Res Grammaticarum

  Simple Present and Present Progressive  Paul often tells lies, but today he is telling the truth. The Smiths are having a picnic at the moment. Sometimes our teacher really bores us.  bore = langweilen Mr Simmons often __________ in his office, but sometimes he __________ at home. Today he ______________ at home. (work) Claudia often ________ chocolate ice cream, but sometimes she _______ vanilla ice-cream. Today she _________ lemon ice-cream. (eat) Mr Evans often _______ Math, but he also __________ physics. Today he ____________ our class. (teach = unterrichten) Today Eric _______________ Harry Potter Volume One. (read) Mrs Evans __________ many crime stories. (read) At the moment the janitor ______________ the shelves in our school library. fix: anbringen, festmachen, reparieren shelf, shelves: Regalbrett, Regalbretter The children ______________home now. (come) School ended half an hour ago. Before school ___________, o...

English Lesson Repetition Basic Tenses Simple Present Present Progressive Simple Past Simple Present Exercise On Mondays Mr Parker and Dr Cooper ______ chess. They also ______ about politics. Political moves often ___________ the moves in chess. (play, talk, resemble) Our dog usually ________ when a stranger ___________ the house. (bark, approach) Our neighbor's garden ______ in good shape. Dr Cooper, that ____ the neighbor's name, _________ it with the utmost care. (be, be, treat) Tom Sawyer _____ the hero of some of Mark Twain's most popular books. The most famous one ____ “The adventures of Tom Sawyer”. Tom and his friend Huck ___________ to discover a hidden treasure. They _________ rich. (be, be, manage, become) Dr Cooper __________ his birthday on June 6 th . He usually ________ some of his friends. (celebrate, invite) In June the weather ______ often good, so they _______ outside. (be, sit) resemble: ähneln approach: sich ...