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The present continuous FILL IN THE GAPS BY PUTTING THE VERBS IN THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS MARK THE SENTENCES THAT ARE CORRECT FILL IN THE GAPS USING THE WORDS IN THE PANEL MATCH THE PICTURE

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The present continuous is used to talk about continued actions that are happening in the present moment

It is formed with “be” and a present participle.

The present continuous

The present continuous is used to describe a current, continued action.

THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

HOW TO FORM

This is the present simple It describes

a repeated action or situation.

The subject and the verb can be contracted.

Don’t double the last letter because the final syllable is not stressed.

This is the present continuous It describes what is happening right now.

The present continuous uses the verb “be.”

PRESENT PARTICIPLE SPELLING RULES

FURTHER EXAMPLES

The present participle is formed by adding “-ing” to the base form

of the verb Some participles have slightly different spelling rules.

Present participle

FURTHER EXAMPLES

Last letter is an “-e.” Last letters are “-ie.”

Add “-ing” to form regular present participles Leave out “e.” “-ie” to “y.” Change Double the last

“w,” “x,” or “y.”

Action verbs can be used in simple and continuous forms

State verbs are not usually used in continuous forms.

COMMON MISTAKES STATE VERBS IN CONTINUOUS TENSES

STATE ACTION

See also:

Present simple 1 Action and state verbs 50 Infinitives and participles 51

SUBJECT “AM / IS / ARE” VERB + “-ING” REST OF SENTENCE

Last letters are consonant–vowel–consonant and the final syllable is stressed.

TIP

Present participles follow the same spelling rules

as gerunds.

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This practice book is a companion to the English

for Everyone: English Grammar Guide Each unit in

the book tests the language taught in the English

Grammar Guide unit with the same number.

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The first question

of each exercise is answered to make the task easier to understand

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Every exercise has a unique number so you can easily find the relevant answers.

Exercise instruction A brief

instruction tells you what you need to do.

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in the corresponding Grammar Guide unit Working through these exercises

will help you understand and remember what you have learned.

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It is formed with “be” and a present participle.

The present continuous FILL IN THE GAPS BY PUTTING THE VERBS IN THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

MARK THE SENTENCES THAT ARE CORRECT FILL IN THE GAPS USING THE WORDS IN THE PANEL

MATCH THE PICTURES TO THE CORRECT ANSWERS

The present continuous is used to talk about continued actions that are happening in the present moment

It is formed with “be” and a present participle.

The present continuous FILL IN THE GAPS BY PUTTING THE VERBS IN THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

MARK THE SENTENCES THAT ARE CORRECT FILL IN THE GAPS USING THE WORDS IN THE PANEL

MATCH THE PICTURES TO THE CORRECT ANSWERS

The future with “will” 54

Object and subject questions 102

The present for future events 56

Indirect questions 104

The future continuous 58

Question tags 106

The present simple 8

The future perfect 60

Short questions 108

The present simple negative 12

The future in the past 62

Present simple questions 14

Future review 64

The present continuous 16

The passive 68

Present tenses overview 20

The passive in the past 71

Imperatives 24

The passive in the future 74

The past simple 26

The passive with modals 76

The past simple negative 30

Other passive constructions 78

Past simple questions 32

Conditional sentences 80

The past continuous 34

Other conditional sentences 86

The present perfect simple 36

Conditional sentences review 88

The present perfect continuous 40

Future possibilities 90

The past perfect simple 42

Wishes and regrets 92

The past perfect continuous 44

“Either / neither / both” 166

Singular and plural nouns 168

Countable and uncountable nouns 170

Action and state verbs 126

Infinitives and participles 128

Verb patterns 130

Verb patterns with objects 133

Verb patterns with prepositions 135

Phrasal verbs 136

Comparative adjectives 228

Linking words review 274

Two comparatives together 232

Sequencing and organizing 282

Comparative and superlative adverbs 242

Correcting and changing the subject 284

Other relative structures 202

“So” and “such” 252

Question words with “-ever” 204

“Enough” and “too” 254

More linking words 272

Gradable and non-gradable adjectives 225

The present simple is used to make simple statements

of fact, to talk about things that happen repeatedly,

and to describe things that are always true.

The present simple

MARK THE SENTENCES THAT ARE CORRECTFILL IN THE GAPS BY PUTTING THE VERBS IN THE PRESENT SIMPLE

FILL IN THE GAPS USING “AM,”

MATCH THE PICTURES TO THE CORRECT SENTENCES

FILL IN THE GAPS USING THE WORDS IN THE PANEL

To make negative sentences using “be” in the present

simple, “not” is added after the verb For other verbs,

the auxiliary verb “do not” or “does not” is used.

