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Name: ……………………….
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Tick the sentences true (T) or false (F). Pay attention to the words in bold.
T
1. Carbohydrates give you energy.
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2. Water is a fizzy drink.
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3. Vegetarians eat a lot of beef.
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4. People eat crisps with a fork.
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5. Fruit and vegetables have got a lot of vitamins.
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6. It isn’t healthy to eat food with a lot of fat.
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7. There is a lot of protein in red meat.
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8. A healthy diet has got all the nutrients.
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9. It’s good to eat a lot of junk food.
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10. There are many calories in vegetables.
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F
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Choose the correct time expression.
1. What is Janice eating never / at this moment / tomorrow?
2. Do you at the moment / often / every day clean your room?
3. Our grandparents always / right now / today give us gifts at Christmas.
4. The students are making sandwiches for the trip now / every day / often.
5. Steve doesn’t now / usually / tomorrow have breakfast before he goes to school.
3.
Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Present
Continuous.
1. Quiet! We ………………… (try) to concentrate.
2. At the moment, Jane ………………… (study).
3. I ………………… (not have) a party this year.
4. The teacher ………………… (not give) us homework on Fridays.
5. Where ………………… you ………………… (go) every day after school?
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Name: ……………………….
4.
Write the words in the correct order to make sentences. Use the Present Simple or
Present Continuous.
1. never / eat / we / junk food / at home / .
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2. want / Dan / today / ice cream / to eat / .
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3. snacks / eat / she / healthy / always / ?
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4. fruit juice / I / sometimes / take / to school / .
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5. bake / the children / this afternoon / biscuits / ?
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5.
Complete the questions with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or
Present Continuous. Then answer the questions so they are true for you.
1. Where ………………… your best friend ………………… (live)?
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2. What ………………… you ………………… (wear) at the moment?
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3. When ………………… you ………………… (go) to bed at night?
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4. What ………………… you and your friends usually ………………… (do) at weekends?
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5. What book ………………… you ………………… (read) right now?
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Name: ……………………….
UNIT 1. Present Simple and Present Continuous
¿Sabes lo que son los stative verbs o verbos estáticos?
Emociones y sentimientos: like, love, prefer, want, hate…
Pensamiento y opinión: believe, know, think, understand...
Percepción y sentidos: feel, hear, see, smell, sound, taste, sound...
Posesión: belong, have, own…
Precios y medidas: cost, weigh...
Puesto que estos verbos no describen acciones, no suelen conjugarse en Presente
Continuo, sino en Presente Simple.
Complete the sentences in the Present Simple or Present Continuous.
What ___________________________ (you/do) now?
She _______________________ (play) tennis with Debbie tomorrow.
Dave ______________________ (not think) Maths is difficult.
Ben ___________________ (write) a story for the school newspaper at the moment
Sometimes we ____________________ (have) coffee for breakfast instead of tea.
People ______________________ (drive) on the left side of the road in England.
______________________ (they/ go) to the cinema every weekend?
Jessica ____________________(not want) more pizza.
I _______________________ (not go) to the meeting tomorrow.
It rarely__________________ (rain) in the desert.
I’m sorry, but I ___________________________ (not understand) you.
Susan _______________________ (not like) vegetables.
Don’t make noise, I____________________ (study) for a test.
I _____________________ (not know) the answer to the question.
Susan ___________________ (stay/never) at home on Fridays.
What ______________________ (you/prefer) to drink, tea or coffee?
The shoes _______________________ (cost) seventy euros.
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