Melissa is helping her family with chores on a weekend morning while everyone else had already started working. She feels bad for sleeping in but goes to help her mom clean the garage. Her mom is glad the weather is nice so everything can dry. The passage provides instructions to fill in verb tenses and rewrite sentences in the negative and asks questions based on given answers.

1. Present Progressive
The world is much more beautiful
when you see it from a different
perspective...
1. Fill in the gaps with the Simple
Present or the Present Continuous
of the verbs in brackets.
e.g.: Sean tidies up (tidy up)
his room on Saturdays.
Mary is tidying it up
now.
1. Melissa usually ____________
(stay) a little bit longer in bed
at the weekend, but not
today. The weather __________
(be) fine and she ______________ (have) to
help her family. When she _____________ (get
up), she ______________ (realize) everybody
______ already ________ (work). Her dad
______________ (wash) the van and her
oldest brother, Ben, _______________ (help)
him. Her youngest sister, Sue, ____________
(water) the flowers and her mom
_______________ (clean) the garage. Her two
dogs, Dali and Cacau, ______________ (play)
with a big bone. Melissa _______________
(feel) pretty bad. She was asleep while
everybody else was working. So, she
_____________ (go) into the kitchen
and ___________ (have) a toast and
a glass of milk and off she ________
(go) into the garage to help her mom.
“Hi mom! Oh, you _______ almost _______
(finish). Great job! It ____________ (look) like
new!” “Hi honey. Thanks. I ________________
(be) so glad the sun _________________
(shine). Everything ________ (be) almost dry.
2. Rewrite these sentences
in the negative form.
e.g.: I like cherries.
I don’t like cherries.
I’m doing my homework
I’m not doing my homework.
1. Melissa is washing the dishes. She likes
doing the dishes. _______________________________
_______________________________________________
2. Her dad and Ben are painting the garage.
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
3. Melissa gets up early at the weekend.
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
4. Ben and Melissa go to the movies on school
days. _________________________________________
_______________________________________________
5. She walks the dogs twice a day. _____________
_______________________________________________
6. She’s playing with the dogs now. ___________
______________________________________________
7. Melissa’s parents go shopping at the
weekend. _____________________________________
_______________________________________________
8. The dogs are running around the house. _____
______________________________________________
9. Melissa’s mom likes going out till late.
_______________________________________________
________________________________________________
10. Ben and his dad want to have another dog.
________________________________________________
______________________________________________
I care about you.
I hope you care
about me too.
I am so lucky! My
mom helps me tidy
up my room.

2. 4. Write sentences in the
Simple Present or Present
Continuous from these prompts .
e.g.: She/ not like/ all types/ vegetables
She doesn’t like all types of
vegetables.
1. Ben/usually/ do homework/ after
school/ but/ today/ go out with friends. ________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
2. Melissa/ usually/ have a bowl of cereal for
breakfast/ but/ today/ have/ pancakes.__________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
3. Dali/ like play/ with Cacau/ but/ today/ play
with neighbour’s dog __________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
4. Ben/ not like/ cleaning the garage/ that’s why
he/ now/ help/ father with the van. ___________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
5. Ben and Melissa/ not go out often / but / they
go out/ tonight ________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
6. My parents/ not allow me/ arrive late _______
______________________________________________
7. Who/ be/ girl/ over there? I/ think/ be /
Emma _________________________________________
________________________________________________
8. What kind of/ uniform/ you/ wear? / It/ look/
so old-fashioned _____________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
9. She/ love/ going to parties/ but/ tonight/ she/
stay/ home/___________________________________
_________________________________________________
3. Now ask questions for these
answers.
e.g.: Yes, I do. I love him very much.
Do you love him?
Yes, I am. I’m enjoying it very much.
Are you enjoying it?
1. No, I don’t. I don’t drink soda.
_____________________________________________
2. No, I’m not drinking soda.
_____________________________________________
3. I’m drinking tea.
_____________________________________________
4. I usually have a toast and some tea for
breakfast.
_____________________________________________
5. She’s staying at her grandmother’s.
____________________________________________
6. No, we don’t. We go to the same school.
_____________________________________________
7. They’re talking to Mary.
_____________________________________________
8. He goes to school by tube.
_____________________________________________
9. We’re playing cards.
_____________________________________________
10. I usually do my homework after school.
_____________________________________________
11. She is not going home for lunch
because she has classes in the afternoon.
____________________________________________
12. She never goes home for lunch because
she has classes in the afternoon.
I love
holidays
!
Hope you’ve
enjoyed being
with me! See you
sn! ;)