PRESENT CONTINUOUS AND PRESENT SIMPLE CONTRAST FOR PRE-INTERMEDIATE STUDENTS Author: Mgr. Jan Hájek

Content Introduction Present simple grammar Use Present continuous grammar Use Contrast Exercises

Introduction This DUM was created as a support material for pre-intermediate students It sums up the uses, grammar and provides extra exercises

Present simple affirmative and negative I You We start They at 6.30. He She It starts I You We They He She It don't doesn't start at 6.30. Present simple questions and Yes/No questions When do does I you we they he she it start? Do Does you they he she Short answers : Yes, I do. No, he doesn t it have like a camera? Chenese food?

Spelling of the third person singular U většiny slov přidáváme s. wear, speak, live Go a do jsou jiná. Pripojují es. go, do - Pokud sloveso končí na s, -sh, -ch, pridáváme es. finish, watch Pokud sloveso končí na souhlásku a y, y se mění na ies. fly, study Pokud sloveso končí na samohlásku a y, y se nemění. play Have je nepravidelné have

Spelling of the third person singular U většiny slov přidáváme s. wear wears, speak speaks, live lives Go a do jsou jiná. Pripojují es. go goes, do - does Pokud sloveso končí na s, -sh, -ch, pridáváme es. finish finishes, watch watches Pokud sloveso končí na souhlásku a y, y se mění na ies. fly flies, study studies Pokud sloveso končí na samohlásku a y, y se nemění. play plays Have je nepravidelné have has.

Use of the present simple Přítomný čas prostý označuje zvyky a obvyklé rutinní činnosti Přítomný čas prostý užíváme pro trvale platné skutečnosti /fakta Přítomný čas prostý užíváme také pro skutečnosti, které trvají dlouhou dobu Přítomný čas prostý užíváme při pravidelně se opakujících činností/dějů Často používáme přítomný čas prostý ve spojení s příslovci jako jsou : never, sometimes, often, usually a always

Present continuous affirmative and negative I He am am I She It We You is are (not) going outside is he/she/it Where we going are you They they Yes/No questions Are you having a good time? Is my English getting better? Are they having a party? short answers Yes, we are. Yey, it is. No, they aren t

Spelling of the verb U většiny sloves pouze přidáme ing wear, go, cook Pokud sloveso končí na e,, vynecháme e. write, smile, take Jednoslabičné slovo s jednou samohláskou končící na souhlásku zdvojujeme tuto souhlásku sit, get, run -

Spelling of the verb U většiny sloves pouze přidáme ing wear wearing, go going, cook cooking Pokud sloveso končí na e,, vynecháme e. write writing, smile smiling, take taking Jednoslabičné slovo s jednou samohláskou končící na souhlásku zdvojujeme tuto souhlásku sit sitting, get getting, run - running

Use - použití Přítomný čas průběhový používáme při popisu něčeho, co se děje právě teď Přítomný čas průběhový používáme při popisu věcí dějících se dočasně ne nezbytně v době promluvy Přítomný čas průběhový má i přesah do blízké budoucnosti Arrangements in the future jde o činnosti nebo děje, na kterých jsme se s někým domluvili, může jit i o plány jednotlivce. V tomto kontextu používáme časová určení jako je: this evening, tomorrow afternoon, next sunday. Přítomný čas průběhový používáme při popisu obrázků Určitá slovesa nejsou používána v průběhovém čase: believe, hate, like, love, need, know, prefer, want

Contrast of the tenses Compare the right and wrong sentences: Hans comes from Germany. X Hans is coming from germany. It s a great party. Everyone is havig fun. X It s a great party. Everyone has fun. Některá slovesa popisují stav, ne aktivitu a proto jsou většinou používána s přítomnýcm časem prostým I like Coke. X I am liking Coke I know what you mean. X I m knowing what you mean. Další podobná slovesa: think, agree, understand, love

Present continuous Things happening around the time of speaking, the action is not complete. I am doing Past now future The water is boiling. Can you turn it off? Listern to those people. What language are they speaking. Let s go out. It isn t raining now. I m busy. What are you doing? I m getting hungry. Let s go and eat. Kate wants to work in italy, so she s learning Italian. The population of the orld is increasing very fast. Present simple Things in general or thing that happen repeatedly. I do Past now future Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. Excuse me, do you speak english? It doesn t rain very much in summer. What do you usually do at weekends. I always get hungry in the afternoon. Most people learn to swim when they are children. Every day the population of the world increases by about 200,000 people.

Present continuous We use continuous for temporary situation. I am doing Past now future I m living with some friends until I find a place of my own. A: You re working hard today. B: Yes, I have a lot to do. Present simple We use simple for permanent situation. I do Past now future My parents live in London. They have lived there all their lives. John isn t lazy. He works hard most of the time.

Exercises Are the underlined verbs right or wrong? Correct them where necessary. 1 Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. 2 The water boils. Can you turn it off? 3 Look! That man tries to open the door of your car. 4 Can you hear those people? What do they talk about? 5 The moon goes round the earth in about 27 days. 6 I must go now. It gets late. 7 I usually go to school by car. 8 Hurry up! It s time to leave. OK, I come. 9 I hear you ve got a new job. How do you get on? 10 Paul is never late. He s always getting to work on time. 11 They don t get on well. They re always arguing.

Exercises Are the underlined verbs right or wrong? Correct them where necessary. 1 Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. OK 2 The water boils. Can you turn it off? is boiling 3 Look! That man tries to open the door of your car. is trying 4 Can you hear those people? What do they talk about? _are they talking 5 The moon goes round the earth in about 27 days. OK 6 I must go now. It gets late. It s getting 7 I usually go to school by car. OK 8 Hurry up! It s time to leave. OK, I come. I m coming 9 I hear you ve got a new job. How do you get on? are you gettig 10 Paul is never late. He s always getting to work on time. He always gets 11 They don t get on well. They re always arguing. OK

Exercises Choose the correct form: 1 I go/ m gioing to work now. Goodbye! 2 I read/ m reading a book about astrology. 3 I read/ m reading lots of books every year. 4 We go/ re going to a party on Saturday. 5 Nurses look/are loking after people in hospital. 6 Annie comes/ s coming from ireland. 7 She comes/ s coming for dinner this evening. 8 I speak/ m speaking four languages. 9 Do you want/are you wanting to go out tonight?

Exercises Choose the correct form: 1 I go/ m gioing to work now. Goodbye! 2 I read/ m reading a book about astrology. 3 I read/ m reading lots of books every year. 4 We go/ re going to a party on Saturday. 5 Nurses look/are loking after people in hospital. 6 Annie comes/ s coming from ireland. 7 She comes/ s coming for dinner this evening. 8 I speak/ m speaking four languages. 9 Do you want/are you wanting to go out tonight?

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