REVIEW OF SIMPLE PRESENT AND PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

Grammar Feud

Rules

1. Work with a partner. 2. On a sheet of notebook paper, write your

name and your partner’s name in the upper right hand corner. Also write today’s date.

3. In the left margin of your paper, number from 1 to 21 – leave 4 blank lines between lines each number.

4. Both partners should review the answers.

Questions 1-5

These questions ask you to choose the verb tense that correctly completes the meaning of a sentence.

Just write the letter of the correct answer.

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1. Ali _______ around the United States every summer.

a. travelingb. travelsc. is travellingd. travel

2. The St. John’s River ________ northward into the Atlantic Ocean.

a. flowsb. is flowc. flowesd. is flowing

3. When Simone ________ to France, she always ______ her passport.

A. flying. . .takingB. is flying . . . Is takingC. flies. . .takeD. flies. . .takes

4. The students ________ on time for class, so their teacher _______ happy.A. comes. . .seemsB. are coming. . .is seemingC. come. . .seemsD. is coming. . .seem

5. ____________ to the library to do research?A. Do the student goB. Is the student goesC. Does the student goD. The student go

Directions for slides 6 through 10

For each slide, write one sentence that describes what is happening in the

picture. One sentence that describes how often this person or

these people probably do this activity. One sentence that makes a general statement about

this activity. The sentences must be grammatically correct to

receive credit.

Here is an example:

1. The dog is running fast.2. The dog usually runs in the morning.3. The dog likes to run.

1. 1. action in progress

2. 2. frequency of action

3. 3. general truth statement

6. 1. 1. action in

progress

2. 2. frequency of action

3. 3. general truth statement

1. 1. action in progress

2. 2. frequency of action

3. 3. general truth statement

1. 1. action in progress

2. 2. frequency of action

3. 3. general truth statement

1. 1. action in progress

2. 2. frequency of action

3. 3. general truth statement

1. 1. action in progress

2. 2. frequency of action

3. 3. general truth statement

1. 1. action in progress

2. 2. frequency of action

3. 3. general truth statement

Directions for Slides 12 through 21

Each slide gives you an answer to a question. You must write the question.

To receive credit, the question must be grammatically correct.

If an answer has a word underlined, then the question must be an information question about that underlined word or phrase.

Here are two examples:

Example 1:

Question: _________________________?Answer: Yes, he likes tea.

Example 1:

Question: Does he like tea?Answer: Yes, he likes tea.

Example 2:

Question: _________________________?Answer: We like to swim at Daytona Beach.

Answer to Example 2:

Question: Where do we like to swim?Answer: We like to swim at Daytona Beach.

Now we will begin the actual questions.

12.

Question: ____________________________?Answer: I eat tacos for lunch.

13.

Question: ___________________________?Answer: I rarely work out in the gym.

14.

Question: ___________________________?Answer: Professor Bendriss speaks three

languages.

15.

Question: ____________________________?Answer: John writes his essays in the

evening.

16.

Question: __________________________?Answer: Yes, Ming-Sheng has lots of money in

his wallet.

17.

Question: ___________________________?Answer: No, Mrs. Britton is not giving a test

tonight.

18.

Question: ___________________________?Answer: Mireya often lends her dictionary to

Gabriel?

19

Question: ____________________________?Answer: No, Fareena isn’t in Level 2 EAP.

20.

Question: ___________________________?Answer: Cherlie is talking on her cell phone

right now.

21.

Question: __________________________?Answer: The movie starts at 4:00 p.m.