okThe Present Continuous and Present Simple Tenses

1. Permanent (usual) and Temporary (now, around now) actions. o We use the Present Continuous tense to speak about things which are happening now or things which are temporary. I am not working now. I am on holiday. Sally is listening to a new CD. Who are you phoning? o The Present Simple tense describes usual, repeated and permanent things - for example, always, usually, often, sometimes, never. I work as an accountant. John doesn't know German. How often do you play tennis? o Compare how these two tenses are used. Why are you walking to work? Don't you usually go by bus? I live in Kharkiv, but now I am living in Moscow. Usually we have dinner at 7, but today we are having it at 9. 2. Present Continuous and Present Simple to talk about the future. o We use the Present Continuous Tense for plans and arrangements. What are you doing tonight? I'm seeing a very important customer in my office at 4 o'clock. We are going to the see for our holiday. Where are you staying in Vienna? I'm not going anywhere. It is final. o We use the Present Simple in the conditional clauses afterif, when, as soon as, until etc, and when we talk about timetable, schedules, itineraries etc. What will you do if you fail your exam? We will wait, until she comes. My plane takes off at 9.00. The President arrives in Norway on 17 September. What time does your train leave?

Present Continuous and Simple - Practice

1. Put the verb in brackets in the correct form, either the Present Simple Tense or the Present Continuous Tense. 1. I
am reading

a very interesting book.

2. Joanne eight hours a day.-- 8 hours a day is a usual working time! The answer is WORKS. 3. Tonight we 4. Who 5. I
are seeing

is w orking

a play at the thereatre. to? him very well.

comes

are you speaking

don't know

6. What will you do if she 7. My wife 8. What

is prefering

late?

coffee for breakfast. - She usually prefers coffee!! for breakfast? at 17.25 from platform 3.

are you usually having

9. Your train

leaves

10. What ? She's a student. She is a student, this can't be a temporary thing, can it? Answer: What does Josephine do...

does Josephine do

Exercise 2. Tell me what are you doing now? What are your plans for tonight? When does your school starts, when do you get home? What are your parents doing for living? What is your family doing right now? What are they doing tonight? What language do you speak? Do you know Italian? Does your parents know any foreign language? Which grade are you? Do you have friends? How many? I doing my homework made by Kristina. I haven't plans for tonight. I will starting my classmates on 2 March. I will arriving to my home between 4 & 5 p.m. My dad sell kitchen sponges by major. My brothers Felipe and Alvaro are watching T.V, Alexis are playing a PlayStation's game. We will doing nothing. I speak Spanish. Yes, I know Italian, but begginer. It's a luck that they're speaking Spanish. I'm on 2nd Grade. No, I haven't real friends... just classmates. Here are my corrections: I don't have any plans for tonight. The school startS on March 2nd. (timeline) I usually get home between 4 and 5 p.m. (When you are at school) or I will be getting home sometime between 4 and 5 p.m. (when the school starts). My dad sells kitchen sponges

for living. (the use of tense is ok). Alexis IS playing... (Alexis IS singular, right?) We don't have any plans for tonight. HOWEVER, if you do... you say for e.g.: We are going to the cinema tonight. Yes, I speak Italian, but I am a beginner. Jajaja I think what you wanted to say is: My parents can barely speak Spanish. (SPEAK, because this is the fact, permanent fact, they will always know Spanish, right?). I am in my second grade. I don't have any real friends, just my classemates.

Exercise 3. Just go through these links, set your cursos over the word read and listen: Learning the English alphabet: http://www.languageguide.org/english/alphabet/

Writing: http://www.languageguide.org/english/vocabulary/writing/ Numbers: http://www.languageguide.org/english/numbers/ Ordinal numbers: http://www.languageguide.org/english/ordinal-numbers/ Time and Calendar: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/dictionarysubjects/time.shtml Thanks for everything I hope thats great
You need to learn well the two Tenses because other Tenses would be difficult to learn for you. Go through the theory again and make the exercises. Send it all back to me to check them.

Form
Simple Present Present Progressive

infinitive (3rd person singular: infinitive + 's') I speak you speak he / she / it speaks we speak they speak

form of 'be' and verb + ing

I am speaking you are speaking he / she / it is speaking we are speaking they are speaking Exceptions

Exceptions when adding 's' : For can, may, might, must, do not add s. Example: he can, she may, it must After o, ch, sh or s, add es.

Exceptions when adding 'ing' : Silent e is dropped. (but: does not apply for -ee) Example: come - coming but: agree - agreeing After a short, stressed vowel, the final consonant is

Example: do - he does, wash - she washes After a consonant, the final consonant ybecomes ie. (but: not after a vowel) Example: worry - he worries but: play - he plays

doubled. Example: sit - sitting After a vowel, the final consonant l is doubled in British English (but not in American English). Example: travel - travelling (British English) but: traveling (American English) Final ie becomes y. Example: lie - lying

Use
In general or right now?
Do you want to express that something happens in general or that something is happening right now?

Simple Present

Present Progressive

in general (regularly, often, never) Colin plays football every Tuesday. present actions happening one after another First Colin plays football, then he watches TV.

right now Look! Colin is playing football now. also for several actions happening at the same time Colin is playing football and Anne is watching. Signal words

always every ... often normally usually sometimes seldom never first then

at the moment at this moment today now right now Listen! Look!

Note: The following verbs are usually only used in Simple Present:

be, have, hear, know, like, love, see, smell, think, want

Timetable / Schedule or arrangement?

Do you want to express that something is arranged for the near future? Or do you refer to a time set by a timetable or schedule?

Simple Present

Present Progressive
arrangement for the near future

action set by a timetable or schedule I am going to the cinema tonight. The film starts at 8 pm.

