PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT CONTINUOUS, STATIVE VERBS

PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT CONTINUOUS, STATIVE VERBS

BY: NUR AMIRAH BINTI MOHD AZMI

PRESENT SIMPLE

• facts and permanent situations ( I live in a big house with my family)

• general truths and laws of nature ( The sun sets in the evening)

• habits and routines ( We always visit New York in the summer)

• timetables and programmes (future) [My partner's plane arrives at five o' clock

• reviews, stories and sports commentaries (The story is about a young girl and her friend)

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

• Actions happening at the time of speaking

  Dad is making dinner in the kitchen.

• Temporary (sementara) or changing situations

  My cousin is staying with us for the holidays.

  She is becoming more and more frustrated.

• Annoying habits, often with adverbs like always

  My coach is always criticising me.

• plans and arrangements (future)

  She isn’t seeing her friends tomorrow

STATIVE VERBS

• Stative verbs describe states (keadaan not actions). Common stative verbs talk about feelings, emotions, the senses, states of mind and possession. We do not use them in continuous tenses.

  - My mother hates doing household chores.

  - My colleagues look very cheerful today!

  
  

• However, some verbs can be both stative and action verbs, but with a change in meaning.

  My baby brother appears to be sleeping.

  (present simple = seems)

  My classmates and I are appearing in a play about relationships.

  (present continuous = performing)

EXERCISE 2 (PG 9)

Complete the sentences. Use the present simple or the present continuous. In which sentence could you use both, but with a change of meaning?

Multiple Select

1. I ______ (see) my friends at the gym

• I see my friends at the gym (saya nampak kawan saya di gym)

• I am seeing my friends at the gym (saya akan berjumpa kawan saya di gym)

Multiple Choice

2. My colleagues and I ________ (discuss) the new project right now.

• My colleagues and I discuss the new project right now.

• My colleagues and I are discussing the new project right now.

Multiple Choice

3. I _____________ (usually ask) mExy coach for his advice.

• I usually ask my coach for his advice.

• I am usually asking my coach for his advice

Exercise 3 (pg 9)

Complete the sentences. Use the present simple or the present continuous.

Multiple Choice

1.________________ (you/understand)why teens think their peers are important?

• Do you understand

• Does you understand

Multiple Choice

2. My teacher ___________ (always criticise) me! It drives me crazy!

• always criticise

• is always criticising

• is always criticise

Multiple Choice

3. Mum and Dad __________ (not give) my brother and me money for clearing our room.

• don't give

• doesn't give

• didn't give

Multiple Choice

4. At what temperature __________ (water/ freeze)?

• does water freeze

• do water freeze

• did water freeze

Multiple Choice

5. We ___________ (have) a huge get together for all our relatives on Sunday.

• have

• are having

• is having

Multiple Choice

6. In this story, Papa Bear _________ (sit) in his chair first.

• sit

• sits

• is sitting

Multiple Choice

7. My colleagues _____________ (not work) this weekend.

• weren't working

• aren't working

• isn't working

Multiple Choice

8. _____________________ (your son/ever talk) to strangers?

• Did your son ever talk

• Do your son ever talk

• Does your son ever talk

Multiple Choice

9. ______________ (you/cook) supper for your family every evening?

• Do you cook

• Does you cook

• Did you cook

Exercise 4

Pick the correct words to complete the text

Multiple Choice

Teens and pocket money

1. Some parents complain that their children are always asking / ask always for money.

• are always asking

• ask always

Multiple Choice

2. Many teens get / are getting pocket money for helping with chores around the house and the amount of money they earn increases / is increasing regularly.

• get , is increasing

• get, increases

• are getting, increases

Multiple Choice

3. This is because things are becoming / become more and more expensive

all the time.

• become

• are becoming

Multiple Choice

4. Parents of teens are often worrying / often worry about whether they should give their children pocket money and if they choose to do so, they usually have / are usually having a hard time deciding how much to give them.

• often worry, are usually having

• are often worrying, are usually having

• often worry, usually have

Multiple Choice

5. It seems / is seeming that there really is no ‘correct’ amount.

• seems

• is seeming

Multiple Choice

6. One way for parents to decide how much to give their children is to ask other parents what they do / are doing when it comes to pocket money.

• do

• are doing

Multiple Choice

7. Many of them will say that they provide / are providing their children with a certain amount of money each week.

• provide

• are providing

Multiple Choice

8. If their children are wanting / want to buy something special, they can save this money until they have got enough or they can do extra chores around the house for a few weeks.

• are wanting

• want

Hoping that all of you will remember the new knowledge that you gained today (*_*)