Use of Simple Present and Present Continuous - Weebly



Use of Simple Present and Present ContinuousDo you want to express that something happens in general or that something is happening right now?Simple PresentPresent Progressive In general (regularly, often, never)example: Colin plays football every Tuesday.Present actions happening one after anotherexample: First Colin plays football, then he watches TV. Right nowexample: Look! Colin is playing football now. Also for several actions happening at the same timeexample: Colin is playing football and Anne is watching. Signal wordsalways every ... often normally usually sometimes seldom never firstthenat the momentat this momenttodaynowright nowListen!Look!Do you want to express that something is arranged for the near future? Or do you refer to a time set by a timetable or schedule?Simple PresentPresent Progressive Action set by a timetable or schedule example: The film starts at 8 pm. Arrangement for the near future example: I am going to the cinema tonight.Do you want to talk about a daily routine? Or do you want to emphasis that something is only going on for a limited (rather short) period of time?Simple PresentPresent Progressive Daily routine example: Bob works in a restaurant.Only for a limited period of time (does not have to happen directly at the moment of speaking) example: Jenny is working in a restaurant this week.Simple Present versus Present ContinuousExercise 1: Complete the sentences using Simple Present or Present Progressive.Look! He (leave) _____________________the house. Quiet please! I (take)_______________________a test. She usually (walk) ________________________to school. Look! Today she (go) ____________________by bike. Every Sunday we (go) __________________to see my grandparents. He often (go) ___________________to the cinema. We (play) _______________________Monopoly at the moment. The child seldom (cry) ____________________. Exercise 2: Complete the sentences using Simple Present or Present Progressive.Joe and Dennis (be) __________ best friends. They often (meet) _____________ in the afternoon. What (do / they) _______________________ at the moment? They (play) ___________________ football. They (love) _________________ football. Joe (practice) ____________________ with his father every weekend, but Dennis (not / play) __________________ football very often. Exercise 3: Complete the story. Use Simple Present and Present Progressive.It (be) ___________ early in the morning. Sally (get out) _________________ of bed, (open) _______________the window and (smile) __________________.Then she (have) _____________ breakfast. After breakfast, Sally usually (ride) _______________ her bicycle to school. After school, she (go) ______________ back home. Sally usually (eat) ____________her lunch at home. In the afternoons, she first (do) ___________her homework and then she (meet) __________ her friends in the park. What (do / she) _____________________now? She (play) _________________the guitar. Her friends (listen) _________________and some of them (sing) _______________________along. left14605041948102807335This is Mrs White. She …………… (be) an elementary school teacher. She …………………………… (teach) English, Math and Geography. At the moment, she …………………………… (teach) Math. She …………………………… (live) in London and ………………… (be)57912001238885 married to George, who is French. They …………………………… (have) three children. They all …………………………… (love) animals, but they …………………………… (not have) any pets because they …………………………… (live) in an apartment. Mrs White ……………………… (speak) French as well as English, but she …………………………… (not teach) it. =====Mrs White’s niece Sophie …………………………… (stay) with the Whites for a few days. Sophie …………………………… (live) and …………………………… (study) in Liverpool, but she ……………………………… (enjoy) her mid-term break in London at the moment. She …………………………… (plan) to do some serious shopping and sightseeing.=====76200288290Mrs White’s son Arnold …………………………… (not like) shopping, but he …………………………… (love) hanging out with friends. They usually …………………… (go) to the local park where they ……………………… (play) football or basketball. Today, however, Arnold ……………………………….…. (not play) football or basketball; he …………………………….. (skateboard).=====Mr White ………………… (work) for a multinational company. He ………………………… (not work)today, however, because he ……………………………. (not feel) well. He phoned in sick. ................
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