PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS

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PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS

• GRAMMAR

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• PRESENT SIMPLE

• PRESENT CONTINUOUS

• We use the Present Simple to talk about

• We use the Present Continuous to talk about

1) A habit, a repeated action, a routine. Students go to school five days a week.
2) A fact that is always true, a state general truths and definitions. Water boils at 100º Celsius.
3) A more permanent situation. I live in Terrassa.
4) To express likes dislikes, thoughts, opinions and feelings (STATIVE VERBS). I dont like fish, but I love meat.
1) An action or activity in progress now. We are studying English.
2) A temporary situation. As her house is being redecorated, shes staying at her friends house.
3) An action or activity happening around now, but probably not at this moment. Im reading a very interesting book written by Marina Lewycka.
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Audrey is on holiday in Italy. Put the verbs in
the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.

• Audrey 1 work in Dublin, but she 2 not live
  there. Every morning, she 3 get up at 7.00 and
  she 4 go by bus to Dublin. The journey 5 take a
  half an hour and she 6 not get home until 7.00 in
  the evening. Then, she 7 read a magazine and 8
  go to bed. She 9 have a good job, but she 10
  work very hard.
• She 11 not work now. She 12 have a holiday. She
  13 stay in a hotel in Madeira. She 14 meet a lot
  of interesting people. She 15 learn some
  Portuguese and she 16 eat a lot of good
  Portuguese food.
• She 17 love her job, but she 18 enjoy her holiday
  so much that she 19 not want to go back to work
  next week.

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Audrey is on holiday in Italy. Put the verbs in
the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.

• Audrey 1 works in Dublin, but she 2 doesnt live
  there. Every morning, she 3 gets up at 7.00 and
  she 4 goes by bus to Dublin. The journey 5 takes
  a half an hour and she 6 doesnt get home until
  7.00 in the evening. Then, she 7 reads a
  magazine and 8 goes to bed. She 9 has a good
  job, but she 10 works very hard.
• She 11 isnt working now. She 12 is having a
  holiday. She 13 is staying in a hotel in
  Madeira. She 14 is meeting a lot of interesting
  people. She 15 is learning some Portuguese and
  she 16 is eating a lot of good Portuguese food.
• She 17 loves her job, but she 18 is enjoying her
  holiday so much that she 19 doesnt want to go
  back to work next week.

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STATIVE VERBS

• With certain verbs we never use the continuous
  form. These are called STATIVE VERBS. The most
  common ones are

1) Verbs that express thoughts and opinions believe, forget, guess, know, mean, remember, seem, think (believe), understand.
2) Verbs that express likes or preferences / feelings and emotions dislike, hate, hope, like, love, prefer, want.
3) Verbs that express state or possession be, belong, have (got), own.
4) Verbs that express cost and measure cost, weigh, measure.
5) Verbs that express perception and senses feel, hear, see, smell, sound, taste, touch.
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REMEMBER!!!

• Some STATIVE VERBS can be used both in the
  Present Simple and the Present Continuous, but
  their meanings are different

PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
LOOK ( parecer) LOOK ( mirar)
TASTE ( saber bien) TASTE ( probar)
FEEL ( sentirse) FEEL ( tocar)
HAVE (GOT) ( tener) HAVE ( tomar)
THINK ( creer, opinar) THINK ( pensar)
SEE ( ver - sentido) SEE ( ver al médico)
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Complete the dialogue, using the Present Simple
or the Present Continuous.

• you 1 know that girl over there? The one who 2
  wear the green jacket?
• Yes, I 3 know her, but I 4 not remember her
  name. I 5 think its Kyra, but I 6 not be sure.
• She 7 talk to James Howard. I 8 think he 9
  like her.
• Well, he 10 seem a bit stupid at the moment.
• Why? What you 11 mean?
• Well, he 12 realise that her boyfriend 13 stand
  behind him?
• No, I 14 not think he 15 know!!!

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Complete the dialogue, using the Present Simple
or the Present Continuous.

• 1 Do you know that girl over there? The one
  who 2 is wearing the green jacket?
• Yes, I 3 know her, but I 4 dont remember her
  name. I 5 think its Kyra, but I 6 am not sure.
• She 7 is talking to James Howard. I 8 think he
  9 likes her.
• Well, he 10 seems a bit stupid at the moment.
• Why? What 11 do you mean?
• Well, 12 does he 13 realise that her boyfriend
  is standing behind him?
• No, I 14 dont think he 15 knows!!!