The present simple negative

REWRITE THE SENTENCES, PUTTING THE WORDS IN THE CORRECT ORDER

FILL IN THE GAPS USING “DO NOT” OR “DOES NOT”

REWRITE EACH SENTENCE IN THE NEGATIVE USING CONTRACTIONS

MARK THE SENTENCES THAT ARE CORRECT

REWRITE THE SENTENCES IN THE NEGATIVE

FILL IN THE GAPS USING “AM,”

Questions in the present simple with “be” are formed by

swapping the verb and subject For other verbs, the auxiliary

verb “do” or “does” must be added before the subject.

Present simple questions

MARK THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE CORRECT

REWRITE THE SENTENCES AS QUESTIONS

The present continuous is used to talk about continued

actions that are happening in the present moment

It is formed with “be” and a present participle.

The present continuous

FILL IN THE GAPS USING THE WORDS IN THE PANELMATCH THE PICTURES TO THE CORRECT ANSWERS

FILL IN THE GAPS BY PUTTING THE VERBS IN THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

MARK THE SENTENCES THAT ARE CORRECT

MATCH THE BEGINNINGS OF THE SENTENCES TO THE CORRECT ENDINGS

REWRITE THE SENTENCES, PUTTING THE WORDS IN THE CORRECT ORDER

REWRITE THE SENTENCES

The present simple and present continuous are used in

different situations There are different ways to form

questions and negatives with these tenses.

Present tenses overview

LOOK AT THE PICTURES AND COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING THE PHRASES IN THE PANEL

CROSS OUT THE INCORRECT WORDS IN EACH SENTENCE

FILL IN THE GAPS BY PUTTING THE VERBS IN THE PRESENT SIMPLE OR THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

MATCH THE BEGINNINGS OF THE SENTENCES TO THE CORRECT ENDINGS

REWRITE THE SENTENCES, PUTTING THE WORDS IN THE CORRECT ORDER

MARK THE SENTENCES THAT ARE CORRECT

REWRITE THE SENTENCES, CORRECTING THE ERRORS

Imperatives are used to give commands or to make

requests They can also be used to give warnings

MATCH THE BEGINNINGS

OF THE SENTENCES TO THE CORRECT ENDINGS

REWRITE THE SENTENCES, PUTTING THE WORDS IN THE CORRECT ORDER

MATCH THE PICTURES

TO THE CORRECT SENTENCES

The past simple is used to talk about completed

actions that happened at a fixed time in the past

It is the most commonly used past tense in English.

The past simple

FILL IN THE GAPS USING THE PAST SIMPLE VERBS IN THE PANEL

MATCH THE BEGINNINGS OF THE SENTENCES TO THE CORRECT ENDINGS

REWRITE THE SENTENCES, PUTTING THE WORDS IN THE CORRECT ORDER

CROSS OUT THE INCORRECT WORD IN EACH SENTENCE

FILL IN THE GAPS BY PUTTING THE VERBS IN THE PAST SIMPLE

FILL IN THE GAPS USING “WAS” OR “WERE”

REWRITE THE SENTENCES USING THE PAST SIMPLE

The past simple negative is used to talk about

things that did not happen in the past It is always

formed the same way, unless the main verb is “be.”

The past simple negative

MATCH THE BEGINNINGS OF THE SENTENCES TO THE CORRECT ENDINGS

MARK THE SENTENCES THAT ARE CORRECT

CROSS OUT THE INCORRECT WORDS IN EACH SENTENCE

WRITE EACH SENTENCE IN ITS OTHER FORM

Questions in the past simple are formed using “did.”

For past simple questions with “be,” the subject and

the verb “was” or “were” are swapped around.

Past simple questions

MATCH THE STATEMENTS TO THEIR QUESTION FORMS

MATCH THE PICTURES TO THE CORRECT QUESTIONS

REWRITE THE SENTENCES, PUTTING THE WORDS IN THE CORRECT ORDER

REWRITE THE SENTENCES, CORRECTING THE ERRORS

The past continuous is used in English to talk about actions

or events that were in progress at some time in the past It is

formed with “was” or “were” and a present participle.

