Task 3: Put the verbs in brackets into correct forms of the present simple

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1. He ___________ (spend) a lot of money on books.

2. I have a dog. It ______ (eat) a lot of meat.

3. We usually ________ (discuss) films at our English lessons.

4. We __________ (be) glad to meet you so much.

5. The lesson_____________ (finish) at 2 o’clock in the afternoon.

6. Jane and Mary _____________ (not/drink) hot tea.

7. Rice _____________ (not/grow) in Britain.

8. I _____________ (not/be) an engineer. I’m a dentist.

2.6. The Present Continuous Tense

Study this example situation.

Carlson is sitting on the floor. He is holding a jam jar.

He is eating some jam.

It means: He is eating jam now, at the time of speaking.

The action has not finished yet.

Revision 1: Study the table of the present tenses.

	Simple Tense (простий час)	Continuous (тривалий)	Perfect (здійснений)	Perfect-Continuous
Present (теперішній)	+ I often play the piano. ? Do you play it well? - I don’t play it very well.	+He is reading now. ? Is he writing now? - He is not writing.

Revision 2: Study grammar references first then the situations when the present continuous tense is used.

Study again with us:

+ He is driving a car at the moment.

? Is he driving a car now? – Yes, he is / No, he is not (isn’t.)

Revision 3: Spelling rules of the present continuous:

-Dance - dancing (he is dancing); smile – smiling (I am smiling).

- Run – ru nn ing: a final consonant is doubled when one preceding to it vowel is stressed (we are not running now); sit – si tt ing (she is sitting). BUT: open – opening (‘ n ’ is not doubled because a letter ‘e’ is not stressed).

- Travel – trave ll ing (we are travelling these days): final ‘l’ is always doubled in Continuous forms.

- Final ‘- ie ’ are changed into ‘- y ’: lie – lying (he is lying in bed); die – dying (he is dying).

BUT: try – trying.

Note: There are verbs which are not used in continuous tenses. They are called state verbs (compare with active verbs: to go, to work, to write, etc.): · Hear, see, taste, smell, etc.: verbs of senses; · Like, love, hate, enjoy, prefer, etc.: verbs of likes, dislikes; · Know, remember, forget, understand, seem, think (consider), see, seem etc.: verbs of perception; · Be, want, have (possess), need, etc.: some other verbs.

Study Grammar reference first then the following sentences with state verbs:

I hear you. I see a picture. He is kind. I like this apple. I love you. He knows what to do now. I think he has left. Do you like his new car? Ann is positive. It looks as if it’s going to rain. I understand you very well. I have a family. I want to be a florist. He knows a lot about computers.