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PRESENT CONTINUOUS X SIMPLE PRESENT

PRESENT CONTINUOUS X SIMPLE PRESENT. English class Teacher karen Olivan. Study this example situation : Ann is in her car. She is on her way to work. She is driv ing to work. This means : she is driving now , at the time she is speaking . The action is not finished.

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PRESENT CONTINUOUS X SIMPLE PRESENT

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  1. PRESENT CONTINUOUSXSIMPLE PRESENT Englishclass TeacherkarenOlivan

  2. Studythisexamplesituation: Ann is in her car. She is onherway to work. She is driving to work. Thismeans: she is drivingnow, atthe time she is speaking. Theaction is notfinished. PRESENT CONTINUOUS (I amdoing)

  3. Am/is/are – ing is thepresentcontinuous: PRESENT CONTINUOUS (I amdoing)

  4. I amdoingsomething = I’m in themiddleofdoingsomething; I’vestarteddoingand I haven’tfinishedyet. • Oftentheaction is happening atthe time ofspeaking: • Pleasedon’tmakesomuchnoise. I’mworking. • Where’s Marcelo? He’sstudingthe Apartheid. • Let’sgo out now. It isn’trainingany more. • Hello, Henrique. Areyouenjoyingthe ‘churras’? • (teacher cries becauseshewasn’tinvited.) PRESENT CONTINUOUS (I amdoing)

  5. But... Theaction is notnecessarily happening atthe time ofspeaking. For example: • Ana Terra and Ana Melissa are talking in a ‘café’. Ana Terra says: • - I’mreadinganinteresting book – Vidas Secas – atthemoment. I’lllend it to youwhenI’vefinished it. • (teachercouldn’tbelive in it.) PRESENT CONTINUOUS (I amdoing)

  6. We use thepresentcontinuouswhenwetalkabout: • things happening in a periodaroundnow ( for example, today/ thisweek / thisevening etc.): • - Leonardo is studyinghardthisyear. • - Is Fábio reading Vidas Secas thisweek? • (teacherhopesso.) • changes happening aroundnow: • - Thepopulationaroundofthe world is risingveryfast. • - Katharina, isyourPortuguesegettingbetter? PRESENT CONTINUOUS (I amdoing)

  7. Studythissituation: Alex is bus driver, butnowhe is in bedasleep. So: He is notdriving a bus. (He is asleep.) but... He drives a bus. (He is a bus driver.) drive(s) / work(s) / do(es) etc. is thepresentsimple: PRESENT SIMPLE (I do)

  8. We use thepresentsimple: • to talk abou things in general. • to saythatsomethinghappensallthe time repeatedly, orthatsomething is true in general. • - Josiand Beth lookafterstudents in school. • - I usuallygorunat weekends. • - TheEarthgoes round thesun.

  9. We use do/does to makequestionsandnegativesentences: PRESENT SIMPLE (I do)

  10. I come from Porto Alegre. Wheredoyoucomefrom, Barbara? • Whatdoesthiswordmean? • Whatdoyoudo? (=What’syourjob?) • Nícola is do lazy. He doens’t do anything to help me. • (justtheotherenglishteacher) PRESENT SIMPLE (I do)

  11. We use presentsimplewhenwesayhowoftenwe do things: • - I getupat 5 o’clockeverymorning. • - Howoften do yougo to the ‘aulão’? • - Vanessa playstenniseveryday. PRESENT SIMPLE (I do)

  12. PRESENT CONTINUOUS AND PRESENT SIMPLE

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