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Lesson 3
Present Simple vs Present Continuous (revision)
Present Continuous Uses
Present Simple vs Present Continuous (revision)
Present Simple vs Present Continuous (revision)
• Describe what is happening around us/ what we see at the moment (including photos)
Present Simple vs Present Continuous (revision)
» The picture dates back to …
» The action/ take place in…
» The sailor…
» The people around…
» People all over the world…
Present Simple vs Present Continuous (revision)
Present Simple vs Present Continuous (revision)
Present Simple vs Present Continuous (revision)
Present Simple vs Present Continuous (revision)
• Regular vs current actions: Usually on Thursdays we have classes at the university, but today we are studying at the premises of a PH.
Present Simple vs Present Continuous (revision)
• Regular vs current actions: give your examples (1 for regular, 1 for current)
Present Simple vs Present Continuous (revision)
• Regular vs current actions
• Non-continuous verbs: I understand how important this topic is.
Present Simple vs Present Continuous (revision)
• Regular vs current actions
• Non-continuous verbs: give your examples
Present Simple vs Present Continuous (revision)
• Regular vs current actions
• Non-continuous verbs
• Translate in writing:
Present Simple vs Present Continuous (revision)
• Translate in writing:
- Каждый год 31 декабря мы с друзьями ходим в баню
- А снег идет, а снег идет
И все вокруг чего-то ждет
- Смех и радость мы приносим людям
- …А у костра ожидает, представьте, меня / Милая моя, солнышко лесное
Present Continuous for Personal Plans
• Translate: Я завтра встречаюсь с одноклассниками. Мы не виделись целую вечность!
Present Continuous for Personal Plans
• Translate: Я завтра встречаюсь с одноклассниками. Мы не виделись целую вечность! – I’m meeting my (former) classmates tomorrow. We haven’t seen for ages!
Present Continuous for Personal Plans
• Translate: Я завтра встречаюсь с одноклассниками. Мы не виделись целую вечность! – I’m meeting my (former) classmates tomorrow. We haven’t seen for ages!
• We can use the Present Continuous to speak about personal plans
Present Continuous for Personal Plans
• Translate: Я завтра встречаюсь с одноклассниками. Мы не виделись целую вечность! – I’m meeting my (former) classmates tomorrow. We haven’t seen for ages!
• We can use the Present Continuous to speak about personal plans
• Task: Write about your nearest plans (or the plans of the people around you). Make 2-3 sentences using the Present Continuous tense. You may give more details (like in the example)
Present Continuous for Trends
Present Continuous for Trends
• Read the text.5 Huge Trends in Social Media Right Now
Entertainment online services are changing the way we watch television. Mobile applications are helping us to get digital rewards for our shopping. A new type of Q&A (question&answer) services are changing the way we search. Barcode scanning applications are making products social, and “deal-of-the-day” sites are giving us ways to save by inviting our friends to join us.
(adapted from: http://mashable.com/2010/08/20/top-5-social-media-trends/)
Present Continuous for Trends
• Read the text.5 Huge Trends in Social Media Right Now
Entertainment online services are changing the way we watch television. Mobile applications are helping us to get digital rewards for our shopping. A new type of Q&A (question&answer) services are changing the way we search. Barcode scanning applications are making products social, and “deal-of-the-day” sites are giving us ways to save by inviting our friends to join us.
(adapted from: http://mashable.com/2010/08/20/top-5-social-media-trends/)
Present Continuous for Trends
• Read the text.5 Huge Trends in Social Media Right Now
Entertainment online services are changing the way we watch television. Mobile applications are helping us to get digital rewards for our shopping. A new type of Q&A (question&answer) services are changing the way we search. Barcode scanning applications are making products social, and “deal-of-the-day” sites are giving us ways to save by inviting our friends to join us.
(adapted from: http://mashable.com/2010/08/20/top-5-social-media-trends/)
Present Continuous for Trends
5 Huge Trends in Social Media Right Now
We can use the Present Continuous to speak about the things that are happening around us currently, even if we don’t see them in front of us at the moment (= we can speak about global trends)
Present Continuous for Trends
• Translate in writing.
Present Continuous for Trends
• Translate in writing.
- Уровень рождаемости в нашей стране сейчас растет.
Present Continuous for Trends
• Translate in writing.
- Уровень рождаемости в нашей стране сейчас растет.
- Уровень жизни не изменяется
Present Continuous for Trends
• Translate in writing.
- Уровень рождаемости в нашей стране сейчас растет.
- Уровень жизни не изменяется
- Сейчас все больше людей покупают жилье
Present Continuous for Trends
• Translate in writing.
- Уровень рождаемости в нашей стране сейчас растет.
- Уровень жизни не изменяется
- Сейчас все больше людей покупают жилье
- Все больше людей ездят за границу
Present Continuous for Trends
• Task. Write about the trends that you now see around
you. You may speak about: your life, your family, our country,another country/ other countriesyour universityyour city/ town/ villageetc/.
Present Continuous for Trends
• Task. Write about the trends that you now see around you. You
may speak about: your life, your family, our country,another country/ other countriesyour universityyour city/ town/ villageetc/.Time limit: 10 minutes
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