Understanding Present Simple and Present Continuous Tenses, Resúmenes de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales

¡Descarga Understanding Present Simple and Present Continuous Tenses y más Resúmenes en PDF de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales solo en Docsity! Present Simple or Present Continuous r s t i l r r s t ti s I teach English. This is my job. I am teaching English. This is what I am doing at the moment. I am teaching you English. What’s the difference? I am studying for the exams these days. means that I am studying only these several days. The action is taking place only for a short period of time. How do we form PRESENT SIMPLE? I YOU HE WE live but SHE lives THEY IT I live in the USA. She studies architecture. The verb BE Remember the forms of the verb BE for the Present Simple tense: I AM HE,SHE, IT IS WE, YOU, THEY ARE I am a teacher and you are students. Questions and short answers We form questions by putting auxiliary do or does or any form of the verb BE before the subject: Do you live in the USA? Yes, I do. / No, I don’t. Does she study medicine? Yes, she does. / No, she doesn’t. Are they friends? Yes, they are. /No they aren’t. We use PRESENT SIMPLE… 1. For facts or things that are always or generally true. Water boils at 100 C. It rains a lot in Lithuania. The sky is blue. We use PRESENT SIMPLE… 2. For situations that are (more or less) permanent. I live in New York. John works in a bank. Lisa studies architecture. Adverbs of frequency and time phrases Always Once a week Often Twice a month Usually Every day Sometimes Four times a year Rarely Every Tuesday Never I never go to the cinema alone. My grandmother sees her doctor twice a month. The Present Continuous Tense Hverb+ING am eating. are playing. is singing. ES ela TeR E travelling. ¡11 Ia TeR shouting. reading.  Negative forms and questions • Are you eating? I am not eating. • Is she singing? She is not singing. • Are they reading? They are not reading. We use PRESENT CONTINUOUS… 3. For fixed arrangements (plans) in the near future. I am going out with him tonight. We are flying to Paris tomorrow morning. We use PRESENT CONTINUOUS… 4. For currently changing and developing situations. The Earth is getting hotter and hotter. The winters in Lithuania are becoming warmer and warmer. The prices are increasing all the time. Time expressions we use with PRESENT CONTINUOUS now, at the moment, at present, these days, nowadays, today, tonight My mother is cooking at the moment. I am going dancing tonight. == Complete the sentences He po] about buying a house. | po] next week off. We always [o] at the Sofitel when we go to Lyon. [o] a wireless network in your office? He po] at the conference next week. She Po win friends over the holidays. We po] it's a good idea. | po] a vitamin supplement every day. She [o] a baby very soon. He po] French and German fluently.  Thank you for your attention! f r r tt ti ! Good luck with English Grammar !