2 Write sentences. Use the present simple or present continuous
1 the baby / not sleep / at the moment.
2 you / often / play / table tennis?
3 we / go / for a bike ride / after school today?
4 I / not understand / this exercise.
5 Max and Kelly / wait / for the bus to arrive.
3 Complete the sentences with the words below. There is one extra word.
board games boat trip hire out souvenirs sunbathe
1 When we go to California on holiday, my dad’s going to a car for a week
2 Do you like playing like chess?
3 We went on a great across Lake Geneva when we were in Switzerland.
4 There’s no food in the fridge, so let’s eat at a restaurant tonight.
5 I don’t like swimming very much, but I can on the beach all day!
- In this sentence, we use the present continuous tense because we are talking about an action happening now.
- We use "is" as the auxiliary verb with the subject "baby" and "not sleeping" as the main verb.
2. Do you often play table tennis?
- In this sentence, we use the present simple tense because we are talking about a habit or a regular activity.
- We use "do" as the auxiliary verb in the present simple form with the subject "you" and "play" as the main verb.
3. Are we going for a bike ride after school today?
- In this sentence, we use the present continuous tense because we are talking about a planned future action.
- We use "are" as the auxiliary verb with the subject "we" and "going" as the main verb.
4. I do not understand this exercise.
- In this sentence, we use the present simple tense because we are talking about a general truth or a fact.
- We use "do" as the auxiliary verb in the present simple form with the subject "I" and "not understand" as the main verb.
5. Max and Kelly are waiting for the bus to arrive.
- In this sentence, we use the present continuous tense because we are talking about an action happening now.
- We use "are" as the auxiliary verb with the subjects "Max and Kelly" and "waiting" as the main verb.
Now, let's move on to the second part:
1. When we go to California on holiday, my dad’s going to hire out a car for a week.
- In this sentence, we use the phrasal verb "hire out" to mean renting a car.
- We use "is going to" as the future construction to talk about a planned action in the future.
2. Do you like playing board games like chess?
- In this sentence, we use "like playing" to talk about the enjoyment of playing board games, specifically mentioning chess as an example.
- We use "do" as the auxiliary verb in the present simple form with the subject "you" and "like playing" as the main verb.
3. We went on a great boat trip across Lake Geneva when we were in Switzerland.
- In this sentence, we talk about a past action of going on a boat trip across Lake Geneva.
- We use the past tense of the verb "go" as "went" to indicate that the action happened in the past.
4. There’s no food in the fridge, so let’s eat at a restaurant tonight.
- In this sentence, we use "there's" as a contraction of "there is" to indicate the absence of food in the fridge.
- We use "let's" to suggest a course of action, in this case, eating at a restaurant.
5. I don’t like swimming very much, but I can sunbathe on the beach all day!
- In this sentence, we use "don't like" to express a dislike for swimming.
- We use "can" to indicate the ability to sunbathe on the beach all day.