Present Simple and Present Continuous

Present Simple and Present Continuous
These are two major present tenses in English. 

I go to work every day./ I am going to work now.
The bus comes every 20 minutes./Get ready! The bus is coming.
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Present Simple and Present Continuous
These are two major present tenses in English. 

I go to work every day./ I am going to work now.
The bus comes every 20 minutes./Get ready! The bus is coming.

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Present Simple. Formation.

+ I (we/you/they) live here./He (she/it) lives here.
- I (we/you/they) don't live here./He (she/it) doesn't live here.
?1. + Do I (we/you/they) live here?/Does he (she/it) live here?
?1. - Don't I (we/you/they) live here?/Doesn't he (she/it) live here?
?2. + Why do I (we/you/they) live here?/Why does he (she/it) live here?
?2. - Why don't I (we/you/they) live here?/Why doesn't he (she/it) live here?
?3. + You live here, don't you?/She lives here, doesn't she?
?3. - You don't live here, do you?/She doesn't live here, does she?

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

Cases of use
Present meaning:
# Facts (The Earth goes round the sun.)
#Regular actions with adverbs of frequency (My mother always cooks us breakfast.)
# Life habits/customs/traditions (She brushes her teeth very thorouly . He bakes an apple pie for his wife's birthday.)
With non-continuous verbs (some stative verbs connected with thoughts, ideas, emotions etc.)
Cases of use. Present meaning:
# Facts (The Earth goes round the sun.)
# Regular actions with adverbs of frequency (My mother always cooks us breakfast.)
# Life habits/customs/traditions (She brushes her teeth very thoroughly. He bakes an apple pie for his wife's birthday.) 
# With non-continuous verbs (some stative verbs connected with thoughts, ideas, emotions etc.) (I know where she it. I promise you this. He advises me to buy a new car.)

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

Cases of use
Future meaning:
# With timetables and schedules (especially with transport) (The train leaves at 11.30)

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

Present Continuous. Formation.
+ I am drinking./He (she/it) is drinking./We (you/ they) are drinking.
- I am not drinking./He (she/it) is not drinking./We (you/ they) are not drinking.
?1. + Am I drinking?/Is he (she/it) drinking?/Are we (you/ they) drinking?
?1. - Am I not drinking?/Isn't he (she/it) drinking?/Aren't we (you/ they) drinking?
?2. + Why am I drinking?/ Why is he (she/it) drinking?/Why are we (you/ they) drinking?
?2. - Why am I not drinking?/ Why isn't he (she/it) drinking?/Why aren't we (you/ they) drinking?




Slide 5 - Tekstslide

?3 + I am drinking, aren't I?/He (she/it) is drinking, isn't he?/We (you/ they) are drinking, aren't we?
?3 - I am not drinking, am I?/He (she/it) is not drinking, is he?/We (you/ they) are not drinking, are we?

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

Cases of use:
Present meaning
# Actions that are happenning at the moment of speaking (now/at the moment) (Don't bother her. She is sleeping.)
# Actions that are happening around the present moment and are temporary. Can be at a pause at the moment of speaking (How are you? What's new in your life? - Oh, I am playing the guitar.)
# Actions that are unpleasant or irritating for someone (very often with words constantly/always) (You are constantly complaning about your mother. She is always praising only her own kids.)

Slide 7 - Tekstslide

Cases of use:

Future meaning

# For actions planned beforehand to happen in future (I am going to the dentist this Saturday. We are getting married next month).

Slide 8 - Tekstslide

... to the cinema with me?
A
Do you come
B
Does you come
C
Are you coming
D
Are you come

Slide 9 - Quizvraag

She ... suspicious of the man.
A
seems
B
is seeming
C
is seem
D
seem

Slide 10 - Quizvraag

What time ... ?
A
does the bus leave
B
do the bus leaves
C
is the bus leave
D
do the bus leave

Slide 11 - Quizvraag

Why ... him?
A
do you always critisize
B
does you critisize always
C
are you always critisizing

Slide 12 - Quizvraag

What ... at the moment?
A
do she do
B
does she do
C
does she doing
D
is she doing

Slide 13 - Quizvraag