fo VALUE elle y (ef Present tenses /:\ Context listenin: You are going to hear Millie talking on her phone to her friend Lisa. It’s Saturday morning. Before you listen, answer these questions. 1 Where is Lisa? 2 Where is Millie? 3 Why do you think Millie is phoning Lisa? BR Gio2) Listen and check if you were right. HEB G2) tiscen again and answer these questions. Write complete sentences. 1 What's Millie doing this morning? She's locking round. the shops What does she do neatly every Saturday? What's she looking for? What's Lisa wearing? What's she doing this morning? What does she do whenever she goes to town? 7 What's Millie looking at right now? 8 What does Lisa want Miillie to do now? KZ Look at your answers to Exercise 3 and answer these questions. Look at answers 2 and 6. What tense are they? Look at answers 1, 3, 4,5 and 7. What tense are they? 3. Which sentences are about regular actions? 4 Which sentences are about actions at or around the time of speaking? Look at answer 8. Does it fit the pattern? 12Present tenses 1 8 Grammar [EB Present simple ‘We use the present simple: ‘« to say when things happen if they take place regularly: They eat lunch at two o'clock ‘= totalk about permanent situations: | work in London. ‘© tostate general truths: Those bags sell realy fast. The moon goes round the earth. * totalk about habits and how often they happen: You buy new clothes every Saturday. ‘+ to describe the plots of books and films: The story begins and ends in Spain. The year is 1937. Ey Present continuous + | am/is/are + verb + -ing He's working in London this week. amjis/are not + vers +-ing | Ym not working in London this week. am/is/are.. + verb + ing? ‘We use the present continuous: # totalk about the present moment: {'m wearing a pair of old jeans. {'m looking at a blue bog right now. ‘© to-suggest that an action is temporary, often with words like now, at the moment, at present or just: They're eating lunch at the moment. {'m working in London this week. (= ! don't usually work in London) for an action around the time of speaking, which has begun but is not finished: I'm cleaning my room. {'m looking round the shops. (Mille isn't looking round at this moment ~ she has stopped to talk to Lisa ~ but she plans to continue looking round later) for changing or developing situations: say Mat grep al oo The Earth's is rising. with a word like always or continually if we want to criticise or complain: ‘You're always buying new clothes! (= you buy too many) He's always complaining about things. ‘+ with always when something unexpected happens several times: {'m always meeting my neighbour john near the station. | guess he works somewhere near there.| cos [EB Choose the correct sentence from each pair. 1 a Mybrother lives with us until he can find a flat of his own. b_ My brother is living with us until he can find a flat of his own. / ‘Megan goes to Hong Kong every January. ‘Megan's going to Hong Kong every January. | don't have enough maney for a long holiday this year. fm not having enough money fora long holiday this year. Everyone needs a break from work sometimes. Everyone is needing a break from work sometimes. ‘What period of history do you study this term? ‘Whaat period of history are you studying this term? The team manager looks bad-tempered in public, but he's always being very kind to young players. The team manager looks bad-tempered in public, but he's always very kind to young players. EAI Complete these sentences with the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs. 1. My father. krows (know) all about mending cars, but nothing about bicycles. 2. Thispie (smell) a bit odd. What's in it? (ike) the jacket of this suit, but unfortunately the trousers. ee ecweecwe owen 1 (not ft) me any more. 4 You're very quiet this evening. What (you / think) about? 5 Who - (be) that man? Why (Your sister / be) s0 rude to him? She. (have) such beautiful manners normally. EBay Fillin the gaps with the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs. 1 Alec — Why_are you wearing (you / wear) my coat? Ben: Oh, l'msorry. It (look) like mine in this light. 2 Crk | (have) no idea what this sentence (mean). Can you translate it? Donna: No, sorry. (not understand) it either. 3. Eddie: (you / see) those men near the door? They (look) at us very strangely. Fergus: Yes. You're right. (you / recognise) them from anywhere? Eddie: No, but they certainly (seem) to know us. They (come) across to speak fo us. 4 Gina: What (you / do) in the kitchen? Our guests (wait) for their dessert, and you (get) in my way! Hamid: just (want) to be somewhere quiet for a while. Everyone (be) so noisy this evening!|_(not know) why ~ it's very unusual,Complete the email using the present simple or present continuous form of these verbs. Dear Stephanie, How are you? We'e fine. Our trip round the States (1)__is going __ well and we (2)____ ourselves a lot. One good surprise is that things (3) less here than back home. For example, this weekend we (4) — ina motel beside a lake and we (§) _____ only $65 per night for @ room with a beautiful view. The only thing we (6) ______ (no much is the food. Restaurants (7) dinner rather early. We (8) (never) at six o'clock at home so we (9) __ {no hungry then and American portions (10) _______ very big to us. Apart from that, we (11) ____ a wonderful time. We (12) lots of interesting litle towns and we absolutely (13) _______ the scenery. People here (14) ________ in a very friendly manner towards strangers. All the shop assistants (15) ____at us, and everyone (16) Have 2 nice day! At home, the TV (17) always) us bad news stories about the States, but in fact, when you (18) here, you (19) it's 2 really great place. We (20) (of photos to show you. Much love, Mick and Mary © Cambridge First candidates made mistakes in the following sentences. Choose the correct verb forms. ‘want / am wanting to help out at the camp this summer. Most Spanish companies belong / are belonging to multinationals nowadays. | think / am thinking about interviewing my grandfather’ friend, who collects vintage cars. My father went to that university, so he knows / is knowing all about it. Ned has / is having a lot of problems with his teacher at the moment. auewune Every town needs / is needing a library, even though everyone has the internet nowadays.