Present Time

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Present Time

• Dragana Filipovic

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What is correct?

• I am staying / stay at the Imperial Hotel till
  they get my flat ready.
• The River Amazon flows / is flowing into the
  Atlantic Ocean.

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• Buying a house nowadays becomes / is becoming
  more and more expensive all the time.
• We havent decided yet, but we think / are
  thinking of moving house.
• Whether we play on Saturday is depending /
  depends on the weather.

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Correct answers

• I am staying / stay at the Imperial Hotel till
  they get my flat ready.
• The River Amazon flows / is flowing into the
  Atlantic Ocean.
• Buying a house nowadays becomes / is becoming
  more and more expensive all the time.
• We havent decided yet, but we think / are
  thinking of moving house.
• Whether we play on Saturday is depending /
  depends on the weather.

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The Present Simple Tense - Forms

• I work
• He works
• Do I work ?
• Does he work ?
• I dont work
• He doesnt work

• I watch
• He watches
• Do I watch ?
• Does he watch ?
• I dont watch
• He doesnt watch

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3rd person singular - spelling

• -s / -es
• Infinitive s gets, works, lives
• ss, sh, ch, x, o es passes, watches, goes
• Vowel y s stays, plays, pays
• Consonant y ? i es cry cries, fly flies,
  terrify - terrifies

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Whats the 3rd person singular?

• weigh
• push
• sneeze
• glorify
• annoy
• kiss
• deny
• marry

• weighs
• pushes
• sneezes
• glorifies
• annoys
• kisses
• denies
• marries

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The Present Simple Tenseis used to describe

• Facts which are always true general truths,
  e.g. facts in science and geographical
  descriptions
• The light from the Sun takes 8 mins 20 secs to
  reach the Earth.
• The River Po flows into the Adriatic Sea.
• Matter consists of small particles.

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The Present Simple Tenseis used to describe

• Habitual actions. A frequency adverb is often
  used.
• I usually take bus to work.
• I use my mobile phone every day.
• Permanent situations.
• I live in a flat.
• She works for an insurance company.

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The Present Simple Tenseis used for

• Plot summaries (films, books), sports
  commentaries and historical tables.
• Our hero goes off to search for the treasure,
  which he eventually finds after many adventures.
• Zigic passes to Kezman and Kezman scores!
• 1789. The French Revolution begins.

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The Present Simple Tenseis used for

• Timetables / programmes (future meaning)
• The match finishes at 8.45.
• The plane leaves at 9.15.

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Write 8 sentences in Present Simple using the
following verbs

• weigh
• push
• sneeze
• glorify

• annoy
• kiss
• deny
• marry

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Mini-contexts

• a) Complete the dialogue.
• John _________ usually ___ at Christmas?
• Dave I normally go to my parents house.
• Is Dave talking about
• one specific Christmas?
• Christmas holiday in general?

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• a) Which machine are they talking about?
• ?? ? ? ? ?
• b) Complete the dialogue.
• Alan _______________________
• Jill Well, you press the eject button and
  then you put the tape in. Then you press the
  start and record button at the same time.

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• What is the missing word?
• A Excuse me, I wonder if you can help me. I
  want to go to Brighton on Saturday and I want to
  arrive about midday.
• B About midday? Theres a slow train that _____
  at 10.00. It gets in at 11.45.

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• Put the words in the correct order.
• travels about 107,000 The
• at an Earth km hour

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Does this suggest a temporary or a permanent
address?

• THE AUTHOR Josceline lives in London with her
  husband, journalist and broadcaster David
  Dimbleby, and their three children.

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• Manchester City once more. Baker plays it up
  the line for Tolmey. Tolmey fires a shot but its
  deflected. Keagan tries to pass it out to
  Beardsley but doesnt succeed
• a) Who is speaking?
• b) Who is he/she speaking to?
• c) Why is he/she speaking?

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• The Guardian
• Australia mourns
• Australia is holding a weekend of national
  mourning for the 70 victims of the bush fires. An
  appeal has been launched for 8,000 others left
  homeless. Page 6.
• a) What is The Guardian?
• b) What are the underlined tenses?
• c) They refer to the same event why are two
  tenses used?

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• Two boys die on mountain
• By a Staff Reporter
• Two boys believed to be from London died and
  seven others were injured in the Snowdonia
  mountain range yesterday. The boys were roped
  together when one fell
• d) What are the underlined tenses?
• e) They refer to the same event why are two
  tenses used?

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• 8. a)
• Dave Peter tells me you start your holidays
• on Saturday.
• John Thats right. Were going to Venice
• for a week.
• Does the verb tells refer to
• the time Dave is speaking?
• the recent past?
• the distant past?
• b) Is the trip already booked?

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• Rose Dont forget to send me a
• postcard when you get there.
• Andy No, of course not. Ill send you a
• card of the Eiffel Tower as soon
• as I arrive.
• Do the underlined
• parts refer to the
• present or
• the future?

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• b) Complete the missing letters of other
  conjunctions which we can use here.
• c) What tenses can we use here?
• ? ?

