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Present Simple vs. Present Progressive
This document contains lessons on various topics related to youth culture and language learning. It discusses popular activities for young people in Mexico, how youth make friends and communicate using different media. It also covers vocabulary, grammar points like present simple, present progressive, past simple and irregular verbs. Quantifiers like some, any, no, many, much, a lot of/lots of, a little and a few are explained.
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Present Simple vs. Present Progressive
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- 2. What are popularactivities forYoung people in Mexico? How doYoung people today make new Friends?
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- 4. Do you talkwith your Friends on the phone a lot? Which media do you usually use to communicate with your Friends?
- 5. VOCABULARY Hold On You can´t be serious! What are you up to? How´s it going? Nice one! Wait I don´t agree with you What are you doing at the moment? How are you? Great!
- 6. PRESENT SIMPLE ®Luis RobertoOrtiz Guerrero
- 7. WHENTO USE IT? Weuse the present simple tense for: •Permanent states •Habits or actions that happend regularly •For general truths ®Luis Roberto Ortiz Guerrero
- 8. EXAMPLES • Ben livesin London ( permanent states) • We always have breakfast at eight (happens regularly) • The Earth goes round the sun. (general truth) ®Luis Roberto Ortiz Guerrero
- 9. AFFIRMATIVE subject verb I work He/She/Itworks We/You/They work ®Luis Roberto Ortiz Guerrero
- 10. NEGATIVE subject aux. verbverb I don´t work He/She/It doesn´t work. We/You/They don´t work ®Luis Roberto Ortiz Guerrero
- 11. INTERROGATIVE Aux. verb subjectverb ? Do I work ? Does He/She/It work ? Do We/You/Th ey work ? ®Luis Roberto Ortiz Guerrero
- 12. BE CAREFUL! If theverb ends in –o // -sh // -ch, then you have to add –es at the end of the verb. ®Luis Roberto Ortiz Guerrero
- 13. Play Plays Dance Dances Watch Watches Go Goes Wash Washes ®Luis Roberto Ortiz Guerrero
- 14. PRESENT PROGRESSIVE ®Luis RobertoOrtiz Guerrero
- 15. WHENTO USE IT? Weuse the present progressive tense for: •Temporary states •Action happening at the moment of speaking •For future arrengements ®Luis Roberto Ortiz Guerrero
- 16. EXAMPLES • I´m takingdriving lesson this month ( temporary states) • Lucy is sleeping now (actions at the moment) • For future arrengements (We´re flying to Acapulco tonight) ®Luis Roberto Ortiz Guerrero
- 17. AFFIRMATIVE subject V. Beconj verb I am working He/She/It is working We/You/They are working ®Luis Roberto Ortiz Guerrero
- 18. NEGATIVE subject aux. verb NOT Verb -ing Iam not working He/She/It is not working We/You/They are not working ®Luis Roberto Ortiz Guerrero
- 19. INTERROGATIVE Aux. verb subjectverb ? Am I working ? Is He/She/It working ? Are We/You/Th ey working ? ®Luis Roberto Ortiz Guerrero
- 20. Be careful whenconjugating the verbs in present progressive! ®Luis Roberto Ortiz Guerrero
- 21. PRESENT SIMPLE VS.PRESENT PROGRESSIVE ®Luis Roberto Ortiz Guerrero
- 22. PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENTPROGRESSIVE MAIN USE Permanent states Habits or regular actions General truths MAIN USE Temporary states Actions happening at the moment Future arrengements TIME EXPRESSIONS: • Usually, always, often, every day, in the morning, on Monday, once, twice, etc. TIME EXPRESSIONS: • Now, at the moment, today, these days, this week, tonight, tomorrow, next week, etc. ®Luis Roberto Ortiz Guerrero
- 23. THE FOLLOWINGVERBS ARENORMALLY NOT USED IN PROGRESSIVETENSES VERBS OF EMOTION Like, dislike, love, hate, want, need, prefer ®Luis Roberto Ortiz Guerrero • VERBS OF SENSES • Feel, hear, smell, seem, appear
- 24. THE FOLLOWINGVERBS ARENORMALLY NOT USED IN PROGRESSIVETENSES •OTHERVERBS • Be, have, own, belong, cost ®Luis Roberto Ortiz Guerrero • VERBS OF PERCEPTION AND OPINION • Know, mean, think, understand, remember, forget, imagine, hope, believe
- 25. My brother´s nameis Peter. He is 18 years old and right now he ______________________ (study) Medicine at the International Med School. Every day, he __________________ (wake up) at 5:00, then he __________________ (take) a shower and then he __________________ (eat) his breakfast. At 6:30, he usually ________________ (ride) his bike and go to school, however, today he ________________ (drive) to school. }
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- 27. How do youkeep in touch with your Friends? Do you use social networks?Which ones?
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- 29. EXPRESSIONS KEEP INTOUCH GIVE MEA CALL RETURNED MY CALL LOSTTOUCH DROPYOU A LINE HAVEAWORDWITH RECEIVE A REPLY
- 30. PAST SIMPLE ®Luis RobertoOrtiz Guerrero
- 31. WHENTO USE IT? Weuse the past simple tense for: • Actions that started and were completed at a specific time in the past • Habitual or repeated actions in the past • Completed actions that happened one after the other in the past ®Luis Roberto Ortiz Guerrero
- 32. EXAMPLES • We boughta house five years ago (started//completed in the past) • I always went to bed Early when I was 5 (habits in past) • I made a sándwich, turned on theTV and watched the match ®Luis Roberto Ortiz Guerrero
- 33. +VPS +COMPLEMENT I went shopping yesterday.
