Tenses Present Simple Present Continuous Grammar for TS

Tenses: Present Simple & Present Continuous Grammar for TS 4 www. lrjj. cn

Present Simple Tense Used for: 1. regular actions or events Ex: He plays tennis most weekends. 2. facts Ex: The sun rises in the east. 3. facts known about the future Ex: We leave at 8. 30 next Monday www. lrjj. cn

Present Simple Tense - Form Verb ‘be’: Use: • am with the personal pronoun I • is with the personal pronouns he, she or it (or with the singular form of nouns) • are with the personal pronouns we, you or they (or with the plural form of nouns) Ex: They are smart. www. lrjj. cn

Present Simple Tense - Form Verb ‘be’: Subject Pronoun Positive Negative Question I I am not. Am I? He/she/it He is not. Is he? You/we/they You are not. Are you? www. lrjj. cn

Present Simple Tense - Form Verbs ‘have / have got’: Use: • have / have got with the personal pronouns I, you, we und they (or with the plural form of nouns) • has / has got with the personal pronouns he, she, it (or with the singular form of nouns) Ex. She has a cat. / She has got a cat. www. lrjj. cn

Present Simple Tense - Form Verb ‘have / have got’: Subject Pronoun Positive Negative Question I/you/ we/they We have got. We have not got. / / We have. We do not have. Have we got? / Do we have? He/she/it He has got. / He has not got. / He has. He does not have. Has he got? / Does he have? www. lrjj. cn

Present Simple Tense - Form Other verbs: Use: • the infinite verb (play) with the personal pronouns I, you, we and they (or with the plural form of nouns) the verb + s (plays) with the personal pronouns he, she, it (or with the singular form of nouns) • Negative sentences and questions are formed with the auxiliary (helping) verb 'do/does'. www. lrjj. cn

Present Simple Tense - Form Other verbs ‘play/walk/sit/learn/…’: Subject Pronoun I/you/ we/they He/she/it Positive Negative Question I study. I do not study. Do I study? He studies. He does not study. Does he study? www. lrjj. cn

Present Simple - Exercise Pron. Positive I you Negative I play. You help. he He does not answer. she it Does she sing? It rains. we you they Questions Do we dream? You do not read. Do they work? www. lrjj. cn

Present Continuous Tense Used for: 1. the time of speaking ('now') Shh, I am trying to hear what they are saying. 2. things which are true at the moment but not always We are looking for a new flat. 3. present plans for the future We are having dinner with them next week. www. lrjj. cn

Present Continuous Tense - Form Use a form of to be and the infinite verb plus -ing. Use: • am with the personal pronoun I • is with the personal pronouns he, she or it (or with the singular form of nouns) • are with the personal pronouns we, you or they (or with the plural form of nouns) Ex. She is cooking. www. lrjj. cn

Present Continuous Tense - Form Subject Pronoun Positive Negative Question I am reading. I am not reading. Am I reading? He/she/it He is reading. He is not reading. Is he reading? You/we/they You are reading. You are not reading. Are you reading? I www. lrjj. cn

Present Continuous - Exercise Pron. Positive I you Negative I am working. You are jumping. he He is not dreaming. she it Is she sleeping? It is snowing. we you they Questions Are we singing? You are not fighting. Are they reading? www. lrjj. cn

Comparison: Present Simple or Present Continuous? We use the present continuous to talk about events which are temporary/limited in time and the present simple to talk about events which are habits/permanent. www. lrjj. cn

Exercise: Present Simple or Present Continuous? 1) Andy sometimes ______ comics. (read) 2) We never _______ TV in the morning. (watch) 3) Listen! Sandy _______ in the bathroom. (sing) 4) My sister usually _______ in the kitchen. (help) 5) My mother _______ breakfast now. (make) 6) They often _______ the bathroom. (clean) 7) Look! The boys _______ home. (come) 8) Every day his grandfather _______ for a walk. (go) 9) I _______ with my friend at the moment. (chat) 10) Cats _______ mice. (eat) www. lrjj. cn