Grammar Focus for Block One- 7 (key) VTC LAN 6030

Present Continuous Tense (non-core) VE & CS

Present Continuous Tense

Exercise 1 Fill in each blank with the correct tense.

1. Look! Dolly (jump) is jumping into the water.

2. I (have) have lunch in the cafeteria every day.

3. I (go) am going to the beach next Thursday. Do you want to come?

4. Don't give Amy any yoghurt. She (hate) hates it!

5. You won't find Tiffany at home right now. She (study) is studying in the library.

6. Once a week, I (go) go to an art class at the college.

7. I (think) think you're crazy!

8. Susan is rich - she (drive) drives a Mercedes.

9. It (snow) is snowing quite hard - perhaps we shouldn't go out tonight.

10. Marie isn't Chinese. I (believe) believe she comes from Japan.

Exercise 2 Identify the verb form as present or present continuous. Which verbs should be
rewritten?

1. Many managers want a raise.

2. The I.T. department is working extra hours to change the software for the Chinese windows
platform.

3. All travel agencies book Caribbean Cruise packages throughout January.

4. VTC runs on a Windows NT host.

5. Our staff writes the company’s distribution software.

6. Microsoft owns the ‘Windows’ name.

7. I think his program works better than mine.

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Grammar Focus for Block One- 7 (key) VTC LAN 6030
Present Continuous Tense (non-core) VE & CS

Exercise 3 Fill in the blanks with the correct verb form.

Next week, my friends and I are going (go) camping in the woods. I am organizing (organize)

the food, because I like (like) cooking. Greg has (have) a big van, so he is planning

(plan) the transportation. Joe is bringing (bring) the tent – he goes (go) camping every summer,

so he has (have) a great tent and lots of other equipment. My girlfriend thinks _ (think) we're

crazy. She likes (like) holidays in comfortable hotels, so she is taking (take) a trip to Paris

instead.

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