A. Complete the sentences. Use the simple present or the present continue of the verbs.

1. Right now Martha is in the science building. The chemistry experiment she
(do)__________ is dangerous, so she (be)__________ very careful. She (want,
not)__________ to spill any of the acid. She (be, always)__________ careful when she
does a chemistry experiment.

2. Right now I (look)__________ around the classroom. Yoko (write)__________ in her

book. Carlos (bite)__________ his pencil. Ling-Ling (strach)__________ his head. Ali
(stare)__________ out the window. He (seem)__________ to be daydreaming, but
perhaps he (think)__________ hard about verb tenses.

3. A: How (you, like)__________ the soup? (it, need)__________more garlic?

B: No, it (taste)__________ delicious. It (remind)__________me of my mothers soup.

4. A: What (you, look)__________at?

B: You! You (look)__________ like your father.
A: (You, think)__________so? Many people tell me I (resemble)__________ my
mother.
B: I (see)__________ your fathers face when I look at you.

B. Complete the sentences with simple past form of the verbs.

I(have)__________ a terrible experience last night. You wont believe what happened! A
thief (burst)__________ into my apartment while I was asleep. There I was, just sleeping
peacefully when someone(brake)__________ the glass in the sliding door!

The sound (wake)__________ me up. I (hear)__________ the sliding door open, so I

reached for the phone by the bed and called the police. My voice (shake)__________ as I told
the operator there was an intruder in my home.

I (hide)__________ in my bedroom closet while the thief was sneaking around my office.
Soon I (hear)__________ sirens as the police (arrive)__________ to my building. From the
crack in the closet door, I (see)__________ the thief as he (run)__________ outside with my
computer.

The police jumped out of their cars and followed the thief, but he managed to get away in
a car that was waiting for him. The police (get)__________ back in their cars and drove after
him. Later I learned that they (catch)__________ the thief a few miles from my building. I
(feel)__________ really frightened by all this. It really (upset)__________ me, as you can
imagine. I think Ill stay at my brothers house tonight.
C. Fill in the blank space with correct comparison adjectives.
1. Apples are ___________ than chips. (Healthy)
2. Elephants are ________than bears. (Big)
3. Gold is ____________________- than silver (Expensive)
4. I am __________ at English than my brother. (Good)
5. My friend is ____________ than me. (Short)
6. "Harry Potter "books are (Interesting)
________________________ than "The Book of
the Jungle".
7. Berta is _______________________ than Debby. (Beautiful)
8. French is ___________________ than English. (Difficult)
9. Tina is 5 years old. Sandra is 10 years old. Sandra (Old)
is _________ than Tina.
10. Love is _______________________ than money. (Important)

D. Write ten questions about these places in the neighborhood map below.
E. Make sentences. Use the present continue form of the verbs in the list (or your own
word).

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