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The Present(s)Present Simple & Present Continuous


2 tenses for 1 time• Present Simple :‣What People Do

➡ I work at SOREM

• Present Continuous‣ Talking About Now

➡We are studying English


Present Simple• What is it for ?‣ To express habits

➡ I get up at 7am

➡We work 5 days a week

➡She reads her email everyday

‣ To express known facts➡The world is round

➡This switch is oval


Present Simple• How does it work ?‣ The infinitive form of the verb, ex :

‣ To work➡ I work

➡You work

➡He/She/It Work(s) <<< The exception !

➡We work

➡You work

➡They Work


Present Simple• The third person of the singular

‣ You add an “S” at the end➡She works

➡He sings

➡ It changes

Important !‣When a verb ends with an “S” or a “Z” add an “E”

before the “S”➡She wishes you happy new year

➡He finishes the cake


Present Simple• Interrogative form = Do + Verb (Does at the 3rd person singular)

‣ To ask a question :➡Do you know our products ?

➡Where does she work ? (Look no “S” at the 3rd person)

➡When do you eat ?

➡What does he make ? (Look no “S” at the 3rd person)

➡Why do you do this ?


Present Simple• Negative form = Do + Not + Verb • (Does at the 3rd person singular)

‣ To form a negation :➡You do not know our products

➡She doesn’t work here (Look no “S” at the 3rd person)

➡You don’t eat today

➡He does not make it anymore (Look no “S” at the 3rd person)

➡Why don’t you do this ? negation + Interrogation


Practice

He ..... .. at 9:00 am

He .... his teethfor 3 minutes

He ..... a showereveryday

To wake up To get up To brush To have

He ..... .. quickly

AFFIRMATIVE FORM


Practice

I ..... to work every morning

To eat

He ...... a phone call to his daughters at 6 pm

To go To work To make

We ...... luncheveryday at noon

She ...... until 5 pmon weekdays

AFFIRMATIVE FORM


Practice

I ..... carefullymost of the time

I .... up hill every saturday

They .... togethervery often

We ..... a meetingon tuesday mornings

AFFIRMATIVE FORMTo driveTo run To shopTo have


Practice

D... I ..... carefully ?

D.. she .... football ? D.. they ....every saturday ?

D.. you ..... beer ?

Do + To driveDo + To play Do + To singDo + To drink

INTERROGATIVE FORM


Practice

I ......... carefully

She d.... .... golf They ......... love songs

He d.. ..... water

Do not + To driveDo not + To play Do not + To singDo not + To drink

NEGATIVE FORM


Practice DialogDAILY HABITS

Jerry : Do you always wake up at 6:30 Susan ?Susan : No, I don’t. I sometimes wake up at 8 am at the weekend.Jerry : Do you drive to work ?Susan : I usually drive to work, occasionally I take the bus.Jerry : Do you work late ?Susan : I sometimes work until 6 pm. I never work after 8 pm.Jerry : Do you play sports ?Susan : I often play tennis on wednesdays and sometimes soccer on sundays.

To Work

To DriveTo Play

To Wake Up


Practice DialogPHONE CALL

Mr SOREM : Good morning this is Mr SOREM, from the Ussac plant. Can i speak to Mr Liberec please.Mr Liberec : Speaking, what can I do for you ?Mr SOREM : I call today about last week's shipping.Mr Liberec : Yes ?Mr SOREM : I always double-check the crates. I am missing some parts.Mr Liberec : What parts do you miss ?Mr SOREM : the part we miss is the plate XYA, where is it ?Mr Liberec : We usually verify and we never have this problem, Mr SOREM. Mr SOREM : I expect you to call me back tuesday, goodbye Mr Liberec.Mr Liberec : We never have meetings on tuesdays, you will have to wait thursday for an answer, goodbye Mr SOREM.


FREQUENCY ADVERBS

Frequency adverbs are usually placed before the verb.The exception is the verb “To be” and the modal verbs, where the frequency adverb come after the verb.

