EMPOWER C1-UNIT 6A- PRESENT AND CONTINUOUS VERBS

We use simple verbs to talk about

• completed actions

• completed events

• completed activities

• all correct

We use continuous verbs to talk about

• completed actions

• completed events

• incomplete avtivities

• all correct

We use continuous verbs to talk about

• completed actions

• completed events

• temporary activities

• all correct

We use continuous verbs to

• completed actions

• completed events

• activities

• to complain about how frequently something happens

We use continuous verbs to

• express surprise about how frequently something happens

• completed events

• activities

• all incorrect

Verbs that are usually not in the continuous forms

• know, eat, impress, belong

• know, suppose, impress, belong

• know, suppose, impress, walk

• call, suppose, impress, belong

I ...... photography is more about technology than art

• am thinking

• think

we .... really hard for the marathon we ....... ;last year

• trained, ran

• were training, ran

• trained, were running

I...... an amazing picture of two foxes

• just taken

• have just taken

• just take

my dad ..... in Manchester and he ......

• was born, never leave

• has born, has never left

• was born, has never left