PART 1: How often do you ... ?
1. sleep past noon
2. wear a hat to school
3. wash dishes after dinner
4. eat fish for dinner
5. go to (a particular place in this city) on weekends
6. drink (a particular beverage)
7. watch TV before you come to school in the morning
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8. listen to the radio in the evening
PART II: What are some things you always/usually/often/sometimes/seldom/
rarely/never do _____?
1. when you eat dinner
2. when you get ready to go to bed at night
3. when you travel abroad
4. when you meet a new person
5. when you're on vacation
6. in this classroom
PART III: What are some things people in your country always/usually/often/
sometimes/seldom/rarely/never do _____ ?
1. at the dinner table
2. at a wedding
3. when a child misbehaves
4. when they have a cold
5. to celebrate their birthdays
6. when they want to have fun
Chart 5. Frequently Used Nonprogressive Verbs. A Reference List
hear
see
believe
think*
understand
know
be
exist
own
forget
have*
remember
possess
hate
belong
need
want
like
love
prefer
Sometimes think and have are used in progressive
tenses. Compare:
I think that grammar is easy. -When think means believe, it is nonprogressive.
I am thinking about grammar right now. - When think expresses thoughts that are
going through a person's mind, it can be progressive.
Tom has a car. – When have expresses possession, it is not used in the present
progressive. I'm having a good time. – In certain idiomatic expressions (e.g., have
a good time), have can be used in the present progressive.
EXERCISE 5: Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses. Use the Simple
Present or the Present Progressive.
Right now Lydia (read) is reading an article in the newspaper, but she
(understand, not) doesn't understand it. Some of the vocabulary (be ) is too
difficult for her.
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1. Right now I (look) _____ at the board. I (see) _____ some words on the board.
2. I (need) _____ to call my parents today and tell them about my new apartment.
They can't call me because they (know, not) _____ my new telephone number.
3. This tea is good. I (like) _____ it. What kind is it? I (prefer) _____ tea to coffee.
How about you?
4. Right now I (think) _____ about sea gulls and waves.
5. I (think) _____ that sea gulls are beautiful birds.
6. A: Who is that man? I (think) _____ that I (know) _____ him, but I (forget) _____
his name right now.
B: That's Mr. Martin.
A: That's right! I (remember) _____ him now.
7. Sam is at the library. He (sit) _____ at a table. He (write) _____ a composition. He
(use) _____ a dictionary to look up the spelling of some words. The dictionary
(belong, not) _____ to him. It (belong) _____ to his roommate. Sam (look) _____ up
words in the dictionary because he (want) _____ to make sure that he doesn't have
any misspelled words in his paper.
8. A: (Believe, you) _____ in flying saucers?
B: What (talk, you) _____ about?
A: You know, spaceships from outer space with alien creatures aboard.
B: In my opinion, flying saucers (exist) _____ only in people's imaginations.
9. A: Which color (prefer, you) _____, red or blue?
B: I (like) _____ blue better than red. Why?
A: According to this magazine article I (read) _____ right now, people who
(prefer) _____ blue to red (be) _____ calm and (value) _____ honesty and loyalty
in their friends. A preference for the color red (mean) _____ that a person (be)
_____ aggressive and (love) _____ excitement.
B: Oh? That (sound) _____ like a bunch of nonsense to me.
EXERCISE 6: Complete the sentences by using the words in parentheses. Use the
Simple Present or the Present Progressive. Some of the sentences are negative. Some
of the sentences are questions. Supply the short answer to a question if necessary.
1. A: Where are the children?
B: In the living room
A: What are they doing? (They, watch) _____ TV?
B: No, _____ They (play) _____ a game.
2. A: Shhh. I (hear) _____ a noise. (You, hear) _____ it, too?
B: Yes, _____ I wonder what it is.
3. A: My sister (have) _____ a new car. She bought it last month.
B: (You, have) _____ a car?
A: No, _____ Do you?
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B: No, but I have a ten-speed bike.
4. A: Shhh.
B: Why? (The baby, sleep) _____?
A: Uh-huh. She (take) _____ her afternoon nap.
B: Okay, I'll talk softly. I (want, not) _____ to wake her up.
5. A: Ron, (be) _____ this your hat?
B: No, _____ It (belong, not) _____ to me. Maybe it (belong) _____ to Kevin. Why
don't you ask him about it?
A: Okay.
6. A: What (you, think) _____ about every night before you fall asleep?
B: I (think) _____ about all of the pleasant things that happened during the day. I (
think, not) _____ about my problems.
7. A: What (you, think) _____ about right now?
B: I (think) _____ about English grammar. I (think, not) _____ about anything else
right now.
A: I (believe, not) _____ you!
B: But it's true.
8. A: (You, see) _____ that man over there?
B: Which man? The man in the brown jacket?
A: No, I (talk) _____ about the man who (wear) _____ the blue shirt.
B: Oh, that man.
A: (You, know) _____ him?
B: No, I (think, not) _____ so.
A: I (know, not) _____ him either.
9.A: (You, know) _____ any tongue-twisters?
B: Yes, _____ Here's one: She sells seashells down by the sea shore.
A: That (be) _____ hard to say! Can you say this: Sharon wears Sue's shoes to zoos
to look at cheap sheep?
B: That (make, not) _____ any sense.
A: I (know) _____.
EXERCISE 7. Answer the questions. Use the Simple Present or the Simple Past.
1. What are some things you usually do every morning? What are some things you
did yesterday (Or: this) morning?
2. What do you usually do in the evening? What did you do last night?
3. What do we usually do in this class? What did we do in this class yesterday?
4. What do you usually do after this class? What did you do after class yesterday?
5. What did you do two days ago? Last week? Last month? Last year?
6. Take out a piece of paper. Write what you did (your activities) yesterday. Write as
fast as you can.
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EXERCISE 8. Pair up with a classmate. Practice questions, short answers, and irregular
verbs.
Student A: Ask questions beginning with "Did you ...?" Listen carefully to Student В's
answers to make sure he or she is using the irregular verbs correctly. Look at Chart 2-
4 if necessary to check the correct form of an irregular verb. Your book is open.
Student B: In order to practice using irregular verbs, answer "yes" to all of Student A's
questions. Give full answers. Your book is closed.
Example: eat breakfast this morning Student A: Did you eat breakfast this
morning? Student B: Yes, I did. I ate breakfast at 7:30 this morning.
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