An English-Zone.Com Quiz: Non-Progressive Verbs

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NON-Progressive Verbs

Lesson + Exercise 1
HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES:

Blood Pressure The nurse hears his heart beating.
not: ~~The nurse is hearing his heart beating.~~
His heart sounds good.
not: ~~His heart is sounding good.~~
She knows how to be a good nurse.
not: ~~She is knowing how to be a good nurse.~~

Thief The thief has my jewelry!
not: ~~The thief is having my jewelry!~~
That jewelry belongs to me.
not: ~~That jewelry is belonging to me.~~
I want to stop him!
not: ~~I am wanting to stop him!~~

USE SIMPLE PRESENT:
for facts/habitual actions

USE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE:
for activities happening right now

The nurse hears his heart beating.

1. This is a fact/habitual action.
2. This is an activity.

His heart sounds good.

1. This is a fact/habitual action.
2. This is an activity happening now.

She is listening to his heart.

1. This is a fact/habitual action.
2. This is an activity happening now.

The thief is taking my jewelry.

1. This is a fact/habitual action.
2. This is an activity happening now.

The jewelry belongs to me.

1. This is a fact/habitual action.
2. This is an activity happening now.

He is stealing everything.

1. This is a fact/habitual action.
2. This is an activity happening now.

THE SENSES - QUIZ 1

Choose the correct sentence from each set below:
1) smell
The flowers smell nice.
The flowers are smelling nice.

2) see
I am see the birds in the tree.
I am seeing the doctor for my problem.

3) taste
The apple tastes good.
The apple is tasting good.

4) be
I am being hungry.
I am hungry.

5) feel
I am feeling my tooth with my tongue right now.
I feel my tooth with my tongue right now.

6) know
I know Jack.
I am knowing Jack.

7) understand
I am not understanding.
I don't understand.

8) hear
I hear the birds in the tree.
I am hearing the birds in the tree.

9) listen
I am listening to the radio right now.
I listen to the radio right now.

10) look at
I look at the computer right now.
I am looking at the computer right now.

You have correct answers out of 10.

Choose the correct sentence from each set below: 1) smell The flowers smell nice. The flowers are smelling nice.
2) see I am see the birds in the tree. I am seeing the doctor for my problem.
3) taste The apple tastes good. The apple is tasting good.
4) be I am being hungry. I am hungry.
5) feel I am feeling my tooth with my tongue right now. I feel my tooth with my tongue right now.
6) know I know Jack. I am knowing Jack.
7) understand I am not understanding. I don't understand.
8) hear I hear the birds in the tree. I am hearing the birds in the tree.
9) listen I am listening to the radio right now. I listen to the radio right now.
10) look at I look at the computer right now. I am looking at the computer right now.

	You have correct answers out of 10.