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PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS. GRAMMAR. PRESENT CONTINUOUS. We use the Present Continuous to talk about:. PRESENT SIMPLE. We use the Present Simple to talk about:. Audrey is on holiday in Italy. Put the verbs in the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.

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PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS

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  1. PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS GRAMMAR

  2. PRESENT CONTINUOUS We use the Present Continuous to talk about: PRESENT SIMPLE We use the Present Simple to talk about:

  3. Audrey is on holiday in Italy. Put the verbs in the Present Simple or the Present Continuous. Audrey 1 work in Dublin, but she 2 not live there. Every morning, she 3 get up at 7.00 and she 4 go by bus to Dublin. The journey 5 take a half an hour and she 6 not get home until 7.00 in the evening. Then, she 7 read a magazine and 8 go to bed. She 9 have a good job, but she 10 work very hard. She 11 not work now. She 12 have a holiday. She 13 stay in a hotel in Madeira. She 14 meet a lot of interesting people. She 15 learn some Portuguese and she 16 eat a lot of good Portuguese food. She 17 love her job, but she 18 enjoy her holiday so much that she 19 not want to go back to work next week.

  4. Audrey is on holiday in Italy. Put the verbs in the Present Simple or the Present Continuous. Audrey 1works in Dublin, but she 2doesn’t live there. Every morning, she 3gets up at 7.00 and she 4goes by bus to Dublin. The journey 5takes a half an hour and she 6doesn’t get home until 7.00 in the evening. Then, she 7reads a magazine and 8goes to bed. She 9has a good job, but she 10works very hard. She 11isn’t working now. She 12is having a holiday. She 13 is staying in a hotel in Madeira. She 14 is meeting a lot of interesting people. She 15 is learning some Portuguese and she 16 is eating a lot of good Portuguese food. She 17 loves her job, but she 18 is enjoying her holiday so much that she 19 doesn’t want to go back to work next week.

  5. STATIVE VERBS With certain verbs we never use the continuous form. These are called STATIVE VERBS. The most common ones are:

  6. REMEMBER!!! Some STATIVE VERBS can be used both in the Present Simple and the Present Continuous, but their meanings are different:

  7. Complete the dialogue, using the Present Simple or the Present Continuous. “you 1 know that girl over there? The one who 2 wear the green jacket?” “Yes, I 3 know her, but I 4 not remember her name. I 5 think it’s Kyra, but I 6 not be sure.” “She 7 talk to James Howard. I 8 think he 9 like her.” “Well, he 10 seem a bit stupid at the moment.” “Why? What you 11 mean? “Well, he 12 realise that her boyfriend 13 stand behind him?” “No, I 14 not think he 15 know!!!

  8. Complete the dialogue, using the Present Simple or the Present Continuous. “1 Do you know that girl over there? The one who 2 is wearingthe green jacket?” “Yes, I3 know her, but I 4 don’t remember her name. I5 think it’s Kyra, but I 6 am not sure.” “She 7is talking to James Howard. I 8 think he 9 likes her.” “Well, he 10 seems a bit stupid at the moment.” “Why? What 11 do you mean? “Well, 12 does he 13 realise that her boyfriend is standing behind him?” “No, I 14 don’t think he 15 knows!!!

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