8th day of class

Day schedule: June 17th, 2020

- Homework review
- Present simple vs. Present continuous
- Oral practice questions

Present simple Present continuous / progressive

Use: Use:
- To about routines / habits - To talk about things happing at the
- Things that are always true / permanent moment of speaking or now
- Describing a state - Temporary actions
Structure: Subject + verb + complement Structure: Subj. + verb to be (am, is, are)
I / We / You / They – Verb Normally + verb – ING + complement
(+) She/He/It – S / ES I – am
We walk in the park He / she / it – is
He drinkS coffee every day We / you / they - are
She watchES TV at night
Auxiliary verb: (-) / (?) Auxiliary verb: Am (am not); is – is not
Do – I / We / You / They (isn’t); are – are not (aren’t).
Does – She / He / It
Don’t (do not) / Doesn’t (does not)
Signal words: Every day; At night; Usually; Signal words: Now; Right now: At this
Sometimes; Never; Hardly ever; Often; In the moment; In this moment; Today; These
morning(s); etc. days; This month; Look! Listen!
Example: Example:
(+) She gets up early every day (+) Jesus is looking at the computer now
(-) She does not get up early every day (-) Jesus isn’t looking at the computer now
(?) Does she get up early every day? (?) Is Jesus looking at the computer now?
Yes, she does Yes, he is
No, she doesn’t No, he isn't
State verbs: These verbs are NOT used in the continuous form. They are used in the
present simple form. Examples: know; need; understand; hate; like; love; want;
prefer; mind; wish; hope, have etc.

What is the difference in these two sentences?

- She drives her car every day – Present simple – Routine

- She is driving her car now – Present continuous – Action happening
now
Examples:

- Maria doesn’t play (not / play) soccer in the mornings

- Jenny and Tatiana are drinking (drink) coffee today
- Is Marcela doing (Marcela / do) her homework at this moment?
- They eat (eat) pizza on Saturdays
- Teresa sometimes reads (read) books
- Do we drink (we / drink) water everyday?

Ø I am needing you at this moment!

Ø I need you now!
Homework:

- Page 13 / Exercise 10 – Complete the blanks with either present

simple or continuous

1. are you reading

2. doesn’t work
3. need
4. do you want
5. don’t have
6. are you living
7. do you understand
8. are you thinking
9. don’t want / hate
10. am staying _____ / 11
Speaking:

Homework:

1. Listening – Page 14 / Exercise 1a and 1b

2. Reading – Brotherly love? Page 15 / Exercise 5. True or False