Present Tense
A. Read the sentences below. What is each
sentence? Tick(¡Ô )the correct column.
The first one has been done for you.
| ¡@ | Fact | Habit/Routine | Order |
| a. Tim likes karaoke. |
e.g. ¡Ô |
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b. Tilly goes to the cinema on Saturday evening. |
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| c. Kathy has long dark hair | ¡@ | ¡@ | ¡@ |
| d. Please switch on the video | ¡@ | ¡@ | ¡@ |
| e. It rains a lot in the spring. | ¡@ | ¡@ | ¡@ |
| f. Add these numbers and then divide them by fire. | ¡@ | ¡@ | ¡@ |
| g. James gets up at six o'clock every morning. | ¡@ | ¡@ | ¡@ |
| h. I'm too fat. | ¡@ | ¡@ | ¡@ |
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B. Sally's mum often goes to the supermarket. Sally has written a short report
about her mum's trip to the supermarket. Help her complete the report by
using the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
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When my Mum ___________(go) shopping, she always ___________ (buy) rice and vegetables. Sometimes I ___________(go) with her. My little sister _____________(like) chocolate, and I ___________(like) ice cream, so Mum also _____________(get) these things for us. When she __________(come) home, she ___________(put) the food away. If my sister and I _____________(be) at home, we __________(help) her. Then Mum __________(wash) the vegetables and ___________(cook) dinner. ¡@ |
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C. Look at the verbs in the box. Then read the passage below. Use the verbs to
complete the passage. Make sure you use the correct verb forms!
| be
come
do eat
go
have
like
live
meet
take talk work visit play sleep study |
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What do they do on Sunday? ¡@ Thomas Lee ____________ a Secondary 1 student. He ___________ to church with; his family on Sunday morning and he ____________ badminton every Sunday afternoon. " I __________ sports," he says. On Sunday evening, Thomas ________ his homework. Jenny Chow __________ with her family in Mong Kok. She _________ a job in a hospital all Saturday night, and she _____________ home at 8 a.m. on Sunday morning. " I ___________ always very tired, so I _____________ every Sunday afternoon", she says. Every Sunday night, Jenny ____________ Putonghua at an evening school. Mr. Lau _____________ 77 years old. He ___________ a bird. Every Sunday morning he __________ his bird to Victoria Park. " My friends and I ____________ at the park every Sunday morning and ___________ about our grandchildren," he says. Every Sunday afternoon, he _______ his grandchildren, and they all ___________ dim sum together. ¡@ |