i Present simple.and present continuous, stative verbs Fb no! I'm late for school again! - ee: 4 Why are you yy) Because I don’t want to ) running? T miss the school bus! Come on, we're late! | ‘But the school bus always ] comes at half past eight. And it's eight o'clock now. fou never get up in time for school, Bsc ~) so I've put all the clocks forward. They're all half an hour fast now! Py Present simple John watches TV every day. Present continuous John is watching % ‘Tat the moment. a ‘JBiesent simple and present continuous errs Cred John doesn’t watch Does John watch Tevery day. TWevery day? John isn’t watching _ Is John watching ‘Tat the moment. ‘Tat the moment?Present simple Use We use the present simple to talk about: + habits. usually get the bus to school. * permanent situations. My dad works in an office. * general truths. The sun sets in the west. Time expressions + We often use adverbs of frequency with the present simple, such as always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never. Adverbs of frequency go before the main verb. But when the main verb is the verb to be, the adverb of frequency goes after it. She never plays with those toys. Eugenius is often late for school. + Here are some other time expressions that we use with the present simple: every day, in the morning / afternoon / evening, at night, at the weekend, on Monday, on Fridays, in (the) winter, once / twice | three times a week, etc. These time expressions usually go at the beginning or at the end of a sentence. On Sundays we visit my grandmother. They phone us once a week Present continuous Use ‘We use the present continuous to talk about: * something that is happening now, while we are speaking. Look at that! Our dog is chasing that cat! + something that is happening for a short time or temporarily. Angela is working from home this week Time expressions We often use the following time expressions with the present continuous: now, right now, at the moment, today / tonight, these days, this week, at present, nowadays. Peter is tidying his room at the moment. She's staying with us this week. Present simple and present continuous Be careful: we use the present simple for things that happen regularly or things that are always true. We use the present continuous for things that are happening now or things that are temporary. Compare the following sentences: Luke and David usually play football on Saturday afternoons but today they're visiting their friend. ‘My sister leaves for work at half past seven every day but she isn’t working this week, 50 she’s at home now. = = - —=ausgAE complete, Ue the resent sine A Giraffe eat. (POE eat) 2 we sedate a the ‘weekend. (getup) 8 i sseensyOUF bedroom with ‘your brother? (you / share) 4. Me Carter always set work. (drive) 5 Mumand Daé . coffee inthe evenings. (not drink) 6 My sister -t0 school. She's only two years old. (not go) 22 rewrite the sentences. Put the adver nthe comet place 7 Dadaist nevson (ach) 5 Ms ren doer wot on tuys piers ese 2 take sone sy ; Sacemet 6 Doyoustep at a sperma oe) 2 Nakatsu oven wren ~ 1 netic torcas voip 4 Wenn oan deg fr bela | sn (sometimes) 8 Where do you spend Christmas? (usually) 346 completo. Use the present continuous. 1 _this programme? 4 The headmaster on our class this week. (teach) 2 with Aunt Sarah 5 Why cnn 2 (they leave) for afew days. (stay) 6 Greg, to you. He's BANA orn «today (not work) asleep! (not Iisten) Bf cite te comect ane. 1. Timis working as a waiter every summer/ 5 They're staying with their grandparents this summer every summer this week. 2. They'e studying for their test rwicea 6 Jenny is doing her homework in the ‘month /these days. evenings / right now 3) Mysister goes to the airdresser's 7. My brother checks his e-mails every day / (0n Tuesday mornings / today. (at the moment, 4 Do you go out at weekends/ tonight? 8 _Lwash my hair twice a week / ight now.|S sete amet ens 11 What time(Go you usually get wp 4 Wihere.d0 you 90 /ore you going to ‘are you usualy geting up on weekdays? school? 2 What do you do /are you doing at the 5 make /am making some sandwiches. moment? Are you busy? Do you want one? 3 Jim never watches /is never wotching TV 6 Itdoesnt rin isnt raining today, so \ in the morning ‘we can have a barbecue later. A complete Ure the presen simple or presen contnuots 1 Thesun..tH8...im the west. set) 5 Why... that hat? You look 2 she... her phone. Maybe reall sily| (you / wear) she's out. (not answer) 6 Water nnnsnesonnnenat 100°C (boi 3 His secretary usualy weed gs lunch at the moment? letters. type) {he /have) 4 Phoebe venous Wonderful 8 Listen! Somebody... your pictures. She's very talented, (draw) favourite song! Ging) | nent ond complete use the resent spe or resent otic Stative verbs describe states, not actions. We do not usually use ther in continuous | tenses, even when we want to tak about something thats happening now, at exactly this moment Here are some common state verbs | ‘sense verbs: fel, heor, se, smell taste t 1+ thinking verbs: know, notice, reale, remember, think, understand | ‘verbs that express emotions: dst, hate, ike, lve, not mind, prefer + other verbs: believe, belong, cost, forget, have (= own), look (= appess), mean, need, ‘own, remind, sem, sound, wont Do you remember your first day ot school? We have two dogs ond cat: