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VERBS USUALLY NOT USED IN ANY OF THE PROGRESSIVE TENSES

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КН направление І курс осенний семестр 2015-2016 (1-4 Units) (1)

Exercise 2. Read the following extracts and put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple or the Present Continuous. Then, say what use of these tenses each extract shows.

VERBS USUALLY NOT USED IN ANY OF THE PROGRESSIVE TENSES

VERB	EXAMPLE	OTHER USES OF THIS VERB
be	(a) I am hungry.
SENSES hear taste smell see	(b) I hear a noise. (c) This food tastes good. (d) I smell gas. (e) I see a butterfly.	You will be hearing from me. (I will write or phone you.) The doctor is seeing a patient. (meeting with)
MENTAL ACTIVITY know believe think understand recognize remember forget mean	(f) I know his phone number. (g) I believe his story. (h) I think he is a kind man. (believe) (i) I understand your problem now. (j) I don't recognize him. (k) I remember my first teacher. (1) I forget his name, (m) I mean this book, not that one.	I am thinking about this grammar. (Certain thoughts are going through my mind right now.) I have been meaning to call you. (intending)
POSSESSION possess own have belong	(n) He possesses many fine qualities. (o) She owns a house. (p) He has a car. (possesses) (q) That belongs to me.	I am having trouble. He is having a good time. (experiencing).
ATTITUDES want prefer need appreciate love like hate dislike seem	(r) I want to leave now. (s) He prefers to stay here. (t) I need some help. (u) I appreciate your help. (v) I love my family. (w) I like this book. (x) She hates dishonesty. (y) I dislike this book. (z) He seems to be a nice person.
VERB ATTITUDES look appear	She looks cold. (seems to be) He appears to be asleep. (seems to be)	I am looking out the window. (using my eyes to see) The actor is appearing on the stage.

Note:Never … again is not used with the Present Simple
e.g. I’m never painting the house by myself again.
(NOT: I never paint the house by myself again.)
Grammar Exercises

Exercise 1. Expand the following into sentences in order to make true statements with doesn’t or don’t where necessary.

water/ boil/at 100°C

Water boils at 100°C.
Rice/ grow/ on trees
Rice doesn’t grow on trees.

chicks/ hatch/ from eggs
kangaroos/ live/ in Spain
plants/ need/ water to grow
rain/ fall/ from clouds
astronauts/ travel/ in submarines
cows/ lay/ eggs
pandas/ live/ in Italy
elephants/ eat/ meat
fish/ walk/ on land
the sun/ set/ in the east
bees/ give milk
caterpillars/ turn/ into butterflies
wool/ come/ from sheep

Exercise 2. Read the following extracts and put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple or the Present Continuous. Then, say what use of these tenses each extract shows.

A. These days, it seems everything 1) is changing (change). Cities 2) ___________________ (become) bigger and busier every year, technology 3) __________________ (develop) faster than ever before, and scientists 4) __________________ (learn) more about the way things work.

B. Water 1)_______________ ( boil) at 100°C and 2) ________________ (freeze) when the temperature 3) _________________ (drop) below 0°C. Salt water 4) ______________ (be) different, however.
C. This film 1) ________ (be) great! It 2) _____________ (have) an all-star cast and the script 3) __________ (be) very funny. The action 4) _____________ (begin) when two young men 5) ________________ (try) to rob a bank.
D. Rogers 1) _______________ (kick) the ball and 2) ________________ (pass) it to Jones. Jones 3) ______________ (run) down the pitch. He 4) _______________ (pass) the ball to Smith who 5) ________________ (shoot) and 6) _____________ (score)!

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