Simple Present Tense

Choose the correct alternative :

• Do you like, likes , be like chocolate milk?
• He do , does , is not want to come to the movies.
• Is , Are, Am we too late to catch the bus?
• It is, are , am a beautiful day today.
• Sorry, Lisa am, is, be not here at the moment.
• Is, Are, Am I correct?
• Robert is, does , are not go to my school.
• My parents live , lives , are live in a 2 bedroom apartment.
• We do be , are, do are European.
• You looks, are , be so happy today!

Melisa Reyes

Present Simple and Present Continuous

Present Simple

• Actions thar happen always, usually, often, regurarly, every day/ week/ month/ year, etc, sometimes, rarely, never

She usually goes to bed at ten o'clock

• States

His hair is quite long at the moment.

• General truths and facts

Water freezes at 0º C

Present Continuous

We ue present continuous for:

• Actions happening at the momnet of speaking

Tracy is having a bath at the moment

• Tempory situations and ations in the present

This week we are learning about yhe present continuous.

BE CAREFUL!

• We can also use present continuous for repeated actions ( with always) to emphasise that action is annoying or unexpected

You are always complaining!

He is always giving me little surprise presents

• We can aslo use present continuous for changing situations ( usually with more and more, better and better, etc)

The weather is getting worse and worse evey day

Melisa Reyes

SYLLABU

1.- Present Simple - Present Continuous
2.- Stative Verbs
3.- Past Simple and The Past Continuous
4.- Use to and Would
5.- Contable and Uncontable Nouns
6.- Comparative and Superlatives
7.- Present Perfect