Grammar: Simple Present and present continuous (Use)

Level: 2
Instructor: Edgar Franco

Read the two texts carefully. Then answer the questions.

1. What does Isabel usually do on Saturday mornings?

-On Saturday mornings I usually get up and do the housework.
2. What is she doing this Saturday?
-isabel got up early because today she is getting married, she is in church with all her family and friends
3. What does Mark usually do on Christmas day?
-we usually go, all of us to my parents' house we open all the presents and then we have a big lunch
4. What is he doing this Christmas?
- He is with his wife in Australia with his wife visiting friends
5. Underline the verbs in the two text, compare between the verbs that describe habits (usually) and the verbs that describe
actions at the time of speaking (this Saturday/ Christmas…/ Now …) . Then complete the rules:
a) When we describe habits, we put the verb in the PRESENT SIMPLE tense.
b) When we describe actions at the time of speaking, we put the verb in the PRESENT CONTINOUS tense.

Complete the text about Leo by putting the verbs in the correct tense.

‘On my birthday I (go/ sometimes) SOMETIMES GO out with friends, or I (go) AM GOING out
to a restaurant with my family. My Mum (make/ usually) ………usually makes ………………
me a birthday cake. My Dad and sisters (get/ usually) ……usually get …………………… me
birthday presents.’

But this birthday is different! It’s Leo’s eighteenth birthday, so now he’s an adult. This morning
he got a lot of presents. Now he (have) IS HAVING a big party with all his friends. They (dance)
…dancing…………….. and (sing) ………sing……………………….. They (eat) …………
eating…………………. delicious food and cakes, and (drink)………
drinking……………………. different sweet drinks. Leo (wear) …………
wearing…………………….. a blue jumber.
Grammar: Simple Present and present continuous (Use)
Level: 2
Instructor: Edgar Franco

Write a short paragraph talking about what you usually do, and what you are doing right now. I
USUALLY EAT BREAKFAST AT 10, I SOMETIMES GO TO THE GYM. RIGHT NOW I AM
WORKING AND I AM SPEAKING IN ENGLISH.

5 . Underline the verbs in the two text,

compare between the verbs that
describe habits -get up - swimming
- wearing

-getting married
Hi, I'm Jair Viana. My daily
- stading
routine is to wake up at 5 am to

take a shower at 5:20. I get -visiting

organized and have breakfast, I go out for class - having

until the afternoon, when I return home, I have -wearing

lunch and do pending work and at night, I eat

Action verb
and go to bed for the next day.
Getting married

Stading

Visiting

Having

Swimming

Wearning

Habit

Get up