Ex. I am often late for work

100% I Always play tennis on thursdays

80% He or she usually works in the afternoon

75% They often sing in the evening

50% We sometimes swim at the weekend

30% You occasionally shop at lunchtime

10% He or she rarely travels in October

0% They never run in the winter


AND NOW...


Present continuous• What is it for ?‣We are talking about Now

➡We are studying English. (To Study)

‣What is happening nowadays➡Prices are going up these days. (To Go Up)

‣What is coming soon➡She is travelling to Poland next monday. (To Travel)

• It is for a temporary state, something not finished


Present continuous• How does it work ?‣Aux + Be + V + ing

➡Verb To Work :

➡ I am working

➡You Are working

➡He/She/It is working

➡We are working

➡You are working

➡They are working

AFFIRMATIVE FORM


Present continuous• How does it work ?‣Be + Aux + V + ing

➡Am I working

➡Are you working

➡ Is he/she/it working

➡Are we working

➡Are you working

➡Are they working

INTERROGATIVE FORM


Present continuous• How does it work ?‣Aux + Be + Not + V + ing

➡ I am not sleeping

➡You are not sleeping

➡He/She/It is not sleeping

➡We are not sleeping

➡You are not sleeping

➡They are not sleeping

NEGATIVE FORM


Practice• Vocabulary :‣ To rise = To go up

‣ To fall = To go down

‣ To stay the same = Equal, it does not change➡Q : What was the price of petrol yesterday ?

➡A : US$ 95.19

➡Q : What is the price of petrol today ?

➡A : US$ 95.56

➡Q : Is it (To Rise), (To Fall), (To Stay) the same ?

➡A : It is ........ (To Rise/To Fall/To Stay)


Practice• Vocabulary :‣ To shine | To snow | To rain

➡Q : What is the weather like ?

➡A : ....

‣ To study | To teach➡Q : What are you doing ?

➡A : We are .... english

➡Q : What am I doing

➡A : You are ..... english


Present continuous• In English, "now" can mean:

‣ this second

‣ today

‣ this month

‣ this year

‣ this century, and so on


Phone practiceJERRY : Good morning, I am Jerry from Smith Aviation, in London, i’d like to speak to Bob, please.

BOB : (To speak), what can I do for you ?

JERRY : Well, I am (to design) a new product and I would like to know if your new inductor could be used as a component in it.

BOB : What use were you actually (To think) of ?

JERRY : I am afraid i'm not (To tell) you.

BOB : Oh really, then I can't see why we're (To have) this conversation in the first place.

JERRY : What place are you (To talk) about ?

BOB : I wasn't (To mention) any specific place, i think you are (To misunderstand) me.

JERRY : Oh sorry, I thought you were (To invite) me to your place.

BOB : I'm not (To invite) you anywhere, what are you (To try) to say, may I ask, sir ?

JERRY : Keep (To ask), I won't answer, I'm not (To will) to say.

BOB : But I'm not (To ask) !


Phone practiceJERRY : Good, because I'm not (To say) anything, our new product is very secret.

BOB : I don't understand where this conversation is (To lead) to. You're not really (To help), are you?

JERRY : First you are (To want) me to go someplace and now you seem to think I'm (To lead) you somewhere. That's a lot of moving.

BOB : I'm sorry sir, I'm (To work) at the moment, if you are not (To go) to be more specific, we'd better stop this conversation now.

JERRY : Well I'm (To debate) about whether we should be (To stop) our phone call or (To carry) on with this nonsense.

BOB : Stop (To be) silly, please.

JERRY : That's insulting, I'm (To hang) up now goodbye.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

JERRY (to himself) : Ahhh, I like (To annoy) people when it gets boring at work...


MODAL VERBS‣Can we do it ?

‣ Yes we can do it

• Principal modal verbs‣can | could‣may | might‣must ‣shall | should‣will | would‣ought


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