Simple Present vs Present Continuous

Simple Present vs Present Continuous

Talking about what do you usually do and what are you doing these days

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Let's review the Simple Present

Uses

To talk about routines, things that are true or permanent, we usually use adverbs of frequecy.

Auxiliar - Do/Does/Don't/Does't

We use these auxiliars for action verbs, and the main verb remains in the base form

Adverbs of frequency

Always,usually,often,sometimes,hardly ever & never are the more common

Some examples

🤓 + Verb in present + Complement

I sometimes play football. She is always happy I do not play football. He does not play football. She isn't here. Do I play football? Do you usually play football? Does he play football? Is he your brother?

Now let's review the Present Continuous

We use the Present continuous to talk about things happening at the moment of speaking, around now or temporary situations. We usually use these words to complement it : • Now • At the moment • Look! • Listen! We use the verb to be as an auxiliary and the main verb with the ing form

Some examples 🙂 + am,is,are + -ING + complement

I am playing football. I am not playing football. He is not playing football. Am I playing football? Are you playing football? Is he playing football?

Let's check the 2 of them

Exercise 1

Let's Practice

Exercise 2

Exercise 1

Exercise 3

Reading

Jonathan's Last Day Jonathan is a famous baker. He's hard-working and punctual. He always gets up at three o'clock every night and bakes his products. Then, he has his breakfast with his wife and opens his bakery. He usually has his favourite pear marmalade for breakfast. He has many customers till afternoon. At noon, he has lunch at home. After lunch, he leaves the bakery to his son and sleeps about two hours. He returns to the shop and chats with his favourite customers. He’s been the only baker in the town for quite a long time, and now he has many friends who shop at his bakery. This has been the same routine for almost 25years. Today his daily routine is not the same. This is the last day in his bakery. He's going to retire tomorrow. He’s going to be in Hawaii with his wife next week. He’s already booked his tickets. His son is going to take care of the bakery. He normally wears white clothes but today he's wearing a Hawaiian shirt. It’s two o’clock now. He always has a siesta after lunch, but today he’s having a cup of espresso with his best friend. He’s had a wonderful working life. Now, he’s ready to start a new life. He wants to see new places. There’s a luxury liners company in town and they send a liner every Sunday to many different exotic places around the world. Tonight, he’s starting his journey with his wife from the harbour. Tonight, one of the luxury liners is leaving the harbour and Jonathan and his wife are embarking on it to start their new life

Reading

Jonathan's Last Day Are the statements true or false according to the text? 1. Many people know Jonathan's Bakery. _____ 2. Jonathan has breakfast before he bakes his products. ______ 3. Today, he is wearing the same clothes just like every day. _____ 4. At the moment he is sleeping. _____ 5. He’s leaving the town with his wife tonight. ______ Now, listen to the reading and record yourself reading aloud and upload the recording to the platform as part of your hw.

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Simple Present vs Present Continuous

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