Daily routine or just for a limited period of time?

Do you want to talk about a daily routine? Or do you want to emphasis that something is only going on for a limited (rather short) period of time?

Simple Present

Present Progressive
only for a limited period of time (does not have to happen directly at the moment of speaking) Jenny is working in a restaurant this week.

daily routine Bob works in a restaurant.

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present and Present Progressive. 1. Mary and Joe (be) 2. They (look)
are

in a clothes shop at the moment. at some jeans. ARE + LOOKING, TO BE +ING = Present Continuous

ARE looking
HAS

3. Joe only (have) one very old pair of jeans. HAS, with HE, SHE, IT or a singular noun we use HAS, remember it or make a note!! 4. So he (want) to buy a new pair of jeans now. I want, you want, he wantS, she wantS, it wantS, we want, you want, they want. Look up the form of Present Simple: he / she / it speaks!!! 5. Right now, he (try on) a pair of blue jeans.--> Again, to BE is missing, Present Continuous is formed: BE+ ING. BE (I am, you are, he is, she is, it is, we are, you are, they are) 6. These jeans (fit)
fit IS trying on
w antS

very well, he (say)

says REPLIES

7. But they (not suit) you, Mary (reply) . Try on another pair. do not suit you because it's a fact, they will never suit them. Replies because it's introductory clause before the direct speech ( Try another pair. direct speech)

do not suit you

8. What (think / you)

DO you think

? he (ask)
DO they cost

ask+S

Mary, when has tried on another pair.

9. Great! How much (cost / they) questions.

? Note: Es/S is not used with negatives and

It is my fault actualy, I apologize Claudio, I haven't noticed there isn't information on how to form negatives and questions for the two Tenses, so here they are:

Present Simple

affirmative

negative

question

I/you/we/they I play.

I do not play.

Do I play?

he/she/it

He plays.

He does not play.

Does he play?

Present Continuous

affirmative

negative

question

I am playing.

I am not playing.

Am I playing?

he, she, it

He is playing.

He is not playing.

Is he playing?

you, we, they

You are playing. You are not playing.

Are you playing?

Exercise 11
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present and Present Progressive. 1. Sue (be)
IS

a student from South Korea. SHE IS

studiES

2. She (live) in Seoul and (study) a daily routine, and studies Y goes to I before -ES/-S. 3. At the moment, however, Sue (live) 4. She (do) Present continuous!!
IS doing is living

liveS

medicine. Present Simple because its

in London.

a six-months practical course in a London hospital. Be+ ING forms

5. In five days, Sue (go)

starts

IS GOING

back to South Korea because the next term at

university (start) in ten days. IS GOING because its a persona arrangement for the near future ( Present Continuous) The second one you have recognized, its a timeline or schedule so Present Simple is used.

Complete the story. Use Simple Present and Present Progressive. 1. Today (be) 2. Betty (love) 3. She (be)
IS is loves

Betty's birthday. birthdays. always very excited and (wake up)

hear+S

w akes up

very early.--> SHE IS

4. At six o'clock in the morning, Betty (hear) 5. She (get up) 6. What (go on)
gets up

a noise.--> SHE hearS into the sitting room.

and (go)

goes

IS going on

? IS go+ING, Present Continuous

IS sitting IS playing

7. Look! Betty's cat Carlos (sit) on the table and he (play) with Betty's present. Present continuous because this is happening now!! Note plaYING, Y didn't go into I this time!

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present and Present Progressive. 1. James (live) 2. He (be) they are!!
IS lives

in a little village. in his last year at school. I am, you are, he is, she is, it is, we are, you are,
w ants

3. After school, James (want) 4. So this week, he (do)

IS, bank is IT

to become a banker. a practical course in a bank. BE + ING

HAS

IS doing

5. There (be) a bank in a nearby town, but James (have) to take the bus to get there. I have, you have, he HAS, she HAS, it HAS, we have, you have, they have!!! 6. The bus (leave) at 5.30 in the morning and (return) evening. Both are timelines, Present Simple is used!!
DOES NOT like leaveS returns

at 8.15 in the

7. James (not / like) to spend so much time in town before and after work, waiting for the bus. Present Simple because it's a fact! And: I/you/we/they DO/DO NOT(don't) and He/she/it DOES/DOES NOT(doesn't) 8. Therefore, this week he (stay) 9. James usually (wear) now, he (wear)
w ears IS STAYING

with his aunt, who (live)

lives

in town.
is w orking

jeans and t-shirts, but while he (work)

for the bank

IS w earing

a suit and a tie. Present Continuous: BE + ING

I am satisfied Claudio, you are improving! :D Dont worry, once you learn the basics it will be much easier for you. Keep trying. I want you to analyze all your mistakes, go through the theory one more time, and then do these exercises again:
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present and Present Progressive. 1. Look! Jenny (go) 2. She (wear)
is going

to school. a raincoat and wellies and she (carry)

is carries takes

is w earing

an umbrella. the bus because

3. Jenny usually (cycle) it (rain)

is raining

cycles

to school, but today she (take)

.
is leaving begin

4. The bus (leave)

at 7.35 and (arrive) at 8 o'clock.

arrives

at Jenny's school at 7.45.

5. The first lesson (begin)

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present and Present Progressive. 1. I (be)
am

very busy today.

w ill visit

2. At noon I (visit) 3. We (want)

w ant

my friend Tanya. to have lunch together.

am play

4. In the afternoon I (play) 5. In the evening, I (meet) 6. We (go)

are going starts

squash with Emily. Rob.

am meeting

to the cinema. at 8 pm.

7. The film (start)

Please send it back to me in Word Document, so I can write my comments, deal? Good luck!

Ok. I revised my homework time by time. I hope that's great.