Grammar practice – Unit 1 1st Bachillerato

Present simple and present continuous

1 Choose the best answers to complete the sentences.

1  My brother ____ many followers on Twitter.

    a have                      b doesn’t have           c don’t have

2  I this ____ link on my blog now.

    a ’m sharing             b share                      c ’re sharing

3  Sarah ____ her emails this evening.

    a isn’t reading          b ’m not reading         c don’t read

4  ‘Where is he?’ ‘He ____ some English exercises.’

    a download               b downloads               c ’s downloading

5  Susan ____ out the latest apps.

    a always checks        b check                      c checks always

6  Just a minute, I ____ this file.

    a save                      b ’m saving                c saves

2 Complete the sentences with the present simple or the present continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

1  Dan _______________________________  (create) a new app at the moment.

2  My uncle _______________________________  (always, forget) the password

    to his mobile phone.

3  What ____________________________________  (be) the name of your blog?

4  What music ____________________________  (you, listen) to at the moment?

5  My dad ____________________________  (not use) his phone to take photos.

6  _____________________________ (they, upload) videos to Vimeo every week?

3 Complete the text with the present simple or the present continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

I ’m not very good with technology – my friends call me a technophobe.

I 1 ______________________  (never, know) what to do when there is a problem.

At the moment, my friends and I 2 __________________  (prepare) a presentation

for our history class. We 3 _________________________  (create) the slides, but

my computer 4 ________________________  (not work) properly. Sometimes the

screen 5__________________________________ (go) blank and I

6 ________________________________ (lose) all the work I have done. When I

7______________________ (have) a problem, I 8 ____________________(call)

my friend, Ian. He 9 ______________________________  (fix) everything. At the

moment he 10 _____________________________  (try) to find our presentation.

I’m sure he will!

State verbs

4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

  1 _______________________________________ (you, hear) the dog barking?

  2 I ___________________________________  (not believe) it’s the best laptop.

  3 Who __________________________________________  (you, want) to win?

  4 Dave ________________________________  (see) Isa after school tomorrow.

  5 What _______________________________  (you, prefer), texting or emailing?

  6 Paul _____________________________________  (think) about going to the

     Campus Party next year.

  7 At the moment my friends really __________________________  (like) Hozier.

  8 We ____________________________  (not understand) this exercise. It’s very

     difficult to do.

  9 We _______________________________________  (have) a party tomorrow.

10 How often ______________________________  (you, see) your grandparents?

5 Correct the underlined mistakes in the sentences.

1  I’m believing in you. ______________________________________________

2  He is preferring the second song. ____________________________________

3  Mary isn’t understanding the questions. _______________________________

4  He is hating fish. _________________________________________________

5  Peter has a FaceTime conversation now. _______________________________

6 Complete the dialogue with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

Assistant: Can I help you?

Customer: I 1 _________________________ (think) about getting a new phone.

My phone 2 ___________________________ (not have) much storage for photos.

I 3 ______________________________________  (save) them on my computer.

Assistant: OK. 4 ________________________ (you, look for) any other features?

Customer: Yes, I am. It 5 __________________________ (need) a good camera

and an MP3 player.

Assistant: I 6 _________________________  (think) the ESO 3 is a good option.

Customer: It’s a nice phone, but I 7 ____________________________  (not like)

gold. 8 _____________________________________  (it, come) in other colours?

Assistant: No, it doesn’t. We 9__________________ (get) the new Bach 2 mobile

tomorrow. It 10 _______________________________  (come) in red, blue, white

and black. It’s got 4G.

Customer: OK. That sounds good. I’ll come back tomorrow.