1. Present Simple and Present Continuous
form and use

2. 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 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

3. 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

4. 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?

5. 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

6. Present simple: adverbs of frequency
Never
Hardly ever
Rarely
Occasionally
Sometimes
Often
Usually
Always
sometimes sometimes
occasionally I am late for class occasionally

7. 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?