The past continuous

MATCH THE PICTURES TO THE CORRECT SENTENCES

CROSS OUT THE INCORRECT WORDS IN EACH SENTENCE

FILL IN THE GAPS, PUTTING THE WORDS IN THE CORRECT ORDER

FILL IN THE GAPS BY PUTTING THE VERBS IN THE CORRECT TENSES

The present perfect simple is used to talk about events

in the recent past that still have an effect on the present

moment It is formed with “have” and a past participle.

The present perfect simple

FILL IN THE GAPS USING “HAS” OR “HAVE” TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCES

FILL IN THE GAPS USING THE WORDS IN THE PANEL

MARK THE SENTENCES THAT ARE CORRECT

REWRITE THE SENTENCES, CORRECTING THE ERRORS

MARK THE BEST REPLY

The present perfect continuous is used to talk about a

continuing activity in the past that still has an effect on

the present moment It usually refers to the recent past.

The present perfect continuous

MATCH THE BEGINNINGS OF THE SENTENCES TO THE CORRECT ENDINGS

REWRITE THE SENTENCES, PUTTING THE WORDS IN THE CORRECT ORDER

FILL IN THE GAPS BY PUTTING THE VERBS IN THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

English uses the past perfect simple with the past simple

to talk about two or more events that happened at

different times in the past.

The past perfect simple

FILL IN THE GAPS USING THE WORDS IN THE PANEL

MATCH THE PICTURES TO THE CORRECT SENTENCES

FILL IN THE GAPS BY PUTTING THE VERBS IN THE PAST SIMPLE OR PAST PERFECT SIMPLE

English uses the past perfect continuous with the past

simple to talk about an activity that was in progress

before another action or event happened.

The past perfect continuous

MARK THE SENTENCES THAT ARE CORRECT

MATCH THE BEGINNINGS OF THE SENTENCES TO THE CORRECT ENDINGS

FILL IN THE GAPS BY PUTTING THE VERBS IN THE PAST SIMPLE OR PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

When talking about habits or states in the past,

“used to” or “would” are often used English often

uses these forms to contrast the past with the present.

“Used to” and “would”

LOOK AT THE PICTURES AND COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING THE PHRASES IN THE PANEL

MARK THE SENTENCES THAT ARE CORRECT

REWRITE THE SENTENCES, CORRECTING THE ERRORS

There are eight different ways to talk about the past

in English The differences between the past simple

and the present perfect simple are particularly important.

Past tenses review

CROSS OUT THE INCORRECT WORDS IN EACH SENTENCE

MATCH THE BEGINNINGS OF THE SENTENCES TO THE CORRECT ENDINGS

REWRITE THE SENTENCES, PUTTING THE WORDS IN THE CORRECT ORDER

FILL IN THE GAPS BY PUTTING THE VERBS IN THE CORRECT TENSES

MATCH THE PICTURES TO THE CORRECT SENTENCES

REWRITE THE SENTENCES, CORRECTING THE ERRORS

Future forms in English are formed using auxiliary verbs

One of the most commonly used constructions is

“going to” plus the base form of the main verb.

The future with “going to”

MARK WHETHER EACH SENTENCE IS A FUTURE PLAN

REWRITE THE SENTENCES AS QUESTIONS

FILL IN THE GAPS BY PUTTING THE VERBS IN THE FUTURE WITH “GOING TO”

“Will” is used to form some future tenses in English

It can be used in several different ways, which are all

different from the future with “going to.”

The future with “will”

FILL IN THE GAPS, PUTTING THE VERBS IN THE FUTURE WITH “WILL”

MARK WHETHER EACH SENTENCE IS A PREDICTION, OFFER, PROMISE,

OR DECISION

REWRITE THE SENTENCES, PUTTING THE WORDS IN THE CORRECT ORDER

Prediction Offer Promise Decision

Prediction Offer Promise Decision

Prediction Offer Promise Decision

Prediction Offer Promise Decision

Prediction Offer Promise Decision

The present for future events

MARK WHETHER EACH SENTENCE REFERS TO THE PRESENT OR FUTURE

The present simple and present continuous can be used

to talk about future events that are already planned They

are usually used with a future time word or time phrase.

CROSS OUT THE INCORRECT WORDS IN EACH SENTENCE

REWRITE THE SENTENCES, CORRECTING THE ERRORS

The future continuous can be formed using “will” or

“going to.” It describes an event or situation that will

be in progress at some point in the future.

The future continuous

MATCH THE BEGINNINGS OF THE SENTENCES TO THE CORRECT ENDINGS