- 34. 2 DIFFERENT OPTIONS Verbs RegularIrregular Luis Roberto Ortiz
- 35. REGULAR VERBS For regularverbs, we only add “ed” at the end of the verb. Luis Roberto Ortiz Play Played Talk Talked Stay Stayed Jump Jumped
- 36. EXCEPTIONS 1. Verbs endingin –e, only add a –d at the end 2. Verbs ending in a consonant + -y, add –ied 3. Verbs with one syllable ending in CVC form, double the last consonant. 4. Verbs with 2 or more syllables ending in the CVC form and with the last stressed syllable 5. Verbs ending in one vowel + -L, double the –L before the –ed Luis Roberto Ortiz
- 37. VERBS ENDING IN–E, ONLY ADD A –D AT THE END Dance Danced Agree Agreed Luis Roberto Ortiz
- 38. VERBS ENDING INA CONSONANT + -Y, ADD –IED Try- Tried Carry - Carried
- 39. BE CAREFUL! Play Played Luis Roberto Ortiz
- 40. VERBS WITH ONESYLLABLE ENDING IN CVC FORM, DOUBLE THE LAST CONSONANT. Stop Stopped Luis Roberto Ortiz C V C
- 41. BE CAREFUL! IF THEVERB ENDS IN X OR W, DON´T DOUBLE THE LAST CONSONANT FIX FIXED MIX MIXED Luis Roberto Ortiz
- 42. VERBS WITH MORETHAN ONE SYLLABLE, YOU ONLY DOUBLE THE CONSONANT IF IT HAS THE CVC AND IT IS STRESSED Prefer Preferred Luis Roberto Ortiz
- 43. BE CAREFUL! Answer Answered LuisRoberto Ortiz
- 44. VERBS ENDING INONE VOWEL + -L, DOUBLE THE –L BEFORE THE –ED Travel Travelled Cancel Cancelled Luis Roberto Ortiz
- 45. BE CAREFUL! Sail Sailed LuisRoberto Ortiz
- 46. IRREGULAR VERBS There isno specific rule for the Irregular verbs.
- 47. IRREGULAR VERBS Luis RobertoOrtiz Irregular verbs are different from each other, so, you need to learn one by one the cases.
- 48. SOME EXAMPLES HAVE HAD GET GOT BUY BOUGHT MAKE MADE COME CAME EAT ATE LEAVE LEFT DO DID GO WENT SEE SAW Luis Roberto Ortiz
- 49. TIME EXPRESSIONS Yesterday Last Night Last Day Last Summer Two days ago Luis Roberto Ortiz
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- 51. EXAMPLES •I played soccerlast week. •Sarah danced salsa yesterday. •Peter and Paco ate broccoli last morning. Luis Roberto Ortiz
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- 53. SPEAKING ACTIVITY Talk aboutthe things you did yesterday // last weekend Luis Roberto Ortiz EXAMPLE • Last weekend, I went with some friends to a party, it was incredible. We drank some beer and also we ate some tacos.
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- 55. We use “usedto” to talk about something that happened regularly in the past but no longer does “We used to go skateboarding every afternoon when we´re young”
- 57. SPEAKING ACTIVITY Luis RobertoOrtiz Which means of communication did you parents // grandparents used to use? Which means of communication do your parents // grandparents use now?
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- 59. VOCABULARY • Big fanof someone • Interested in something • Fond of someone • Be into something.
- 60. VOCABULARY • Can´t stand •Find boring • Hate
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- 68. WORDS EASILY CONFUSED TRAINPERFORM
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- 72. SOME + UNCOUNTABLE/ PLURAL COUNTABLE We use some + uncountable // plural countable nouns in affirmative sentences and offers There is some orange juice in the fridge Would you like some chips?
- 73. ANY+ UNCOUNTABLE /PLURAL COUNTABLE We use any + uncountable // plural countable nouns in questions and negative sentences Is there any orange juice in the fridge? There aren´t any chips in the table.
- 74. NO (=NOT ANY)+ UNCOUNTABLE / PLURAL COUNTABLE We use no+ uncountable // plural countable nouns in affirmative sentences yo give a negative meaning There is no cheese in the fridge (=There isn´t any cheese in the fridge)
- 75. MANY We use manywith plural countable nouns, usually in questions and negative sentences There aren´t many books in the bookcase
- 76. MUCH We use muchwith uncountable nouns, in questions and negative sentences We don´t have much money
- 77. LOT OF //LOTS OF We use lot of // lots of with uncountable plural countable nouns, usually in affirmative sentences There is a lot of coffee in my cup There are lots of apples in the fridge.
- 78. A LITTLE We usea Little with uncountable nouns in affirmative sentences There is a Little cheese on the table
- 79. A FEW We usea few with plural countable nouns in affirmative sentences There are a few magazines on the table
- 80. LITTLE We use littlewith uncountable nouns when there´s not enough of something We´ve got very little time
- 81. FEW We use fewwith plural countable nouns when there are nout enough of them There are very few tomatoes left