Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Present Simple
I work
work?
You work
We work
They work
dont work
do you
Present Continuous
I am working - Im not working.
You are working You arent working
He/she/it is working - He/she/it isnt
working
We are working - You arent working
They are working they arent working
(Where/when/why)are you/we/they
working?
What languages is she/he/it studying?
Grammar
present simple/continuous
Are the sentences correct? Yes or No?
Clearly the price of petrol increases
at the moment.
We meet our new employees in 20
minutes.
First we are doing the testing and
then we are sending the products to
the packaging area.
Present simple or
Continuous?
Permanent
situations
Actions happening
now
To talk about
certain/definite
future plans
Future
programmes,
schedules and
timetables
To give intructions
Temporary present
actions
To criticise
irritating/annoying
actions
Routines, habits
General truths and
Actions happening
now
To talk about
certain/definite
future plans
Future
programmes,
schedules and
timetables
To give intructions
Temporary present
actions
To criticise
irritating/annoying
actions
Routines, habits
General truths and
Future programmes, schedules and She is always using her phone during the
timetables
lessons
Always
Often
Sometimes/ Occasionally
Usually
Hardly ever
Rarely/seldom
= adjectives of frequency:
How often do you go out? I usually go
out twice a week.
Adjectives of frequency
Position of Adverbs
The adverbs go before main verbs
Eg:Entrepreneurs often take risks in
business
BUT
After the verb to be
Eg:This company is always
successful
State verbs
These verbs are not usually used in
the continuous form. They talk about
a condition or a situation which
continues over a period of time. It is
not always clear or important when
this situation begins and ends.
State Verbs
Verbs of emotion (like, hate,prefer,
detest,fear)
Verbs of thinking (believe, doubt, think,
suppose, imagine)
Verbs of the senses (hear, see, smell, feel,
appear)
Verbs used to describe things and their
qualities (contain, measure, carry, mean,
need, consist of)
Verbs expressing possession (belong to,
Both forms
When we talk about physical
feelings, there is not much
difference between the continuous
and simple form:
Eg:How do you feel? And How are you
feeling?
Eg:My leg hurts or My leg is hurting
Correct?
Where are you from? You are
sounding French.
This wine is tasting very nice. What is
it?
John is seeming unhappy? Im
wondering what is wrong?
What are you thinking about the
increase in the interest rate
This is correct
Where are you from? You sound
French.
This wine tastes very nice. What is it?
John seems unhappy? Im wondering
what is wrong?
What do you think about the increase
in the interest rate?
THE PAST
Past simple and Past Continuous
I worked for that company 5 year ago
and .
I was working for that company 5 year
ago when....
A long, continuous
situation in past
happening at a
specific moment
or simultaneous
actions happening in
past
Past habits or
routines
Past actions
changing at a
certain time
A long, continuous
situation in past
happening at a
specific moment
or simultaneous
actions happening in
past
Past habits or
routines
Past actions
changing at a
certain time