present continuous

exercise

MAKE QUESTIONS AND WRITE ANSWERS

1. your dad / work / today /? _____________________________ 

Yes, _________________________

2. you / have a good time / on holiday / ? _____________________________ Yes, _________________________ 

3. your mum / cook dinner / now / ? _____________________________ 

Yes, _________________________ 

4. your friends / play football / ? _____________________________ Yes, _________________________

WRITE QUESTIONS 

1. a. I´m going on holiday. b. Where ______________ ? 

2. a. He´s cooking dinner. b. What ______________ ? 

3. a. My sister is going to England. b. Who ______________ ? 

4. a. We aren´t staying in a hotel. b. Where ______________ ?

COMPLETE

1. Trina ___________ (walk) past the supermarket. 

2. Where are you? We ___________ (wait) for you! 

3. I´m on a bus and it ___________ (not move). 

4. When ___________ you ___________ (come) to see me?

5. I ___________ (sit) on a bus.

6. Pete´s mother ___________ (not have) a burger. 

7. John´s friends ___________ (play) football at the Sports Centre. 

8. My best friend ___________ (sit) next to me. 

9. I ___________ (not wear) something blue. 

10. My teacher ___________ (not stand) behind me

11. Martin´s excited. Chelsea ____________ (win) the match. 

12. I´m scared. A big dog ____________ (stand) in front of me. 

13. She´s happy. She ____________ (not work) today. 

14. I´m worried. It ____________ (rain) and I haven´t got an umbrella. 

EXERCISES

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EXISTEN CIERTAS FORMAS VERBALES QUE NO SE ESCRIBEN EN PRESENTE CONTINUO:   son verbos que describen estados, situaciones y condiciones y se llaman STATIVE VERBS

STATIVE EXERCISES

1. Are they having a good time? 
2. I am thinking you are a nice person. 
3. It is tasting good 
4. You are looking great 
5. He's been working since this morning 
6. He's having a huge house 
7. The food tastes good 
8. They are looking at the photo album 
9. They are designing a robot 
10. She is liking him very much

C. Put the verbs in brackets in their correct form. 

1. He (think) _______________ that we are studying now. 

2. These flowers (smell) _______________ terrific. 

3. Henry (understand) _______________ Italian well. 

4. this milk (taste) _______________ funny. I won’t drink it. 

5. Diana (want) _______________ to come over now. Is that all right? 

6. There’s a spider in the corner. I (hate) _______________ them. 

7. I (hear) _______________ you, but I can’t understand what you are saying. 

8. Please give me that book. It (belong) _______________ to me. 

9. Moshe (believe) _______________ you, but I know that you are lying. 

10. I (think) _______________ that we will get a discount because Talia (know) _______________ the manager. 

Stative verbs worksheet - Exercises 1

A.-Put the verb into the correct form. Use either the present simple or the present continuous.

1. Please don't make so much noise. I __________________ (study).

2. How many languages __________________ (Tom speak).

3. I __________________ (not/belong) to a political party.

4. Hurry! The bus __________________ (come). I __________________ (not/want) to miss it.

5. The River Nile __________________ (flow) into the Mediterranean.

6. The river __________________ (flow) very fast today — much faster than usual.

7. __________________ (it/ever/snow) in India?

8. We usually __________________ (grow) vegetables in our garden, but this year we 

__________________ (not/grow) any.

9. A: Can you drive?

B: No, but I __________________ (learn). My father __________________ (teach) me.

10. You can borrow my umbrella. I __________________ (not/need) it at the moment.

11. (at a party) I usually __________________ (enjoy) parties but I __________________ 

(not/enjoy) this one very much.

12. George says he's 80- years old but I __________________ (not/believe) him.

13. Ron is in London at the moment. He __________________ (stay) at the Hilton Hotel. He 

usually __________________ (stay) at the Hilton Hotel when he's in London.

14. My parents __________________ (live) in Bristol. They were born there and have never 

lived anywhere else. Where __________________ (your/parents/live)?

15. She __________________ (stay) with her sister at the moment, until she finds somewhere 

to live.

16. A: What __________________ (your father/do)?

B: He's a teacher, but he __________________ (not/work) at the moment.

17. What time __________________ (the banks/close) in Britain?

18. I don't understand the word 'aint'. What __________________ (it/mean)?

19. He is still ill but he __________________ (get/better) slowly.

20. The economic situation is already bad and it __________________ (get/worse)..

Circle the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.

(a) Right now they (think, are thinking) about buying a new car.

(b) Pete (has been knowing, has known) Jane for many years.

(c) She told me that she (had always loved, had always been loving) the theatre.

(d) It (is depending, depends) on what the weather (is being, is) like on the weekend.

(e) Pierre (has owned, has been owning) that car for over ten years.

(f) Mary (saw, was seeing) Freddie for the first time in a club in Greenwich Village.

(g) Gerry (was tasting, tasted) the wine when suddenly the fire alarm went off in the restaurant.

He spilled wine all over his shirt.

(h) The roses (smelled, were smelling) lovely in your garden last summer.

(i) Shirley (is having, has) a difficult time right now.

(j) It (looks, is looking) as if it might rain.

(k) I (am thinking, think) that I should look for a new job.

(l) The thief looked into his rear-view mirror and (was realizing, realized) that he (was being, was) followed by a police car.

1. Although Tom is very ill, he (know) _______________ what (happen) _______________ around him.

2. Of course I (understand) _______________ you, I (listen) _______________, aren’t I?

3. Why don’t you comb your hair? It (look) _______________ awful.

4. I (tell) _______________ the truth. Why (you/not believe) _______________ me?

5. I (enjoy) _______________ myself a lot at the moment. I (like) _______________ Eilat.

6. Why are you so angry? You (look) _______________ awful when you (be) _______________ angry.

7. Can we go somewhere else? I (hate) _______________it here.

8. I (wait) _______________ for David. We (want) _______________ to go swimming.

9. The girl you talked about (sit) _______________ over there. She (seem) _______________ nice.

Stative verbs

Stative verbs