3 ESO PRESENT EXERCISES

PRESENT SIMPLE VS. PRESENT CONTINUOUS EXERCISES
1. Choose the most suitable sentence.
a) 1. I wash my hair
2. I’m washing my hair.
b) 1. Do you know the answer?
2. Are you knowing the answer?
c) 1. Do you wait for the school bus?
2. Are you waiting for the school bus?
e) 1. That bike costs £350.
2. That bike is costing £350.
f) 1. Do you understand?
2. Are you understanding?
g) 1. I do my homework.
2. I’m doing my homework.
2. Complete each sentence. Use the words in brackets. Use present simple or
present continuous.
a) Richard (always, get up) ................................. before 7.00.
b) Hurry up! The bus (wait) .................................................. for us!
c) Where (we, go) .......................................................... ? This is the wrong
road!
d) My friends (not believe) .................................................................... my story.
e) Please be quiet! I (read) ............................................... a very interesting
book.
f) (like, Susan) ................................................................................. horror films?
3. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Use
the simple present or the present continuous tense.
1 My brother __________________________ (like) this CD very much.
2 He __________________________ (travel) in China this summer.
3 We __________________________ (go) to lunch now. Would you like to join
us?
4 We always __________________________ (visit) Grandma on Sundays.
5 In this photo, we __________________________ (play) volleyball on the
beach.
6 I __________________________ (play) tennis every day.
7 My father can’t come to the phone now. He __________________________
(take) a shower.
8 My father __________________________ (work) as an accountant in a big
company.
9 I think this pen __________________________ (cost) HK$8.
10 I can’t play online games now. My brother __________________________
(use) the computer
to do his homework.
11 A: ______________ you ___________________ (do) your homework now?
B: Yes, I __________________________.
12 This photo was taken when I was three.
__________________________ (carry) me on his shoulders.
My
father
13 People ______________ always ___________________ (buy) new mobile
phones.
14 Can you see Anna? She __________________________ (stand) at the bus
stop.
15 ______________ you still ___________________ (watch) TV?
16 A: ______________ they _________________ (go) to Ocean Park on
Sunday?
B: No, they __________________________.
17 She often __________________________ (miss) class because of illness.
18 A: ______________ you _________________ (like) Kelly Chan’s songs?
B: Yes, I ______________, but my brother _________________.
4. Fill in the gaps with Present Simple or Present Continuous.
John lives in a small village near the sea. He ................ (work) at the local
post office. He ............................ (not drive) to work because the office is
near his home. He always ...................... (walk) to work. In the afternoons, he
......................... (play) cricket with his friends. They ......................... (not
have) much to do in the evenings, but John ........................ (love) his life in
the village.
This week everything is different. He ........................ (stay) with his brother
in London. He ....................... (drive) everywhere, but he .........................
(not like) it. He ........................ (want) to go back to his village.
5. Put the verb in brackets in the correct tense. Underline the clues for
your choice, if possible.
1. ..................................................... (you, work) at the moment?
2. How many brothers and sisters ................................................... (you, have
got)?
3. Be quiet! My favourite writer .................................................. (speak) right
now on TV.
4. ..................................................... (you, speak) English?
5. Oh, hello. Sit down. We .......................................... (talk) about yesterday's
party!
6. On Mondays my father ............................................ (go) to the gym.
7. Every weekend my friends and I ...................................... (meet) in a big
disco nearby.
8. I ................................................... (not do) anything in the evening this year.
9. Why ................................................................ (you, always, think) that?!
10. Let me see... What book ....................................... (you, read)?
11. My sister ............................................... (not see) very well.
12. (continues) She ....................................... (wear) glasses.
13. Leonora ................................................ (work) in a library.
14. (continues) She ........................................ (be) a librarian.
15. (continues) But this weekend she ....................................... (work) as a
tattooist!
16. (continues) You see, .................................... (there be) an international
Tattoo Weekend with artists from all over the world.
17. (continues) And, of course, she ................................. (want) to be there!
18. ............................................ (you, like) tattoos?
19. Oh, yes! I ................................ (love) them!
20. (continues) Which .................................... (be) your favourite tattoos?
21. (continues) Which .................................... (be) your favourite type of tattoos,
I mean?
22. (continues) Well, I .................................... (like) tribals very much.
23. Dear Head Shrink: I ................................... (have) a problem.
24. (continues) I ........................................... (not make) friends easily.
25. I .......................................... (feel) very bad about that, really.
26. You ...................................... (be) a very nice person. So you should feel
more confident. Come on, go home.
27. (continues) Why .............................................. (you, look) at me like that!
28. (continues) ............................................. (you, be) a psychiatrist or not?
29. (continues) ............................................. (that, be) an answer?
30. Hey, it .................................. (smell) like something ...................................
(burn)!
31. (continues) Oh, my! My trainers ............................................ (be) on fire!!!

