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1º DE BACHILLERATO – TIEMPOS VERBALES  1
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
A.     Put the verb in the present continuous:
Example: Please don´t make so much noise. I am studying  (study)
1. Please be quiet.  I ......................................(try) to concentrate.
2. Look! It .....................................(snow).
3. Why ................................(you/look) at me like that? Did Isay something
wrong?    
4.  You.................................(make)  a lot of noise. Can you be a little bit quiet
     quieter?
5.  Excuse me, I .....................................(look) for a phone booth. Is there one
          near here?
     6.  (at the movies)It´s a good movie, isn´t it? .....................................(you/enjoy)
          it?
7.      Listen! Can you hearthose people next door? They .............................(yell)
at each other again.
8.      Why....................................(you/wear)your coat today? It´s very warm.
9.      I....................................(not work)this week. I´m on holiday.
10. I want to lose weight. I....................................(not/eat) anything today.
B.    Put the verb in the present continuous,using one of these verbs:
get   become   change    rise   improve    fall   increase
Example: The population of the world is rising very fast.
1. The number of people without jobs.....................................at the moment.
2. He is still sick, but he.........................................better slowly.
3. These days food...........................................more andmore expensive.
4. The world........................................Things never stay the same.
5. The cost of living................................... Every year things are more
expensive.
      6.  George has gone to work in Spain.  At first his Spanish wasn´t very good
           but now it ....................................
7.      The economic situation is already very bad, andit .............................worse
C.  Read this conversation and put each verb in the present continuous.
     Brian: Hello Steve. I haven´t seen you for ages.  What(1) are you doing these
                days?
     Steve: I (2) .......................................(work) in a department store.
     Brian: Really? (3) ......................................(you/enjoy)it?
     Steve:Yeah, It is OK. How about you?
     Brian: Well, I (4) ......................................(not work) at the moment, but I´m very
                busy. I (5).......................................(build) a house.
     Steve: Really? (6) .....................................(you/do) it alone?
     Brian: No, some friends of mine(7).............................................(help) me.

A.    Put the verb in the Present Simple.
1. The swimming pool .............................................(open) at 9:00 and (close)
................................at 6.30 every day.
2. What time .........................................(the banks/close)here?
3. I have a car, but I .........................................(not use) it very often.
4. How manycigarettes........................................(you/smoke) a day?
5. “What...................................(you/do)?” “I´m a doctor”
6. “Where........................................(your mother/come)from?” She (come)
...............................from Mexico”
7. It ................................(take) me an hour to get to work. How long................
..................(it/take)you?
8. I....................................(play) the violin, but I ...............................(not/play)
very well.
9. I don´t understand the word “liar”. What ...................................(“liar”/mean)?
B.    Read these sentences and correct them.  The English is correct but the
information is wrong.  Write two correct sentences each time.
Example: The sun goes around the earth.  The sun...