The document is about simple present and present continuous tenses in English. It provides examples of when each tense is used and explanations of their structures and uses. The simple present is used to describe regular habits, permanent situations, facts, instructions, and stories. The present continuous is used for temporary situations, actions happening now, trends, and frequent actions that show envy or criticism. Certain verbs like thinking or feeling are usually not used in the continuous form.

1. American English File3- 3rd edition
Reyhaneh Barzegar
1A. Eating in …. and out.

2. Let’s complete these quotes
03
A balanced diet is a
……… in each hand.
Barbara Johnson
There are only ten minutes in
the life of a ….. When it is
perfect to eat.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
01 02
Cake
cookie
fruit salad
onions
pasta
pear
tomato
Life is a combination of
magic and ……….. .
Federico Fellini
06
One day, I’m going to
make the ……. cry.
04 Knowledge is knowing that a
…… is a fruit. Wisdom is not
putting it in a …….. .
Miles Kington
05A party without ……..
Is just a meeting.
Julia Child

3. 1. There are only ten minutes in the life of a PEAR When it is perfect to eat.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
2. Life is a combination of magic and PASTA . Federico Fellini
3. One day, I’m going to make the ONIONS cry.
4. Knowledge is knowing that a TOMATO is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it
in a SALAD . Miles Kington
5. A party without CAKE is just a meeting. Julia Child
6. A balanced diet is a COOKIE in each hand. Barbara Johnson
Key

13. 1. I eat …… a lot because I don’t really have time to
cook. Luckily, there are lots of good restaurants
close to where I live.
2. I’m trying to cut ….. …… coffee right now. I’m only
having one cup at breakfast.
3. The doctor told me that I should completely cut
…… all cheese and dairy products from my diet.
Complete the phrasal verbs
down-on-out(2)

14. Tell me about your diet!
Things
you like
Things
you hate

15. Choose an adjective for each picture

16. Now listen to 6
conversations. Write the
food phrase you hear for
each adjective of previous
part

17. Your food profile
what do bold words and phrases mean?
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1. What’s your favourite…. ?
a. Snack
b. Pizza topping
c. Sandwich filling
2. Do you ever have …..?
a. ready-made food
b. Take-out food
c. Very hot / spicy food
3. Are you allergic or intolerant of any food? How long have you
had that problem?
4. What food do you usually eat…..?
a. to cheer yourself up when you are feeling sad.
b. When you’re tired and don’t want to cook.
5. When you’re away from home, is there any food or drink that you
really miss?
6. Is there any food or drink that you couldn’t live without? How often
do you eat / drink it?

18. COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
Words and
phrases
● 1. Topping
● 2. Filling
● 3. ready-made
● 4. take-out
● 5. allergic
● 6. intolerant
● 7. cheer yourself up
● 8. miss
● 1. Any of
the ingredients added over
the pizza and the pizza crust
● 2. something that is put in
to fill something else
● 3. Ready-made food is store-
bought,
and made commercially
Meaning

19. 1. What was your favorite food when you were a child?
2. What kind of things did your mother or father cook? Do you still eat them?
3. Do you have a favorite restaurant? What do you like most about it_ the food, the
atmosphere, the service, or the price?
What about you?

20. 1. You don’t need anything except lemon and olive oil when fish and seafood is really fresh.
2. This week, for example, I am making “Ntakos” a Crete salad…
3. I go to Crete maybe four or five times a year.
Look a these sentences, what is their
tense?

21. Simple
present
tense

22. Structure

23. We use simple present
● 1. to talk about regular habits or repeated actions:
I get up really early and practice for an hour or so most days. I use the Internet just about every day.
● Words that describe how often or when are often used (e.g. always, generally, normally, usually, often, sometimes,
rarely, never, every day, every evening).

24. 2. to talk about permanent situations
My parents own a restaurant.
● We use the present perfect, not the present simple, to say how long something has continued:
I have worked there since I was 15.

25. 3.to talk about facts or generally accepted truths
Students don't generally have much money.
If you heat water to 100 °C, it boils.
The following words are often used: generally, mainly, normally, usually, traditionally.

26. 4. to give instructions and directions
● You go down to the traffic lights, then you turn left.
● To start the program, first you click on the icon on the desktop.

27. 5.to tell stories and talk about films, books and
plays
● In the film, the tea lady falls in love with the Prime Minister

28. We use simple present tense
● 1. to talk about regular habits or repeated actions
● 2. to talk about permanent situations
● 3. to talk about facts or generally accepted truths
● 4. to give instructions and directions
● 5. to tell stories and talk about films, books and plays

29. It’s time for a quiz
● https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/simple-present-1

30. Present
continuous

31. structure

32. we use present continuous
● 1. to talk about temporary situations
I'm studying really hard for my exams.
My cousin is living in Thailand at the moment. (= he doesn't normally live there)
Words like at the moment, currently, now, this week/month/year are often used.

33. 2. to talk about actions happening at the moment of
speaking
● I'm waiting for my friends.

34. 3. to talk about trends or changing situations
● The Internet is making it easier for people to stay in touch with each other.
● The price of petrol is rising dramatically.

35. 4. to talk about things that happen more often than
expected, often to show envy or to criticize with
words like always, constantly, continually, forever
● My mum's always saying I don't help enough! (complaint)
● He's always visiting exciting places! (envy)

36. We use present continuous
● 1. to talk about temporary situations
● 2. to talk about actions happening at the moment of speaking
● 3. to talk about trends or changing situations
● 4. to talk about things that happen more often than expected, often to
show envy or to criticize with words like always, constantly, continually,
forever

37. State verbs
● The present continuous is not normally used with state
verbs because the meaning of the verb itself is a general
truth rather than something temporary. These verbs
describe thoughts, feelings, senses, possession and
description.

38. Examples
● thoughts: agree, assume, believe, disagree, forget, hope, know, regret, remember, suppose, think,
understand
I assume you're too busy to play computer games.
● feelings: adore, despise, dislike, enjoy, feel, hate, like, love, mind, prefer, want
Do you mind if I ask you a few questions?
I love music.
● senses: feel, hear, see, smell, taste
This pudding smells delicious.
-To talk about something happening now we use can:
I can smell something burning.
● possession: have, own, belong
My parents own a restaurant.
● description: appear, contain, look, look like, mean, resemble, seem, smell, sound, taste, weigh
You look like your mother. (= a permanent situation, not a temporary one)

39. Attention
● Some state verbs can be used in the continuous form when the meaning is temporary.
Compare:
What are you thinking about? (now)
I think you should tell her exactly what happened. (my opinion, so not temporary)
I'm tasting the sauce to see if it needs any more salt.
The sauce tastes delicious.
She's having a great time. (is having= is experiencing, not possession) Students don't
generally have much money. (have= possession)

40. Present tense
SIMPLE PRESENT
● 1. to talk about regular habits or repeated
actions
● 2. to talk about permanent situations
● 3. to talk about facts or generally accepted
truths
● 4. to give instructions and directions
● 5. to tell stories and talk about films, books
and plays
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
● 1. to talk about temporary situations
● 2. to talk about actions happening at the
moment of speaking
● 3. to talk about trends or changing
situations
● 4. to talk about things that happen more
often than expected, often to show envy or
to criticize with words like always,
constantly, continually, forever

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