Grammar 2
Present simple and continuous
1 Copy and complete the table with sentences 1-4.
present simple:
habitual actions
eaters eat 30 000 ants every day.
present continuous:
actions in progress
This anteater is eating
hundreds of ants.
1 The platypus usually lives on land.
2 This platypus is looking for food at the moment.
3 These emus are running quickly.
4 Gliders eat pollen from flowers.
Look!
Time expressions
With the present simple we use:
adverbs of frequency (always, never, usually, etc)
every day / week once / twice a week
With the present continuous we use:
now at the moment
2 Choose the correct words.
1 I watch TV every day.
2 I’m not watching TV at the moment.
3 We’re studying now.
4 We study English three times a week.
5 My teacher is working today.
6 She never works on Saturdays.
3 Read about Britain’s Top pets. Then complete the texts with the present simple or continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
Top pets!
British people love their pets. There are seven million cats and six million dogs in Britain! Here are our favourites this week…
In this photo, Sally’s cat (1) is sleeping in her favourite place!
Guess what!
Cats usually (2) sleep 13 hours a day.
Guess what!
Goldfish usually (3) live for 5-10 years.
Jill’s goldfish are perfectly happy –here they (4) ’re swimming in their new aquarium.
Emma’s rabbit (5) is eating its favourite food in this great photo.
Guess what!
Wild rabbits (6) don’t eat carrots!
4 Complete the questions with the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
1 Where is the cat relaxing in the photo?
2 How many hours do cats sleep?
3 Where are the fish swimming in the photo?
4 Do pet rabbits like eating carrots?
5 Answer the questions in exercise 4.
Listening
6 Listen to the talk. Which words do you hear?
snake owl stick insect turtle frog parrot spider scorpion whale
Текст аудирования:
(T = Teacher D = David К = Katy P = Polly)
T: Morning everyone! Today we’ve got David and Katy here with us. They’re going to talk to us about their collection of animals and show us some I hope! So, leеs welcome iDavid and Katy!
D: Hi, it’s great to be here. Do you all like animals? [Yeah …] What about this one? […] As you can see, Kat/s holding an enormous snake. It’s very long — about two metres long! — but it isn’t dangerous. Do you want to hold it? […] OK. Now, what about these? Can you see anything in this box? [NO …] Well, there are four stick insects in here. Can you see them? Look carefully — they’re moving very slowly. [Oh, yeah…]
K: Right, and here we’ve got some turtles, see? People buy turtles for pets, but they can live a long time … can you guess how old these turtles are? [Ten … fifteen … don’t know …] Well, they’re 40 years old! OK, now David’s bringing in the star of the show now — its our parrot, Polly!
P: Hello hello! Hello hello! Hello hello!
K: As you can see, Polly the parrot is learning English!
D: Well, we’re staying here all day with our animals, so you can come and see us later i in the break or in your lunch hour to ask any questions about the animals?
7 (48) Listen again. Answer the questions.
1 How many people are giving the talk?
2 Is the snake dangerous?
3 What are the stick insects doing?
4 How old are the turtles?
5 What is the parrot saying?
6 Are the animals staying at the school all week?