“SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE & PAST

CONTINOUS TENSE

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 DEFINITION OF
SIMPLE PRESENT
TENSE

Simple Present Tense is the

tense used to express an action or
activity that takes place/happening
at the current time in a simple
form, activity or work performed
repeatedly, daily habits, events or
actions that have nothing to do
with time and to express general
truths.
 FUNCTION &
PURPOSE OF SIMPLE
PRESENT TENSE
1. USED TO DECLARE AN ACT OR
FUNCTION : EVENT THAT IS REPEATED OR
1. TO EXPRESS HABITS, HABITUAL ACTION.
GENERAL TRUTHS, 2. USED TO DEMONSTRATE THE
SKILLS,
REPEATED ACTIONS OR ABILITIES,CHARACTERS OF A
UNCHANGING PERSON.
SITUATIONS, 3. USED TO EXPRESS THE DAILY
EMOTIONS, AND HABITS.
WISHES. 4. USED TO DECLARE AN ACT
WHICH IS PLANNED TO OCCUR
2. TO GIVE INSTRUCTION IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
OR DIRECTIONS.
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5. USED TO REPLACE THE
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3. TO EXPRESS FIXED PRESENT CONTINOUS TENSE
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ARRANGEMENT, IN SOME VERBS SUCH AS
PRESENTS, OR FUTURE LOVE.LIKE,BELIEVE
 PATTERN OF SIMPLE
PRESENT TENSE

NOMINAL
TYPE VERBAL
TYPE
 NOMINAL TYPE

I
WE
TO BE (AM/ARE) +
YOU
COMPLEMENT
THEY

HE
SHE
IT TO BE (IS) +
COMPLEMENT
 VERBAL TYPE
I
WE VERB 1 +
YOU OBJECT/ADVERB
THEY

VERB1+S/E
HE
SHE S+OBJECT/
IT ADVERB
Example of the nominal type :
1. I am smart and diligent.
2. We are here.
3. Danang is hot and cool.
4. Am I smart ?
5. Danang is not hot and cool.
6. Are we here?
Example of the verbal type :
1. Nana speaks English fluently.
2. She does not go to school
everyday.
3. Does she go to school
everyday.
4. I read the book everyday.
EXERCISE
• Clara (decide/decides/decided) to bring her
favorite pen to help her remembering a thing
• She (be/is/are) happy because he is there
• They (force/been forced/are forced) to join
that came because there are many games
there
• I like her hair unravel so that she
(looked/look/looks) more beautiful
• Retna (don’t know/don’t knows/doesn’t
knows) the problem that she will face soon
PAST CONTINOUS
Most often used for action happening at
some time in the past
FUNCTION
To describe the background in a story
written in the past tense.
To describe an unfinished action that was
interrupted by another even
To express a change of mind
PATTERS

S + TOBE (WAS/WERE) +V1-ing

EXAMPLE
They were waiting for the bus when the
accident happned
When the fire started I was watching
television
I was studying when the telephone rang
I was working when she came here
She was sleeping all afternoon yesterday
DIFFERENT OF SIMPLE PRESENT
AND PAST CONTINOUS
Simple present is the one which we use
when an action is happening right now

Past continous describes actions or evens in

a time before now which began in the
past and is still going on
EXERCISE
Where (were/was) you meeting your client
at ten o’clock yesterday?
Someone tried to steal her phone while she
(queued/was queuing) for a railway ticket
My sister and I (was/were) walking on the
beach at 5 p.m last week
Who___the car when it__? (was
driving,crashed/drove,was crashing)
Were the students (watching/watch) the
video during class?
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