I WAS WORKING in the garden, (smell, work)
But there is no 'b' in rose.
There was in this one!
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