MODULE

1.
LEVEL B1+ APRIL, 29th
https://wordwall.net/es/resource/54013252/ingl%c3%a9s/read-and-complete-present-simple-
and-present-continuous
Both the present continuous and the present simple can be used
to talk about the future TRUE FALSE

PRESENT TENSES USED FOR FUTURE

- Present continuous: future arrangements

I’m having dinner tomorrow

- Present simple: timetabled events

My flight leaves at 6:30 tomorrow.

When can the present simple be used with a present

continuous meaning?
When you use a state verb!

Need cannot be used continuously.

You cannot say ´I am needing´ but
only ´I need…´ even if we mean
right now.
∙ Action, or ‘dynamic’, verbs describe activities, e.g. run,
drive, listen, watch. They can be used in the simple or
continuous form.

∙ State verbs describe state, not an activity. They

cannot normally be used in the continuous form.
State verbs • mental/thinking verbs: agree, believe, disagree, doubt,
∙ They include: know, realize, suppose, understand, expect*, forget*,
remember*, think*.
• Attitude verbs: dislike, hate, like, love, need, prefer, want.
• Sense/perception verbs: hear, see*, smell*, taste*
• Appearance, qualities: appear*, look* (=seem), resemble,
seem, sound
• Being, possession: be*, belong to, consist of, contain,
have*, include, own, possess
• Other verbs: come*, cost, depend*, fit, matter, mean, owe,
weigh*
∙ The verbs marked with an asterisk (*) can be used in the
continuous form, but with a change of meaning:
∙ I think you’re right. (=This is my opinion.)
∙ I’m thinking of buying a new car (= I’m considering it.)
∙ He’s nice. (= It’s one of his character traits.)
∙ He’s being nice (= He’s behaving in a nice way at the
moment.)
∙ With verbs like feel and look (seem), we can use either the
simple or the continuous form with no change in meaning:
I feel / ‘m feeling ill.
Do homework, please
SPELLING -ING VERBS!!!!
SPELLING -ING VERBS!!!!
1. A father is the male parent of a child. A parent is the
mother or father.
2. A stepmother is married to your father, but she isn’t your
biological mother.
3. A brother-in-law is the brother of your husband / wife, or
your sister’s husband.
4. A stepsister is the daughter of your stepmother or
stepfather and their previous husband or wife. She isn’t
biologically related to you. A half-sister shares one parent
with you, either your mother or your father.
5. A grandfather is your father or mother’s father. A great-
grandfather is your father or mother’s grandfather.
6. An adopted child is one who has become part of a family
which is not the one in which he or she was born. An only
child is a child who doesn’t have brothers or sisters.
7. Brothers and sisters and siblings mean the same thing, but
sibling is a more formal word and is used for both genders.
8. Your immediate family are your parents, children, brothers
and sisters. Your extended family is anyone related to you
who is not your immediate family. For example: your
uncles, aunts, cousins, grandparents, etc.
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There is very little difference between the present continuous and be going to for future
plans/arrangements and often you can use either.
I’m having dinner / I’m going to have dinner with my family tonight.
Present continuous with verbs relating to travel arrangements: go, come, arrive, leave, etc.
I’m coming back on Tuesday.
We use be going to when we have already decided to do something.
We also use be going to to make a prediction about the future, especially when we have
some evidence (like black clouds)
BUT will/won’t for decisions made at the time of speaking and also for promises, predictions
& offers.
Shall/ Shan’t is only used with I and we for offers and suggestions when they are questions.
Shall I come with you? Shall we go out?
ADDITIONAL GRAMMAR NOTES
∙ The important thing to emphasize is that we use be going
to (or present continuous) for things we have already
decided to do.
For example: our plans, intentions, or arrangements,
whereas will / won’t + infinitive is used for decisions
made at the time of speaking, and also for promises,
offers, and future facts.

∙ I want to point out that in song lyrics going to is usually

transcribed as gonna (because that is how it sounds when
sung quickly)
 A
1 shall
ANSWER 2 ´ll make
S 3✓
4 are you going to go
5 won’t tell
6 `re visiting
7 will go down
8✓
9 shall

B
1 I promise I will / ‘ll phone every day.
2 He is / ‘s going to do a degree in engineering.
3 No, I am / ‘m working late.
4 Yes, I will / ‘ll have the prawns, please.
5 Ok. Shall we get a takeaway?
6 No problem, I will / ‘ll lend you some.
7 No, the weather forecast says it is / `s going to rain / will rain.
8 Shall I pick you up from the airport?
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