Double click 2 Unit 1: Assignment #6

Simple present vs. Present progressive.

 Answer the following questions.
1-What do you do on Saturdays?

2-What were you doing 1 hour ago?

 Read carefully the following explanation:

The simple present is used for:
 Permanent states:
E.g.
1-Jane works as a salesclerk.
2-I live in Santiago.
 Repeated actions, daily routines or habits.:
E.g.
1-Jonathan drives to work every day.
2-I always watch a movie at night.
***In conclusion the formula of the simple present is the following:
Subject+main verb + rest of the sentence

Affirmation: They go to the beach on Sundays.

Negation: They do not/don’t go to the beach on Sundays.
Question: Do they go to the beach on Sundays?

The present progressive is used for: verb+ing

 Temporary situations:
E.g.
He is cooking dinner right now.
 Actions happening at or around the time of speaking:
E.g.
You are learning English.
 Fixed arrangements in the near future, especially when we know the
place and the time:
E.g.
They’re getting married next week.
***The following verbs do not usually have a progressive form: Have
(=possess), like, love, hate, want, know, remember, forget, understand,
think, believe, cost, etc…
I have a car (NOT: I am having a car)
She hates football. (NOT: She is hating football)
***The formula of the present progressive is the following:

subject +verb be+ main verb(ing)+rest of the sentence

Affirmation: She is reading a book now.

Negation: She isn’t/is not reading a book now.
Question: Is she reading a book now?
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 Write the third person singular.

1-I water-He waters 8-I fly-It

2-I start-He starts 9-I mix-She
3-I care-He 10-I finish-She
4-I stop-She 11-I talk-He
5-I say-He 12-I go-It
6-I work-She 13-I watch-She
7-I touch-He 14-I live-He

 Write the negative form of the following sentences. Simple

present.
1-I don’t love (love) you.
2-She doesn’t speak (speak) French.
3-I (believe) you.
4-The box (contain) food.
5-David____________ (know) how to fix a car.
6-Daniel and Liz (go) to the park on Wednesdays.
7-You (have) breakfast every day.
 Write the affirmative form of the following sentences.
1-She works (work) on holidays.
2-We understand (understand) Portuguese.

3-Maria (need) to sleep.

4-Daniel (fly) to Paris once a year.
5-We (watch) this show every night.
6-The teacher (teach) us new things.
7-Roberta and I (go) home at 7 P.M.

 Write the interrogative form of the following sentences. (simple

present)
1- (You go) to work by train? - Do you go to work by train?
2- (she drink coffee) every morning? - Does she drink coffee every
morning?
3- (John smoke)? -
4- (I look) well? -
5- (they travel) often? -
6- (you bake) cakes? -
7- (Antonio go) to sleep too late? –

 Complete the sentences with the Present Continuous form of the verb
in brackets. Remember that you have to write the subject+ verb be and
then the main verb+ing. E.g. She is dancing with Jose right now.
1- My sister ..is watching... (watch) TV right now.
2- Dad ...is not watching... (not wash) his car today.
3-The boys ...................... (not play) tennis today
4-They ...................... (drive) to work right now.
5-I ...................... (not write) in my notebook at the moment.
6-Jason ...................... (study) music this year moment.
8- The children ...................... (not swim) at the moment.
9- The women ...................... (sit) in the park now.
10-Alejandro (not play) with his friends.

 Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1-making / breakfast / is / this morning / Dad /?

Is Dad making breakfast this morning?
2-aren’t / tonight / costumes / the actors / wearing /.

3-to New York / at the moment / flying / I / am /.

4-listening to / you / music / are /?

5-a picture / isn’t / the artist / now / painting /.

 Complete the sentences with the Present Simple or Present

progressive form of the verbs in brackets. Be careful with the
verbs that don’t have progressive form.

1- Tom usually .... rides...... (ride) his bike to school, but

he ..........going................... (go) by car today.
2-Jane ............................. (not like) tea, but she ............................. (drink) it
today because she’s ill.
3- Mark and Jill ............................. (try) to improve their French.
They ............................. (study) together every afternoon.
4-My little sister ............................. (not understand) her homework, so my
mum ............................. (help) her now.
5-My friend is on holiday now and I ............................. (want) to talk to
her.
6-I ............................. (think) he is telling the truth now.

 Type a short story (1 or 2 paragraphs) making use of the

simple present and present progressive. Remember that 1
paragraph consists in 3 or more sentences.

 Record an audio reading the story that you just typed.

***Complete the self-assessment.

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there some help help.
quickly
I can differentiate the simple
present from the present
progressive.
I can say the things that I am doing
right now using present progressive.

I can say the things that I do in a

particular day using simple present.