Underline the correct form.
- Oh, no! We can't play tennis. It rains / is raining.
- It rains / is raining a lot in April.
- I read / am reading a very good book.
- I read / am reading in bed every night.
- She's a doctor. She works / is working in St Mary's Hospital.
- She works / is working very hard because she has a maths test tomorrow.
- Vegetarians don't eat / aren't eating meat.
- Look! That man eats / is eating a big ice-cream!
- Сейчас идёт дождь (мы не можем играть сейчас) — действие в момент речи: is raining.
- «a lot in April» — обычное, повторяющееся явление: rains.
- Читаю хорошую книгу в данный период: am reading.
- «every night» — регулярное действие: read.
- Постоянная работа: works.
- «because she has a maths test tomorrow» — временный период, сейчас: is working.
- Общий факт: don't eat.
- «Look!» — действие прямо сейчас: is eating.
Present Simple — для фактов, привычек и регулярных действий (every night, usually). Present Continuous — для действий в момент речи или временных (now, Look!, at the moment).
- is raining
- rains
- am reading
- read
- works
- is working
- don't eat
- is eating
Complete the sentences with the right verb forms.
- John's a vegetarian. He ________ (not eat) meat.
- I can't go to the cinema because I ________ (do) my homework now.
- Pierre and Jean are French and they ________ (not understand) Spanish.
- Tom can't pick up the phone now because he ________ (take) a shower.
- Mr. House is a doctor. He ________ (work) in a new hospital in London.
- Swiss people ________ (speak) French, Italian and German.
- Sshh! The baby ________ (sleep).
- Sheila is wearing her headphones, so she ________ (not listen) to what you're saying.
- Постоянный факт — Present Simple,
-е лицо: doesn't eat. - «now» — Present Continuous: am doing.
- Общий факт, they: don't understand.
- «now», действие идёт сейчас: is taking.
- Постоянная работа: works.
- Общий факт: speak.
- «Sshh!» — сейчас: is sleeping.
- Сейчас, в наушниках: isn't listening.
Факты и постоянные ситуации — Present Simple; действие в момент речи — Present Continuous (am/is/are + глагол с -ing).
- doesn't eat
- am doing
- don't understand
- is taking
- works
- speak
- is sleeping
- isn't listening
Complete the sentences with the right verb forms.
have start teach drink read eat listen
This is Susanne Wells. She is a teacher and she ________ children in primary school.
It's 7.30 on Monday morning. She is in her kitchen and she ________ breakfast.
She usually ________ a cup of coffee and ________ a toast for breakfast.
Now she ________ the newspaper and she ________ to the news on the radio. She usually ________ work at 9.00.
come speak review teach
It is 10.00 now and Susanne is at school. She ________ English to her class at the moment. She has students of different nationalities. Some of her students ________ from France, Germany and Holland. Right now, the kids ________ some words for the test. Susanne is a good teacher and she ________ English very well.
Первая часть:
- Профессия, постоянный факт: teaches.
- «It's
. ... She is in her kitchen» — сейчас: is having. - «usually» — привычка: drinks; второе — eats.
- «Now» — is reading; параллельно is listening.
- «usually» — starts.
Вторая часть:
- «at the moment»: is teaching (из слов teach/speak: по смыслу — она преподаёт английский классу).
- Общий факт о студентах: come.
- «Right now»: are reviewing.
- Умение, общий факт: speaks.
Слова usually, every day — Present Simple (у he/she/it добавляется -s/-es). Слова now, at the moment, right now — Present Continuous.
Первая часть: teaches; is having; drinks; eats; is reading; is listening; starts.
Вторая часть: is teaching; come; are reviewing; speaks.
