PRESENT AND PAST; SIMPLE AND

PROGRESSIVE
DR. AMIRA ALSHEHRI
LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of this chapter, the students will be able to: 

Knowledge:
1. Recognize past and present grammatical constructions. 
2. Recognize grammatical aspect (simple & progressive) correctly. 
Skills: 
1. Write about past and present events using appropriate grammatical constructions.
2. Write about simple & progressive events using appropriate grammatical constructions
and keywords. 
CONTENTS OF THE SLIDES

1. SIMPLE PRESENT AND PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

2. SIMPLE PRESENT AND PRESENT PROGRESSIVE: AFFIRMATIVE, NEGATIVE, QUESTION
FORMS
3. VERBS NOT USUALLY USED IN THE PROGRESSIVE (STATIVE VERBS)
4. SIMPLE PAST TENSE
5. SIMPLE PAST VS. PAST PROGRESSIVE
6. UNFULFILLED INTENTIONS: WAS/ WERE GOING TO
1. SIMPLE PRESENT AND PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
1. SIMPLE PRESENT AND PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

Let's talk about SIMPLE PRESENT

What is Simple Present?
First: 
Examples:
What is Simple Present?
Second: 
Examples:
Let's talk about PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
What is Present Progressive?
Examples:
2. SIMPLE PRESENT AND PRESENT PROGRESSIVE:
AFFIRMATIVE, NEGATIVE, QUESTION FORMS

Affirmative Forms:
Negative Forms:
Question Forms:
3. VERBS NOT USUALLY USED IN THE PROGRESSIVE
(STATIVE VERBS)

Question: Why is (b) incorrect?

Answer:
Common Verbs That Are Usually Non-Progressive (like know) 
Common Verbs with Both Non-Progressive and Progressive Meanings
(like think) 
4. SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Let's talk about SIMPLE PAST TENSE

4. SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Examples:
Regular Verb Forms:
Irregular Verb Forms:
Be Verb Forms:
5. SIMPLE PAST VS. PAST PROGRESSIVE

Simple Past Tense

Simple Past Tense
2. Past Progressive
2. Past Progressive
6. UNFULFILLED INTENTIONS: WAS/ WERE GOING TO
HOMEWORK

1. Student book: Chapter 2: Exercise 4, 7, 9, 10, 27, 38

2. Workbook: Chapter 2: From 1 to 20