4.4

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1

Welcome ! 

English 

Ms. van den Bos 

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Please take out your:

Student’s book

Laptop 

Writing tools

Bag in the front, phone in your bag

What are we going to do?

Present Continuous

4.4 Present Simple and Present continuous

What do we remember?

Practice with both 

Present continuous 

What do you remember about the Present Continuous?

Write down what you still know 

Present Continuous 

Present = Tegenwoordige tijd             Continuous = het is nu bezig 

Hoe maak je een zin? to be + ww-ing

I am playing, you are walking, she is studying, it is swimming, they are driving

Negative sentences: I am not sleeping, they are not working 

Question sentences: Am I sleeping?  Is she working?

Answering questions: No, you aren't. Yes, you are, Yes she is., No he isn't

Write down

 (she / not / work in Spain)

(we / watch TV)

John / not / wait for the bus)

(Mark and Lisa / read)

 (I / not / live in Paris)

(he / work in a restaurant now)

(she / play the guitar)

Change all the sentences to a questions sentence

Present Simple & Present Continuous 

Present simple: facts, habits, routines

 shit-rule: he,she, it = ww+ s

Time expression: Every day, sometimes, often, once a week, every Monday

He walks to school every day, (He usually walks to school)

Present Continuous:  something that is happening at this very moment and still going on. 

 to be + ww+ing

I am, he/she/it is, you/we/they are

Time expressions: At the moment, right now, now

He is walking to school -I am walking to work -They are walking to the shop

Find the present simple and present continuous

Brian is a doctor. He looks after sick people. He usually gets up at 6.00 o’clock. Today he is

late, it is 6.30 and he is still in bed. He usually goes to work by train but today he is driving to

work. He arrives at work at 6.30 every morning but it is 7.30 now and he is still driving.

It’s 12.00 o’clock now. He always has his lunch at 12.00 but today he isn’t having lunch at

12.00, he is looking after his sick patients. It is half past seven now, Brian is watching TV. He

usually watches TV at half past seven because his favorite programme starts at half past seven.

Brian has his dinner at 8.30 everyday and he is having dinner now.

It is 24.00 now Brian is going to bed. He always goes to bed at 24.00.

Present simple or present continuous?

1. The children .................. (play) outside now.                                                           11. She ................... (not / like) football.

2. She usually .............. (read) the newspaper in the morning.                        12. Mary ................. (listen) to music now.

3. I .............. (do) my homework now.                                                                            13. We ............ (go) to the disco tonight.

4. I ............. (eat) my dinner now.    

5. Tom usually ...........(drink) coffee, but he ...................... (drink) tea now.                                                              

6. They ................. (watch) TV now.

7. I .............. (not / like) spaghetti.

8. The baby .................... (sleep) now.

9. My mother usually ................ (cook) dinner in the evening.

10. He .......................... (write) a letter to his pen-friend every month. 

Time to practice ! 

We read the text on page 50, can you find the present simple and continuous? 

Exercises 3 & 4

page 50

Present simple questions and short answers

do or does	Onderwerp	werkwoord	Yes or no answers
Do	I/you/we/they	walk to school? work out every day?	No, I/you/we/they don't Yes, I/you/we/they do
Does	He/she/it	wake up very early? like	No, he/she/it doesn't Yes, he/she/it does

WH-questions: What time do/does, where do/does, how often do/does, which .... do/does