Present Simple and Present Continuous form and use
Which examples correspond to each of a-h uses? This meal tastes great! I am leaving. Can you tell Jane I’ll see her tomorrow. When she gets to the office she always checks her e-mail first. They’re staying at the Crillon hotel until the end of the week. My sister works in a bank. The bus leaves at 8:35am. The number of Internet users is growing fast. I’m meeting Mr. Wong next week. He’s arriving on Tuesday. Repeated actions or habits Permanent situations, facts Describing a state An event in progress (now) Temporary actions/situations Describing a situation which is changing Timetables and scheduled events Future arrangement
Present simple and continuous: uses Regular activities Fixed timetables Permanent and factual situations States (love, hate, know, believe, belong, hear, taste, smell…) Present continuous An event in progress Temporary situations Trends and changing situations Future arrangements
Present simple: form Positive form Negative form Question form I/you/we/they WORK DON’T WORK (DO NOT WORK) DO I/you/we/they WORK? He/she/it WORKS DOESN’T WORK (DOES NOTWORK) DOES he/she/it WORK?
Present simple: adverbs of frequency Put the following adverbs of frequency in order from the least to the most frequent: Rarely Often Usually Hardly ever Never Sometimes Occasionally Always
Present simple: adverbs of frequency Never Hardly ever Rarely Occasionally Sometimes Often Usually Always sometimes sometimes occasionally I am late for class occasionally
Present continuous: BE+ V-ing Positive form Negative form Question form I’M WORKING. I’M NOT WORKING. AM I WORKING? You/we/they’RE WORKING. You/we/they AREN’T WORKING ARE you/we/they WORKING? He/she/it’S WORKING. He/she/it ISN’T WORKING. IS he/she/it WORKING?