Present Continuous - now, in the moment of speaking or only in this period of time

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Elementary

Additional Present Tenses practice

A friendly reminder:

Present Simple - regular actions and states (always, usually, often, sometimes, all the time)

+ S + V(s) + O (I like, she likes)

- S + don't/doesn't + V + O (I don't like, she doesn't like)

? Do/Does + S + V + O? (Do I like? Does she like? )

Present Continuous - now, in the moment of speaking or only in this period of time

+ S + am/is/are + Ving + O (I am studying, she is studying)

- S + am not/isn't/aren't + Ving + O (I'm not studying, she isn't studying)

? Am/is/are + S + Ving + O? (Am I studying? Is she studying? )

Read the dialogues and fill in the gaps with correct forms of Present Simple and/or Present Continuous:

Conversation #1

Man: What _____________ (Bob/do)?

Woman: He _____________ (work) at a hospital.

Man: What _____________ (he/do) there?

Woman: He’s a doctor. He _____________ (specialize) in sports medicine.

Man: That ___________ (sound) like a great job.

Woman: Yeah, he ___________ (love) it.

Conversation #2

Man: Where ______________ (Mary/live)?

Woman: She ______________ (live) in the countryside.

Man: That ____________ (sound) nice.

Woman: Yeah, she _________ (love) it. She ________ (have) a farm and she ________ (raise) horses.

Man: Wow, that’s so cool.

Woman: Yeah, she also ____________ (grow) her own food. She has it all!

Conversation #3

Man: How ____________ (Sue/stay) so fit?

Woman: She ______________ (work out) all the time.

Man: It sure _____________ (look) like it.

Woman: She also _____________ (watch) what she eats.

Man: ____________ (she/follow) a special diet?

Woman: Yes. She ________________ (not/eat) sweets and she ______________ (not/drink) alcohol.

Conversation #4

Man: What ____________________ (this machine/do)?

Woman: It ______________ (shred) paper.

Man: How ______________ (it/work)?

Woman: Just put paper here and it _____________ (shred) it. It’s easy to use.

Man: How _________________ (it/stop)?

Woman: It _____________ (stop) on its own after it finishes shredding the paper.

Conversation from the 2nd recording, part 1:

Daniel: Hey, I'm really sorry I'm late. I came as fast as I could.

Hana: It's OK. Nobody has really come yet.

Daniel: Why? Where are they?

Hana: Well, John _____________ (shop). He ____________ (get) some food.

Daniel: OK, what about Emma? Where is she?

Hana: Emma has an exam, so she ____________ (study) and she ____________ (go) to come later.

Daniel: OK, how about Alex? I don't see him around.

Hana: Oh, Alex is over there. He ______________ (prepare) for the BBQ.

Daniel: Oh, yeah, that's right. And how about Marcus and Emily?

Hana: They are over there. They ____________ (play).

Daniel: Oh, so how many people are left? Who else is coming?

Hana: Uh, I don't know. No one has really contacted me yet.

Daniel: Oh, well, let's hope we can get around ten people maybe.

Hana: Yes, I hope so.

Daniel: Cool!

Listen to the recordings (http: //soundgrammar. com/learn/L3-CEFR-A2/L3-02-third-person-singular. htm, http: //elllo. org/english/grammar/L3-03-present-continuous. htm) and check your answers (there are the transcripts under the recordings).

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