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    The document provides examples of using the present progressive and simple present tenses in English. It gives sentences to complete using these tenses and covers topics like actions happening now or regularly, the use of signal words, positive and negative sentences, and answering questions. The completed examples discuss a girl named Jenny going to school and the narrator's weekend plans visiting friends.

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    Prueba Denise

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    Ivonne Asmad Montenegro
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    The document provides examples of using the present progressive and simple present tenses in English. It gives sentences to complete using these tenses and covers topics like actions happening now or regularly, the use of signal words, positive and negative sentences, and answering questions. The completed examples discuss a girl named Jenny going to school and the narrator's weekend plans visiting friends.

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    The document provides examples of using the present progressive and simple present tenses in English. It gives sentences to complete using these tenses and covers topics like actions happening now or regularly, the use of signal words, positive and negative sentences, and answering questions. The completed examples discuss a girl named Jenny going to school and the narrator's weekend plans visiting friends.

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    Prueba Denise

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    Ivonne Asmad Montenegro
    The document provides examples of using the present progressive and simple present tenses in English. It gives sentences to complete using these tenses and covers topics like actions happening now or regularly, the use of signal words, positive and negative sentences, and answering questions. The completed examples discuss a girl named Jenny going to school and the narrator's weekend plans visiting friends.

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    Write the verbs in Present Progressive.

    1. speak - I
    2. jump - you
    3. bake - she
    4. play - they
    5. run - we

    Write the verbs in Simple Present, 3rd person singular.

    1. be - it
    2. have - he
    3. eat - she
    4. can - he
    5. wash - she

    Use

    When to use which tense?

    1. For actions happening regularly, often or never, we use ______________


    2. For actions happening now, we use ______________.
    3. The verbs 'be', 'have', 'like' and 'want' are normally only used
    in ______________
    4. The signal word 'usually' indicates that we have to use ______________

    5. The signal word 'now' indicates that we have to use ______________

    Positive sentences

    Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

    1. Look! They _________ (leave) the house.


    2. Brian _______ (cycle) 30 km every day.
    3. Samantha _______ (do) her homework at the moment.
    4. My parents _______ (shop) right now.
    5. He usually _______ (get up) early in the morning.
    Negative sentences

    Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

    1. You ____________ (see / not) her every day.


    2. The baby ____________ (sleep / not) at the moment.
    3. I ____________ (read / not) a book now.
    4. We ____________ (go / not) to school on Sundays.
    5. He ____________ (watch / not) the news every day.

    question

    Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

    1. ____________ (you / go) on holiday by plane sometimes?


    2. ____________ (they / play) computer games every day?
    3. ____________ (she / eat) dinner at the moment?
    4. ____________ What (they / do) right now?
    5. ____________ (she / visit) her grandma very often?

    Text
    1. Look! Jenny _______ (go) to school.
    2. On her back, Jenny _______ (carry) her school bag.
    3. The school bag ________ (be) very heavy
    4. Normally, Jenny _________(wear) black shoes, but today
    she ______(wear) red wellies.
    5. And look, she ________(wear) a raincoat because it _______ (rain) outside.
    6. Jenny __________ (not / want) to get wet.
    Present Progressive

    Write the ing-form of the following verbs.

    1. walk -
    2. make -
    3. wash -
    4. lie -
    5. stop -

    Simple Present

    1. write - she
    2. kiss - he
    3. must - she
    4. laugh - she
    5. go - he

    Use

    When to use which tense?

    1. For present actions happening one after another, we use ______________


    2. For actions happening while speaking, we use ________________
    3. For arrangements for the near future, we use _________________
    4. For actions set by a schedule or timetable, we use ___________________
    5. Which tense do you have to use with the following signal words: sometimes,
    never, every day? __________________
    6. Which tense do you have to use with the following signal words: Listen!, at the
    moment, right now? _____________

    Positive sentences

    Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

    1. The lesson _______(start) at 9 o'clock.


    2. He often _______(wear) a black cap.
    3. I ________(meet) my friends in the youth club tonight.
    4. My friend ______(move) house tomorrow.
    5. My birthday _______(be) in September.

    Negative sentences

    Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

    1. She _______ (not / ride) her bike right now.


    2. We _________ (not / stay) at home tonight.
    3. I ________ (not / like) bananas.
    4. They _________ (not / know) the answer.
    5. I ________ (not / sit) in the garden at the moment.

    question

    Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

    1. When __________ (arrive / the plane) ?


    2. (visit / you) ____________ Jane in hospital today?
    3. What time __________ (get up / you) in the mornings?
    4. Why _________ (cry / she) now?
    5. ___________ (swim / they) in the pool at the moment?

    Text

    Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

    1. I ______ (live) in London.


    2. This weekend, I _______ (visit) my friends in Brighton.
    3. The train to Brighton _________ (leave) London at 6.45 in the morning.
    4. In the early afternoon, we __________ (want) to go on a sightseeing tour.
    5. In the evening, we _________ (go) to a concert.
    6. The concert _________ (start) at 8 o'clock.
    7. I _______ (come) back to London on Sunday.
    8. My train _________ (arrive) in London at 7.50 in the evening.

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