Present Simple & Present Continuous

PRESENT SIMPLE & PRESENT CONTINUOUS

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4- Present Simple practice

1- Theory

2- Present Simple

3- Present Simple Video

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8- Present Simple vs Present Continuous

6- Present Continuous Video

7- Present Continuous Practice

5- Present Continuous

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Theory

Theory

Present

TIME

Past

Future

SIMPLE

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PROGRESSIVE

PRESENT SIMPLE

USE

- to talk about general truths or laws of nature

In winter, it snows in the mountains.

They always read the newspaper in the morning.

- to talk about repeated actions/ habits or daily routine

- to present step-by-step instructions or demonstrations

First, I take the potatoes and wash them. The, I slice them.

Does he work at the bank? Yes, he does.

- to express permanent states/ situations

The train to Bucharest leaves at 10:30 every day.

- to express timetables

Present Simple - Form

Rules for 3rd person singular: He She/ It

most verbs add -s to the short inifnitive: ask - asks; learn - learns

verbs ending in -y preceded by a vowel, add -s: play - plays

verbs ending in -y preceded by a consonant, change -y into ie + s: identify - identifies, try - tries

Verbs ending in

verbs ending in -ch, -ss, -sh, -x, -zz add -es: catch - catches; cross - crosses; wash - washes; mix - mixes; whizz - whizzes

exceptions: do - does; have - has; go - goes

Time expressions

every: hour/ day/ week/ month/ year/ season... in the morning/ afternoon/ evening/ in the weekend at night/ noon on Monday (days of the week)...

Adverbs of frequency always 100% usually 75% often 50% sometimes 25% occasionally 10% seldom/ rarely 5% never 0%

Present Simple - Pronounciation

/s/ after voiceless sounds

/f/: laugh /la:fs//k/: looks /luks/ /p/: stops /stɔps/ /t/: puts /puts/

-es is pronounced /iz/

crosses /krɔsiz/pushes /puʃiz/

/z/ after vowels or voiced sounds

/b/: rubs / rʌbz//r/: prays /preiz/ /d/: nods /nɔdz/ /g/: hʌgz/

Present Simple - exercises

Present Continuous

Uses of Present Continuous

1. to express an action whis is in progress at the moment of speaking: The sun is shining in the sky now. 2. to express a temporary/ untypical action: We usually go to work by bus, but today we are going by cab. 3. to express future arrangements (!must mention the time of the action): Our friends are coming tomorrow from Paris.

Present Continuous

Interrogative

Negative

Affirmative

to be + Subject + verb + ing

Subject + to be + Verb + ing

Subject + to be + not + verb + ing

PRESENT CONTINUOUS - FORMATION

Interrogative

Subject

Affirmative

Negative

PRESENT CONTINUOUS - EXERCISES

Video

Present Progressive

Present Tense

Present Simple

Present Continuous

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Present Simple vs Present Continuous

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Present Simple vs Present Continuous

used to express general or usual actions; universal truth or timetables

Present Simple

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used to express temporary action, in the moment of speaking or a future plan/ arrangement

Present Continuous

Present Simple vs Present Continuous

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