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Exercises For Task 3 (English Grammar)

This document contains an English grammar exercise assigned to Dilenny Altagracia Escaño Hernandez by her instructor Ada Francisco for her course English Grammar I through Universidad Abierta Para Adultos. The exercise contains multiple parts that require Dilenny to complete sentences using verbs in the present continuous tense, make sentences negative, complete a text using the simple present or present continuous tenses, explain the differences between the two tenses and provide examples, and write 5 sentences about herself using the present continuous tense. The document is dated January 26, 2021 and was presented in San Francisco de Macoris, Dominican Republic.

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Exercises For Task 3 (English Grammar)

This document contains an English grammar exercise assigned to Dilenny Altagracia Escaño Hernandez by her instructor Ada Francisco for her course English Grammar I through Universidad Abierta Para Adultos. The exercise contains multiple parts that require Dilenny to complete sentences using verbs in the present continuous tense, make sentences negative, complete a text using the simple present or present continuous tenses, explain the differences between the two tenses and provide examples, and write 5 sentences about herself using the present continuous tense. The document is dated January 26, 2021 and was presented in San Francisco de Macoris, Dominican Republic.

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UNIVERSIDAD ABIERTA PARA ADULTOS

SUBJET:
ENGLISH GRAMMAR I

FACILITATOR:
ADA FRANCISCO

PRESENTED BY:
DILENNY ALTAGRACIA ESCAÑO HERNANDEZ

EMROLLMENT:
17-2575

DATE:
26/01/2021

SAN FRANCISCO DE MACORIS,


DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
Exercises for Task 3 (English Grammar)

Complete the exercises that are below. Include a presentation to your report and
do it in a WORD file.

 
A. Complete the sentences. Use the verbs in parenthesis. Use the present
continuous.

1) I (run) _I am running____ in the park in this moment.

2) She (talk)  She is talking__ on the telephone right now.

3) We (get) We are getting__ hungry.

4) You (eat) You are eating_  your favorite sandwich.

5) We (plan) We are planning__ the vacation with all the coworkers.

6) They (play)They are playing video games right now.

7) They (stop) They are stopping_ at the coffee shop.

8) Robert and I (swim) Are swimming in the pool now.

9) He (sleep) He is sleeping_ in the bed now.

10) She (shop) She is shopping at the mall with her best friends.

B. Make each sentence negative in the present continuous tense.

1. She _isn’t______ _working_________ there anymore. (work)

2. I _am_____ __not____ _laughing__________ at what you said. It is funny. (laugh)

3. They _aren’t______ _studying_________ English anymore. (study)

4. You _aren’t_____ _having_________ much fun, are you? (have)

5. The maid _Isn’t_____ _cleaning_______ my bedroom right now. (clean)

6. We _aren’t_____ _doing_______ anything this weekend. (do)


7. The people from the United States _aren’t_______ _coming_______ today. (come)

8. I _am____ _not______ _buying_________ a new house this year. (buy)

9. _aren’t________ you _working__________ today? (work)

10. Why _isn’t______ he _helping__________ you move? (help)

B. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the simple
present or the present continuous.

 
1. Every Monday, Ana (drive) _drives______ her kids to baseball practice.

2. Usually, I (work) _work__________ as a secretary at a hospital, but this summer I


(study) _I’m going to study_________ French at a language school in Santo Domingo.

3. Be quiet! My mother (sleep) _Is sleeping____________________


 
4. Don't forget to take your umbrella. It (rain) _It’s raining___________.
5. I hate living in Bonao because it (rain, always) _It always rains________.

 
6. I'm sorry I can't hear what you (say) _say___________________. because
everybody (talk) _is talking__________________.so loudly.

 
7. Justin (write, currently) _is currently writing____________ a book about his
adventures in Jarabacoa. I hope he can find a good publisher when he is finished.

 
8. Peter: Do you want to come over for dinner tonight?
Denise: Oh, I'm sorry, I can't. I (go)_I’m going____________ to a meeting.
 

C. Explain the differences between the simple present and present continuous.
Provide examples.

 Well, in the simple present you can say things that we do all the time and the present
continuous is used to talk about things that currently are happening or going to happen
in a near future.
Examples:
Simple present:
I’m a singer.
She is a teacher
My mother work.

Present continuous:

D. Write 5 sentences about yourself using the present continuous.

1. _I’m going to the disco tonight___________________________________________

2. _I am planning my next vacation to go to Miami______________________________

3. _I’m eating my lunch now_______________________________________________

4. _I’m leaving the hotel in an hour__________________________________________

5. _my family and I are watching a movie_____________________________________

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