What do you like to do in

your spare time?

Gerund = running , cooking, etc.

Nouns = sports, Netflix series , etc

✓ To talk about English purposes

Someone asks you why you are

studying English.
 • I speak … (and…) as a first/foreign language.
• I’m a native speaker of …
• I speak … quite well / fluently.
• I can read …
What’s your English /
• I can get by in … / I speak a few words of …
language level? • At the moment I’m learning …
• When learning a language, … is really important
for me.
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 Do you (or did you) use English at work? If so, what for?

Is English used in your country in any particular jobs?

First , second, third

I use English at work to…
Finally, In conclusion
I sometimes/often use English because…
FOR EXAMPLE = FOR
People who work as/in …. use English to … INSTANCE
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https://www.englishclub.com/pron
unciation/word-stress-rules.htm
✓ To describe our routines and momentary/
temporary activities

At the gym or with a doctor

PRESENT SIMPLE & CONTINUOUS
 What’s the difference?

I learn English everyday. I’m learning English now.

PRESENT SIMPLE
Let’s see …
 WHAT DO WE USE PRESENT CONTINUOUS FOR?

• We use the present continuous to describe

what is happening at this moment or around the
present time.

• e.g. I am reading “Harry Potter” these days.

 Look at these situations. What would you say? Use the verb in brackets.

A friend phones and interrupts your dinner preparation. (cook)

Sorry, I can’t talk now, I’m cooking dinner

 • Which languages do you speak? How well do you speak them?

• What other languages do people speak in your country?

• What languages are you learning now or planning to learn in the future? Why?

• I speak … (and…) as a first/foreign language.

• I’m a native speaker of …
• I speak … quite well / fluently.
• I can read …
• I can get by in … / I speak a few words of …
• At the moment I’m learning …
• When learning a language, … is really important for me.
Work in pairs. Look at this list of the ten most spoken languages. Which
do you think are the top five? Put them in order
 Let’s practise
• http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/simcon1.htm

• https://www.englishgrammar.org/simple-present-present-continuous-tense-exercise/

• https://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/simcon2.htm
https://agendaweb.org/verbs/present_continuous-exercises.html

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/present-progressive-1

http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentContinuous1F.html

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/sites/teens/files/gs_pres_cont_-

_exercises.pdf
 HOMEWORK

• Grammar 3
• Vocabulary2
UNIT 1
Functions
What can you do with what you have learned today?

When can you use it?

Give two examples…