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- 2. Outline ● Present simple VS. Presentcontinuous ● Past simple VS. Past continuous
- 3. Present simple VS. Present continuous PresentSimple AFFIRMATIVE Subject+ infinitive (3rd person singular: 's') I speak you speak he / she / it speaks we speak you speak they speak * All the verbs ending in -sh, -ss, -ch, -x and -o make the 33rdrd personperson singular '-es'.singular '-es'. Present continuous AFFIRMATIVE Form of 'be' and verb + ing I am speaking you are speaking he / she / it is speaking we are speaking you are speaking they are speaking
- 4. Present simple VS. Present continuous PresentSimple NEGATIVE Subject + don't/doesn't + infinitive I don't speak you don't speak he / she / it doesn't speak we don't speak you don't speak they don't speak Present continuous NEGATIVE Form of 'be' (negative form) and verb + ing I am not speaking you aren't speaking he / she / it isn't speaking we aren't speaking you aren't speaking they aren't speaking
- 5. Present simple VS. Present continuous PresentSimple INTERROGATIVE Do/ Does + subject + infinitive...? Do I speak...? Do you speak...? Does he / she / it speak...? Do we speak...? Do you speak...? Do they speak...? *Answers: Yes, she does No, she doesn't Present continuous INTERROGATIVE Form of 'be' + subject + verb -ing...? Am I speaking...? Are you speaking...? Is he / she / it speaking...? Are we speaking...? Are you speaking...? Are they speaking...? *Answers: Yes, she is No, she isn't
- 6. Present simple VS. Present continuous Presentsimple ● Routines and habits She plays football every Tuesday ● Facts He lives in London. Present continuous ● Things that are happening right now He is playing football at this moment.
- 7. Present simple VS. Present continuous Presentsimple ● always ● every ... ● often ● normally ● usually ● sometimes ● never ● first ● then Present continuous ● at the moment ● at this moment ● today ● now ● right now ● Listen! ● Look!
- 8. Past Simple VS. Past Continuous PastSimple Past Continuous AFFIRMATIVE Subject + Verb -ed I played you played he / she / it played we played you played they played * BE CAREFUL* BE CAREFUL with irregular verbs (2nd column): I bought a car AFFIRMATIVE Subject + was/were + verb -ing I was playing you were playing he / she / it was playing we were playing you were playing they were playing
- 9. Past Simple VS. Past Continuous PastSimple Past Continuous NEGATIVE Subject + didn't + infinitive I didn't play you didn't play he / she / it didn't play we didn't play You didn't play they didn't play NEGATIVE Subject + wasn't/ weren't + verb -ing I wasn't playing you weren't playing he / she / it wasn't playing we weren't playing you weren't playing they weren't playing
- 10. Past Simple VS. Past Continuous PastSimple Past Continuous INTERROGATIVE Did + subject + infinitive...? Did I play...? Did you play...? Did he / she / it play...? Did we play...? Did you play...? Did they play...? *Answers: Yes, he did No, he didn't NEGATIVE Was/ were+ subject + verb- ing...? Was I playing...? Were you playing...? Was he / she / it playing...? Were we playing...? Were you playing...? Were they playing...? *Answers: Yes, he was No, he wasn't
- 11. Past Simple VS. Past Continuous PastSimple ● Actions finished in the past He played the piano yesterday Past Continuous ● Actions that are happening at a particular moment in the past He was playing the piano at 6pm
- 12. Past Simple VS. Past Continuous ●The 'action' described by the past simple tense interrupts the 'situation' described by the past continuous tense. ● WHEN: It's normally used with PAST SIMPLE ● WHILE: It's normally used with PAST CONTINUOUS ● Example: She was writing a letter when the telephone rang
- 13. Past simple VS. Past continuous PastSimple ● yesterday ● two years ago ● last week/ last month... ● In 1945/ in 1965... Past Continuous ● at three o'clock/ at nine o'clock