The document contrasts the present simple and present continuous tenses. It provides examples of when to use each, with the present simple used to describe habitual or repeated actions and the present continuous used to describe actions happening now or planned for the near future. It then gives sentence examples for students to identify the correct tense to use.
The document contrasts the present simple and present continuous tenses. It provides examples of when to use each, with the present simple used to describe habitual or repeated actions and the present continuous used to describe actions happening now or planned for the near future. It then gives sentence examples for students to identify the correct tense to use.
The document contrasts the present simple and present continuous tenses. It provides examples of when to use each, with the present simple used to describe habitual or repeated actions and the present continuous used to describe actions happening now or planned for the near future. It then gives sentence examples for students to identify the correct tense to use.
- Andy plays/play football three times a - Where is Andy? He is play/he is week. playing football now. - Milana have/has a dancing class on - Milana is dancing/is dances at a Tuesdays and Thursdays. concert tonight. - Amalia doesn’t go/don’t go - Amalia is/am going to fly to Spain next to school every day. week. - Does/Do Dima have English - Is Dima speaking/speaks Russian at the twice a week? moment? No, he’s speaking English. - We always play/plays games at - Today at school we is playing/are school. playing Monopoly. - Our parents often go/goes to the - Our parents are watch/is watching a cinema at the weekend. film at the cinema now.
Now, at the moment, today, tonight, next never, sometimes, often, seldom, week/month/year. once/twice/three times a day/a week, on Mondays, at the weekend.
3. Unscramble the sentences 4. Which is correct?
- sitting/the chair/is/Andy/not/on/now - Andy always goes to bed/is going to bed at 10
- her/every day/Milana/teeth/brushes o’clock.
- to/Amalia/often/the Zoo/go/doesn’t - Milana and her mother drink juice/are drinking
- Dima/next/flying/is/week/to London juice at the moment.
- parents/at the moment/Our/working/are - Amalia is playing/plays with her guinea pig
Martha in the garden now. - never/tennis/We/on Sunday/play - Dima often goes/is going to visit his grandparents - pizza/brother/Does/eat/your/every week? in summer. - TV/seldom/sister/My/watches - We usually are having/have Math on Mondays. - are/a book/Andy and Dima/reading/now - Our parents are having/have a party next week. - cook/Milana and Amalia/dinner/always/at the weekend