This document provides information about verbs that are not usually used in the present continuous tense, such as believe, hate, know, like, love, need, prefer, remember, think, understand, and want. It then provides examples of sentences using verbs in the present continuous and simple present tenses. Finally, it gives exercises for students to practice verbs in different tenses by filling in blanks or choosing the correct verb form.

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Some verbs are not usually used in the present continuous.
believe hate know like love need prefer remember think
understand want hope feel see hear taste
A. Answer the questions about the pictures:
B. Choose the correct verb form.
a) He always looks / ’s always looking smart when he goes out.
b) Dolphins eat / are eating fish.
c) She wears / is wearing make-up today.
d) I think /am thinking that she is intelligent now.
e) I know /’m knowing what you are thinking.
f) We can’t go out. It rains /’s raining.
C. Put the verb in the right tense.
1. Don’t talk to Louis, he’s doing (do) his homework.
2. I _______________ (read) the paper every day.
3. Clara’s on the phone. She _______________ (talk) to her best friend.
4. His daughter _______________ (not wear) a dress today.
5. ‘What do you do?’ ‘I ______________ (be) a doctor’.
6. The children usually _______________ (visit) their grandmother on Sundays.
7. ‘What are you doing?’ ‘I _______________ (revise) for the exam.
8. Excuse me, _______________ (you / speak) English?
9. Tom ________________ (have) a shower at the moment.
10. They _________________ (not / watch) television very often.
11. Listen! Somebody ________________ (sing).
12. She’s tired. She _________________ (want) to go home now.
13. How often __________________ (you/read) a newspaper?
14. ________________ (you / know) the answer to this question?
15. Hurry up, Steve! We ______________ (wait) for you.
16. You can turn off the radio. I _________________ (not / listen) to it.

2. D. First read the text:
1) Find words that mean:
a) ___________ trousers and a
jacket or sweater for sport.
b) ___________ a large, yellow fruit.
c) ___________ the text of a film or
TV programme.
d) ___________ a coloured pen you
use to mark important information.
e) ___________ always moving,
never quiet.
f) ___________ trousers and a
jacket that go together.
g) ___________ a machine which
takes phone messages.
2) Write true or false and correct
the false sentences:
a) He lives in Hollywood. False (in
Chelsea)
b) He’s divorced and he has three
children.
c) He worries about his health.
d) He doesn’t usually work in the
morning.
e) He’s always interested in the
news.
f) He has a sleep every afternoon.
g) He doesn’t like buying clothes.
h) He hardly ever watches TV.
i) He has a very busy social life.
j) He sleeps well.
3) Complete the questions and
answers:
a) Where does he live? He lives in
London.
b) What time ______ ______
______ up? He ______ ______ at
about 6.30.
c) What ______ ______ ______
before breakfast? He ______
jogging.
d) What ______ ______ ______ for
breakfast? He ______ a grapefruit
and an orange.
e) How often ______ ______
______ public transport? Never.
He ______ everywhere.
f) What ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ mornings? He ______ film scripts.
g) Why ______ ______ read the paper? Because ______ all bad news.