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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Present simple and present continuous (basic)

PRESENT SIMPLE





GRAMMAR:

EXERCISES:
READING COMPREHENSION TEXTS:

PRESENT CONTINUOUS




 


EXERCISES:

DIFFERENCE: PRESENT SIMPLE & PRESENT CONTINUOUS



PRESENT SIMPLE
form
  • affirmative: subject + infinitive (+3rd p –(e)s)
  • negative: subject + don’t/doesn’t + infinitive
  • question: do/does + subject + infinitive
Remember that we only add the –(e)s in the 3rd person affirmative form and that be is an exception: am / is / are

use
  • facts and permanent states.
  • habits and routines
  • 1st type conditional sentences
  • stative verbs that are not used in the pres. cont. (see, hear, believe, want, know, understand, think, like, love...)
Key words: how often / always / sometimes / often / never / usually / every day / once a week / twice a month... / if (in conditional sentences)



examples
  • Snow melts at 0ºC.
  • Harry lives in Liverpool.
  • My dog plays football with us.
  • Daniel washes his jacket every week.
  • We don’t like football.
  • She doesn’t understand baseball.
  • Do you enjoy dining out?
  • Does Rafael Nadal train in the morning?
  • If you drink too much you’ll have to go to the toilet.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS
form

  • subject + am / is / are + (not) + -ing
    • Remember the rules for -ing



    use
    • actions happening at the moment of speaking
    • Key words: now / at the moment
    examples
    • My sister is watching TV now.
    • They aren’t listening to me.
    •  I’m not sleeping now.
    • He’s setting the washing machine.
    INTERESTING LINKS:
    In this unit we are revising the form and uses of two very common tenses: present simple and present continuous. These links will lead you to useful materials for you:



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