Present tenses

PRESENT TENSES

6th grade

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INDEX

1. Review of present simple structure

2. Review of present continuous structure

3. Differences between the present tenses

4. Quiz 1- Identifying the tenses

5. Quiz 2- Which tense?

Structure the sentences, What tense would they be in?

he / drive / to work / every dayI / eat/ cereal/ in the morning we / have / English / On Thursdays? they /write emails / every day

Present simple

And these sentences?

he / going / to work / nowI / eating/ cereal/ at the moment she / running / right now they /doing homework / now

Present continuous

REVIEW PRESENT SIMPLE STRUCTURE

subject + don´t/doesn´t + infinitive

do/does + subject + infinitive

subject + verb

I go to the gymYou play sports He studies medicine She goes to church It plays with dogs We do mindfulness They have dinner at 8pm

I don´t go to the gymYou don´t play sports He doesn´t study medicine She doesn´t go to church It doesn´t play with dogs We don´t do mindfulness They don´t have dinner at 8pm

Do I work go to the gym?Do you play sports? Does he study medicine? Does she go to church? Does it play with dogs? Do we do mindfulness? Do they have dinner at 8pm?

REVIEW PRESENT CONTINUOUS STRUCTURE

subject + verb to be + gerund

verb to be + subject + gerund

subject + negative verb to be + gerund

I am going to the gymYou are playing sports He is studying medicine She is going to church It is playing with dogs We are doing mindfulness They are having dinner

I´m not going to the gymYou aren´t playing sports He isn´t studying medicine She isn´t going to church It isn´t playing with dogs We aren´t doing mindfulness They aren´t having dinnernenerr at 8

Am I going to the gym?Are you playing sports? Is he studying medicine? Is she going to church? Is it playing with dogs? Are we doing mindfulness? Are they having dinner at 8pm?

DIFFERENCES

Present simple

Present continuous

SUBJECT + VERB TO BE + VERB (ING)

SUBJECT + VERB

Routines- "My mum goes shopping every Friday"True statements- "I don´t like Barsa" Facts- "Ice melts"

Actions right now- "she is playing football now"Planned future actions- "I´m going to a concert on Friday"

KEY WORDS: now, at the moment, these days, this month, When it´s a conversation "....."

KEY WORDS: always, often, usually, sometimes, hardly ever, never, everyday

present simple or present continuous?

question 1/10

She can't go to the movies. She ________ (do) her homework right now.

is doing

is do

does

question 2/10

I ________________ (write) a letter now.

am writing

is writing

write

question 3/10

Jane _________ (go) to bed at 10 o'clock on weekdays.

is go

go

goes

question 4/10

Susan _________ (water) the plants in the garden at the moment.

are watering

is watering

waters

question 5/10

My brother and sister ________ (play) basketball every Friday.

play

plays

is playing

question 6/10

The buses sometimes ___________ (arrive) late.

is arriving

arrive

arrives

question 7/10

Hurry up! Our train _________ (wait) on platform 3.

waits

is waiting

are waiting

QUESTION 8/10

We _______ (spend) a week in Italy every year.

speend

Wait a minute, please. Mr. Jones on the phone.

spends

spend

QUESTION 9/10

Wait a minute please, Mr. Jones _______ (talk) on the phone.

is talking

Wait a minute, please. Mr. Jones on the phone.

I up very early on weekdays. (get)

talking

are talking

question 10/10

I ______ (get) up very early on weekdays.

gets

get

getting

error...

TRY AGAIN!

congratulations

YOU´RE ON FIRE!

AGAIN?

QUICK SUMMARY

Present continuous

Present simple

= now

= routine

SUBJECT + VERB

SUBJECT + VERB TO BE + VERB (ING)

I am goingYou are visitingShe is playing He is watching It is running We are improving They are speaking

I goYou visitShe plays He watches It runs We improve They speak

KEY WORDS: always, often, usually, sometimes, hardly ever, never, everyday

KEY WORDS: now, at the moment, these days, this month, When it´s a conversation "....."

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