Tues 17/4

Verb Tenses - Exercises:

A) Fill in the correct verb forms: Simple Present or Present Continuous.

1) I amare beis  from New Zealand.

2) I amare beis  preparing dinner.

3) Our friend sometimes gogoes to the supermarket.

4) The baby am are beis crying.

5) We am arebeis  drawing a picture.

6) Andy am areis washing his pullover.

7) DoDoes they walk to school?

8) Pat drivedrives a school bus.

9) Sandy often forgetforgets her homework.

10) Anne and Tom am arebeis  feeding the cows.

Simple Present or Present Progressive

Choose the correct verb form from the dropdown menu and form sentence in the Simple Present or the Present Progressive.

1) John    play plays am playing is playing are playing  football at the moment. 2) We often    write writes am writing is writing are writing  tests at our school. 3) I    talk talks am talking is talking are talking  to my teacher now. 4) Look! Mandy and Susan    watch watches am watching is watching are watching  a film on TV. 5) Olivia    visit visits am visiting is visiting are visiting  her uncle every weekend. 6) Now the sun    shine shines am shining is shining are shining  . 7) They sometimes    read reads am reading is reading are reading  poems in the lessons. 8) Listen! The band    test tests am testing is testing are testing  the new guitar. 9) First I    wash washes am washing is washing are washing  , then I dress. 10) Every morning my mother    get gets am getting is getting are getting  up at 6 o'clock.

Simple Past or Past Progressive

Choose the correct verb forms. Use Simple Past or the Past Progressive. 1) We    sat was sitting were sitting  at the breakfast table when the doorbell    rang was ringing were ringing  . 2) He    met was meeting were meeting  a lot of friendly people while he    worked was working were working  in California. 3) When they    left was leaving were leaving  the museum, the sun    shone was shining were shining  . 4) The students    played was playing were playing  cards when the teacher    came was coming were coming  in. 5) While the children    slept was sleeping were sleeping  , their parents    watched was watching were watching  TV. 6) It    started was starting were starting  to rain while she    watered was watering were watering  the flowers in her garden. 7) When I    opened was opening were opening  the door, it    rained was raining were raining  . 8) While Henry    had was having were having  a drink at the bar, his wife    swam was swimming were swimming  in the sea. 9) He    heard was hearing were hearing  a loud bang while he    talked was talking were talking  to his friend. 10) While he    took was taking were taking  a shower, his dogs    ate was eating were eating  his steaks.

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Vocabulary: beautiful photographs


Go to Flipboard application and select 2 or 3 photos.  Describe them and tell me about the colors that you see in them.


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It's Hollywood Time.  Time for you to become a movie writer and director. Watch the following animated episode of Mr Bean and write down in your own words utilizing as much new vocabulary as possible, the sequence of events and description of all the actors and surrounding environment.  Watch this video as many times as needed in order to write a good story and present it in front of class.

Hint: you should use primarily the present simple, past simple and past progressive tenses when narrating this video.