HV1C Present continuous, present simple, to be, this that etc.

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Welcome!

1. Read your book (10 min)

2. LessonUp recap (20 min) 

3. What did we do today? (10 min)

4. Second test unit 2 (5 min) 

Present continuous: .... you ....
the washing-up? (to do)

They ......
the printers. (to check)

... they ....
to help? (to try)

She .....
to the centre of the town. (not/to walk)

.... the policemen ....
into the bank? (to run)

Look! Steve's mother ......
a Frappuccino. (to make)

You ....
the words correctly. (not/to link)

You are using my mobile phone

1. present simple
2. present continuous

My dad
is washing his car.

1. present simple
2. present continuous

Who
is she chatting to now?

1. present simple
2. present continuous

We are not sitting on the train.

1. present simple
2. present continuous

Make a positive sentence in the present continuous using 'she'.

Make a negative sentence in the present continuous using 'I'.

Make a question sentence in the present continuous using 'we'.

My father ..... (be)
a taxi driver.

It ... (not be)
a cute cat.

... (to be) my grandparents
old ?

Make 5 sentences of at least 8 words using a form of to be.

book, here

This

These

Those

That

life, now

phone, here

screen, there

girl, 20 meters away

cookies, on the table here

chairs, here

bottles, here

people, over there

shoes, far away

Present simple: I.... (eat) cereal in the morning.

he ...../not / read the newspaper

...she .../ dance often?

they ..../ not / like vegetables.

I catch a cold every winter

1. present simple
2. present continuous

Do you take the bus often?

1. present simple
2. present continuous

Make a positive sentence in the present simple using 'he'.

Make a negative sentence in the present simple using 'they'.

Make a question sentence in the present simple using 'you'.

Simple and continuous

Example: 

We (write) in our book. PS: we write in our book. PC: we are writing in our book. 

1. I (walk) to school.

2. She (not call) her friend. 

3. We (sit) in a chair. 

4. ... he (clean) the car?

5. .. you (work) at home? 

What did we do today? 

1. Robert ....... (to jump) on the trampoline for hours already!

2. Sarah often ..... (to walk) her dog.

3. Jonathan ..... (to say) everything to me.

4. Mister Ronald ..... (to teach, present simple) us interesting things about history.

5. I ....... (to put) those thoughts away right now. 

6. Sarah ..... (to brush) her teeth every day. 

7. Ferdinand ..... (to be) my best friend.

8. We, my sister and I, ....... (to have) a great time in our grandmothers' backyard.

9. My brother and I ..... (to fight, present simple) a lot.

What did we do today? 

When do we use the present simple and what does it look like? 

When do we use the present continuous and what does it look like?