SIMPLE PRESENT VS CONTINUOUS PRESENT

PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS

By Teacher Izleen​

Where are you going after school?

​- I am going back home after school.​ (future arrangements)

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

What time do you reach school everyday?​

​- I reach school at 7 a.m. everyday. (habits or actions that happen regularly)

PRESENT SIMPLE

PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS

EXAMPLES

Tanya enjoys using social networking sites and uses them every day.

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• enjoys = present simple (permanent states)

  uses = present simple(permanent states)

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She's playing an online game at the moment.

• ​is playing = present continuous(action happening at the moment of speaking)

EXAMPLES

I don't understand why Emma is always chatting on the Net with Linda.

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• don't understand = present simple

• is chatting = present continuous(with adverbs of frequency=always)

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They see each other five times a week. Tomorrow they're spending the whole day together.

• ​see = present simple(permanent state)

• are spending = ​present continuous(future arrangements)

Multiple Choice

A: Why are you in such a hurry? What time ___ the train to Brighton ___(leave)?

B: At 9p.m. But I ___ (want) to be at the train station at six o'clock because I ___(meet) my friend Sally.

• do, leave / wants, meet

• does, leaves / wanted, meeting

• does, leave / want, am meeting

• do, leaves / want, is meeting

Now let's test your knowledge on computer-related vocabularies.

Multiple Choice

A: Oh no! I've just ___ something I need.

B: No problem, just press undo.

• deleted

• click

• crashed

• paste

Multiple Choice

To open this file, double ___ on the icon.

• saved

• scroll

• saved

• click

HOMEWORK

PLEASE FINISH THE GRAMMAR ACTIVITY (TEXTBOOK PAGE 9) AND ACTIVITY B (TEXTBOOK PAGE 10).

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THANK YOU ;)​