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NON-ACTION
VERBS
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INCORRECT:
I
am knowing Ms. Chen.
(b)
I'm
hungry.
I
want
a sandwich.
INCORRECT:
I
am wanting a sandwich.
(c) This book
belaps
to Mikhail.
INCORRECT:

belong
*COMPARE
(d)
I
think
that grammar is easy.
(e) I
am thinking
about grammar right now.
(f)
Tom
has
a car.
(g)
I'm
having
a good time.
Think
and
have
can be used
in
the progressive.
In
(d):When
think
means "believe," it is nonprogressive.
In
(e):
When

the progressive.
I
*Nan-ncdon
verbs
are
also
called
"stative vubs"
or
"nonpmgrcssive verbs?'
EXERCISE
19.
Progressive verbs
vs.
non-actlon verbs.
(Chart
1-6)
Direcrions:
Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses. Use the simple present
or the present progressive.
1.
Right now
I
(look)
aw
\oohs
at the board.
I
(see)
some words on the board.

A:
That's right!
I
(remember)
hi
now.
4.
A:
(you,
believe)
in
flying
saucers?
B:
What
(you, talk)
about?
A:
You know, spaceships from outer space with alien creatures aboard.
)
'B:
In
my opinion,
flying
saucers
(exist)
only in people's
imaginations.
Present nme
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B:
I
(think)
about seagulls and waves.
A:
(you, like)
seagulls?
B: Yes.
I
(think)
seagulls are interesting birds.
7.
A:
Which color
(you,
prefer)
,
red or blue?
B:
I
(like)
blue better than red. Why?
A:
I
(read)
a magazine article right now. According
to the article, people who
(prefer)
blue to red
(be)

can't feel it moving.
(you,
ny)
to fool me?
A:
Of
course not!
(you,
think, really)
that the earth isn't moving?
B:
I
guess so. Yes.
I
can't see it move. Yes. It isn't moving.
A:
(you, believe)
only those things that you can see?
Look at the trees out the window. All of them
(grow)
at this very moment, but you can't see the growth. They
(ger)
bigger and bigger with every second that passes. You can't see the trees grow, and
you can't feel the earth spin, but both events
(rake)
place at this moment while you and
I
B:
Really? How do you know?
1-7

QUESTTONS
WITH
BE
Are
you srudytng? Yes,
I
am.* Yes,
I
am
(I'm)
studying.
No, I'm not.
No,
I'm
not studying.
IsYoko
a
student? Yes, she
is.*
Yes, she is (she's) a student.
No, she's not.
OR
No, she's not a student.
OR
No, she isn't.
No, she isn't a student.
Aro
they srudyt'ng?
Yes, they are.*
Yes,

I,%.
Present Tlrne
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EXERCISE
20.
Short answers to yeslno
questions.
(Chart
1-7)
Directions:
Complete the following dialogues by using the words in parentheses. Also give
short answers to the questions as necessary. Use the simple present or the present
progressive.
1.
A:
(Mary, have)
Does
Maw
have
a bicycle?
B: Yes,
she Aoes
.
She
(have)
has
a ten-speed bike.
2.
A:

5.
A:
(the weather, affect*)
your mood?
B: Yes,
.
1
(get)
grumpy when it's rainy.
6.
A:
(Jean, study)
at the library this evening?
B: No,
.
She
(be)
at the recreation center.
She
(pkfy)
pool with her friend.
(Jean, Play)
pool every evening?
.
-
No,
.
.
She usually
(study) . .

EXERCISE 21. Short answers to yeslno questions. (Chart 1-7)
Directions:
Answer the questions with books closed. Give both a short and a long answer.
Work in pairs or as a class.
Example:
Is Texas south of the equator?
+
No,
it isn't. Texas kn't south of the equator.
OR
I
don't know.
1.
Do you wear a wristwatch every day?
2.
Is
(
.
.
.
)
sitting next to
(
.
.
.
)
today?*
3.
Does

. . .
)
from Cambodia?
11.
Is the earth turning on its axis and rotating around the sun at the same time?
12.
Do all mosquitoes carry malaria?
EXERCISE 22. Review: present verbs. (Chapter
1)
Directions:
Complete the sentences by using the words
in
parentheses. Use the simple
present or the present progressive. Supply the short answer to a question if necessary.
1.
A:
My sister
(have)
has
a new car. She bought it last month.
B:
(yoy have)
Do
YO^
have
a car?
A:
No, I
doh1+
.

hear)
it, too?
B: Yes, I
.
I wonder what it is.
4. A:
Johnny,
(you, listen)
to me?
B:
Of course I
am,
Mom. You
(want)
me to take out the
garbage. Right?
A:
Right! And right now!
*The
symbol
(
.
. .
)
means "supply
the
name
of
a
person."

(think)
about all of the pleasant things that happened
during the day.
I
(think,
not)
about my problems.
7.
A:
A
penny for your thoughts.
B:
Huh?
A:
What
(you,
think)
about right now?
B: I
(think)
about English grammar. I
(think, not)
about anything else right now.
A:
I
(believe,
not)
you!
.
.

(you, know)
any tongue-twisters?
B: Yes, I
.
Here's one: She sells seashells down by the seashore.
'*I
'A:
That
(be)
hard to say! Can you say this: Sharon wears Sue's shoes
to zoos to look at cheap sheep?
B: That
(make, not)
any sense.
A:
I
(know)
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