LONDON AT DICKENS' TIMES. PLAY THE GAME!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/multimedia/dickens/

CHARLES DICKENS' LIFE

See the animated story of Charles Dickens' life (BBC)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/bleakhouse/animation.shtml

WHY DON'T WE WORK WITH SONGS??

FOR CHRISTMAS!!!!!

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/songs/christmas/elementary/white-christmas.html

http://www.isabelperez.com/songs/all_iwant_christmas.htm

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/songs/christmas/let-it-snow.html

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/songs/christmas/merry-christmas-baby.html

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/songs/christmas/pre-intermediate/santa-claus-is-coming-to-town.html

WHAT ABOUT A CHRISTMAS KARAOKE???? ;)

http://www.esolcourses.com/topics/christmas-carols.html

Where is the love, by Black Eyed Peas

"Where Is the Love?" is a song recorded by the American hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas for their third album, Elephunk. It is the band's first record to feature Fergie. The song features vocals from Justin Timberlake, although he is not officially credited on the single release.

The single was released as the album's lead single in 2003. It has peaked at number eight in the United States, becoming The Black Eyed Peas' first Top 10 hit, while it peaked at number one in Australia and the United Kingdom. The band received two nominations, Record of the Year and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, for "Where Is the Love?" at the 46th Grammy Awards.

1) Listen to and watch the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpYeekQkAdc&feature=player_embedded#!
2) Fill in the gaps to complete the lyrics:
http://www.isabelperez.com/songs/song2.htm
3) Match the following words from the song to their opposites.

Wrong	Love
Overseas	Right
Hate	Be repellent to
Addicted to ...	Domestic
Attracted to	Inaccurate
Straight	Free of ...

4) Now translate the sentences that you have completed in exercise 1

5) Listen to the chorus of the song. Some words have been misplaced. Find them and write the lines correctly again.

People dyin' , people cryin'

Children hurt and you hear them killin'

Can you practice what you cheek

And would you turn the other preach

Father, Father, Father got us

Send us some guidance from above

'Cause people help me, got me questionin'

Where is the love (Love)

People .........

6) Now translate the Chorus.

7) Listen and read the second part of the song. Then match some of the lines with the concepts and expressions on the right as in the example (there can be more than one line associated with each concept).

1. It just ain't the same, always unchanged 2. New days are strange, is the world insane 3. If love and peace is so strong 4. Why are there pieces of love that don't belong 5. Nations droppin' bombs 6. Chemical gasses fillin' lungs of little ones 7. With the ongoin' sufferin' as the youth die young 8. So ask yourself is the lovin' really gone 9. So I could ask myself really what is goin' wrong 10. In this world that we livin' in people keep on givin' in 11. Makin' wrong decisions, only visions of them dividends 12. Not respectin' each other, deny thy brother 13. A war is goin' on but the reason's undercover 14. The truth is kept secret, it's swept under the rug 15. If you never know truth then you never know love 16. Where's the love, y'all, come on (I don't know) 17. Where's the truth, y'all, come on (I don't know) 18. Where's the love, y'all

The world is crazy: 2 Someone is telling lies: War: Act of betrayal: Lack of respect:

8) Listen to Part 3 of the song and complete the blanks with a preposition.

http://www.isabelperez.com/songs/song3.htm

9) Look up the following words in the dictionary and translate the sentences where they are.

Word	Meaning	Sentence Translation
weight, shoulder
selfishness
the media
criteria
minds
kids
fairness
animosity
lack, leading

10) Complete the table with the words in the box according to the final vowel sound:

preach, turn, wrong, gone, young, us, belong, world, love, cheek, hurt, see, rug

11) Find in the text the abstract nouns that correspond to the following adjectives:

Adjective	Abstract Noun	Meaning of the adjective and noun
fair
bad
selfish
united
guided
terrorist
human
true
equal

LEMON TREE (Fool's Garden)

"Lemon Tree" is a song by German britpop band Fool's Garden from the album Dish of the Day. which was released as a single in 1995 and became a major international hit in 1996. The single reached number 26 in the UK charts and remained at number one for several weeks in Germany. It also reached number one in Ireland.

1) Click here, listen to and watch the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phEnpdDusss

2) Now, fill in the gaps with the missing words. http://www.isabelperez.com/songs/cloze_lemon.htm

3) Complete the chart:

COMPLETE THIS VERB CHART:

VERBS IN PRESENT SIMPLE	VERBS IN PRESENT CONTINUOUS	VERBS IN PAST SIMPLE

4) Answer these questions:
1. How's the singer feeling?
2. Is the singer missing something or someone? Who or what?

INTRODUCING PROJECT #1: CSI LAB: READING.

We are going to read a text about how crime investigation works. There are four cases you will have to go through and learn interesting things about the forensic science.

Download this file and enjoy your reading.

http://www.slideshare.net/mariasilvo/seeingevidence-text