1.- Match the functions to the examples.

1.My brother works at a pizza restaurant.
2.My brother is working at a pizza restaurant.
3.My brother is working at the pizza restaurant.
a)acciones que están teniendo lugar ahora
b)actividades que tienen lugar de forma temporal
c)actividades que tienen lugar de forma habitual

4.What do you do?
5.What are you doing?
d)actividades que tienen lugar de forma habitual
e)actividades que están teniendo lugar ahora

6.Alcohol boils at 78.1ºC.
7.I'm boiling some alcohol to deactivate the enzymes.
f)description of a procedure
g)scientific truths and definitions

8.On the right-hand side of the picture a man is reading the newspaper.
9.Men often read the newspaper in the underground.
h)descriptions
i)habitual actions

10.Mrs. Smith often makes phone calls.
11.Mrs. Smith is making a phone call.
12.Mrs. Smith is making a lot of phone calls this morning.
j)actions over an extended, unfinished period of time.
k)action in progress at the moment of speaking
l)habitual action

13.We are revising the verbal tenses again this year.
14.We always revise the verbal tenses at the start of the school year.
m)actions over an extended, unfinished period of time
n)action that takes place with regularity

15.Do you drink wine?
16.Are you drinking wine?
17.Are you drinking that wine?
o)habitual action
p)intention
q)action in progress now

18.The train leaves at half-past six tomorrow morning.
19.We're leaving on the half-past six train tomorrow morning.
r)future event regulated by a timetable
s)future event that is part of a definite plan for the near future

20.She lives in a flat.
21.She's living in a flat until she graduates.
22.She's living in a flat starting next month.
t)intention or plan
u)permanent situation
v)temporary situation

Drag the mouse from α to ω to read the answer key:

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1. c)       2. b)       3. a)
4. d)       5. e)
6. g)       7. f)
8. h)       9. i)
10. l)       11. k)       12. j)
13. m)       14. n)
15. o)       16. q)       17. p)
18. r)       19. s)
20. u)       21. v)       22. t)
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2.- Complete the chart below with the correct tense. Drag the mouse over the chart to see the correct answers.

FUNCTIONS VERB TENSES
Habitual actions Present simple
Actions in progress now
Present continuous
Permanent situations Present simple
Temporary situations
Present continuous
Definitions and scientific truths Present simple
Descriptions
Present continuous
Intentions
Present continuous
Future actions (part of a plan)
Present continuous
Future actions (regulated by a timetable) Present simple

Juan José Castaño