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• Amy John, have you heard the one about the
  swimming pool?
• John No.
• Amy Well, theres this man in a swimming pool
  and he goes to the top of the diving board and
  hes just about to dive off when an attendant
  comes rushing along and says, Theres no water
  in the pool. Thats alright, says the man. I
  cant swim anyway!
• What does the one refer to?
• Are there any past tenses in the story? If so,
  what are they? If not, why not?

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The Present Continuous Tense
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The Present Continuous Tense

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VERB ing

• listen ing listening
• die (-ie?y) ing dying
• write ing writing
• hop p ing hopping
• travel l ing travelling

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Make ing forms of each verb given.

• begin
• rub
• listen
• lie
• swim
• study
• happen

• get
• use
• admit
• try
• decide
• come
• put

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ing forms

• beginning
• rubbing
• listening
• lying
• swimming
• studying
• happening

• getting
• using
• admitting
• trying
• deciding
• coming
• putting

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The Present Continuous Tense is used for

• Actions which are happening at or around the
  moment of speaking.
• Im doing the washing up.
• Just now Im waiting to do my military service.
• She is working very hard nowadays.

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The Present Continuous Tense is used for

• Temporary situations.
• At the moment were sending all the mail by
  courier, because the Post Office is on strike.
• Im staying with a friend at the moment.

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The Present Continuous Tense is used for

• Annoying habits. A frequency adverb is necessary
  (always).
• You are always borrowing money from me!
• He is always complaining that waiters are rude.

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The Present Continuous Tense is used for

• A repeated temporary event. A time expression is
  necessary.
• Whenever I see Tom hes smoking.
• Youre making the same mistake again!

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The Present Continuous Tense is used for

• Changing or developing situations.
• His English is getting better.
• Its getting colder.
• Fixed arrangements in the near future.
• They are getting married next week.

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Choose the most suitable tense

• What sort of work do you do / are you doing?
• I cant talk now. I cook / Im cooking the
  dinner.
• What shall we have? Do you like / Are you liking
  fish?
• Can I borrow this tape recorder? Or do you use /
  are you using it?

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Answers

• What sort of work do you do ?
• I cant talk now. I Im cooking the dinner.
• What shall we have? Do you like fish?
• Can I borrow this tape recorder? Or are you
  using it?

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• What do the people here do / are the people here
  doing in the evenings?
• Follow that bus. Then you turn / you are turning
  left.
• A lot of people think that the Sun goes / is
  going around the Earth.
• Excuse me, do you read / are you reading your
  newspaper? Can I borrow it?

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Answers

• What do the people here do in the evenings?
• Follow that bus. Then you turn left.
• A lot of people think that the Sun goes around
  the Earth.
• Excuse me, are you reading your newspaper? Can I
  borrow it?

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• Do you wait / Are you waiting for the bus to
  Newcastle?
• Andy builds / is building his own house in the
  country.
• Im sleeping / sleep on Nigels sofa until I find
  a place of my own.
• Im only working / only work there for a couple
  of months because Im going abroad in the summer.
• You make / are making goulash using meat,
  vegetables and paprika.

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Answers

• Are you waiting for the bus to Newcastle?
• Andy building his own house in the country.
• Im sleeping on Nigels sofa until I find a place
  of my own.
• Im only working there for a couple of months
  because Im going abroad in the summer.
• You make goulash using meat, vegetables and
  paprika.

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Stative or State Verbs

• Verbs describing a permanent state do not
  normally have continuous forms.
• Verbs of the senses see, hear, smell, feel,
  taste
• Verbs of opinion agree, believe, consider

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• Verbs of emotion feel, forgive, hate, like,
  love
• Other verbs appear (seem), be, belong, consist
  (of), contain, fit (be the right shape and size
  for sth), have (possess), know, look (appear),
  need,prefer, require, want, weigh, wish

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We can use some stative verbs in the Present
Continuous when they have different meanings.
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Complete the sentences using the Present Simple
or the Present Continuous of the verbs in
brackets.
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• My sister ___ (wait) patiently for her exam
  results.
• We __ (not travel) by train very often.

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• My sister is waiting patiently for her exam
  results.
• We dont travel by train very often.

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• I __ (consider) accepting that job in Crete.
• The film __ (end) with a dramatic car chase.

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• Im considering accepting that job in Crete.
• The film ends with a dramatic car chase.

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• Im sorry, I __ (feel) too tired to go out this
  evening.
• I cant answer the phone. I __ (have) a bath.

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• Im sorry, Im feeling / feel too tired to go out
  this evening.
• I cant answer the phone. Im having a bath.

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• __ you __ (see) much of your brother these days?
• We __ (rely) on you to bring the keys with you.

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• Do you see much of your brother these days?
• We are relying / rely on you to bring the keys
  with you.

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• I __ (wish) people didnt smoke in restaurants.
• Who __ you __ (think) you are, speaking to me
  like that!

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• I wish people didnt smoke in restaurants.
• Who do you think you are, speaking to me like
  that!

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