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Which verb tense (simple or continuous) do the words or expressions signal.  Every ….[r]

Form

 Simple present = simple, basic form  Dictionary: Work

Simple present conjugation: I work

 Dictionary: Shovel

Simple Present Tense

 I shovel snow

 You shovel snow (sing & plur)

 My neighbour shovels snow

 We shovel snow

Negative form

 I not shovel dirt

 You not shovel sand

 She/he does not shovel manure

 We not shovel dust

 Contractions:

Do not = don’t

Question Form

 Aux Sbjct Verb

 Do I ski?

 Do you skate?

 Does she swim?

 Do we weave?

Test yourself!

 She not like pizza  She does not like pizza

 they live in Granby?  Do they live in Granby?  it count?

 Does it count?

Key Terms

 Every … morning/day/year etc  Often

 In general  Always

Uses of the simple present

 A fact; general truth

It snows in winter

 An habitual or repeated action

She always borrows her sister’s

To be I am You are He is We are They are

I am not

You are not He is not We are not They are not

Am I?

To have I have You have He has We have They have

I not have You not have

He does not have

We not have They not

have

Do I have?

Quiz!

My dad always _(complain) about the weather when it _(start) to snow

 complains; starts

Trigonometry _(have) so many

formulas It (be) very difficult to remember them

 Classes with laboratories _

(require) more time

 require

Cats _ (not/like) to get wet

 do not (don’t) like

Our mail _(not/arrive) before 12:00 p.m

Marathon runners _ (not/be) always very healthy

 are not

What time (they/wake up) in the morning?

 What time they wake up?

Do this individually:

Jackson Brown (be) a writer He (write) fictional short stories He (not/type) on a computer because he (prefer) to

write by hand What time (he/start)

writing in the morning? It (depend) on the research he (have) to The

 Is

 Writes

 Doesn’t type  Prefers

 Does he start

 Depends

Present Continuous Tense

 Form:

Verb to be + verb-ing

 I am clicking on a button

 You are clicking

 He is clicking

 We are clicking

Negative form

I am not swimming

You are not swimming

He is not swimming

Question form

Exceptions:

‘non action verbs’

 I know not ‘I am knowing’!

Test yourself!

 I: work: tonight

 I am working tonight

 She; not: talking: phone

 She is not talking on the phone  You: write: Jim?

Use

 An action taking place now  Ex: She is talking on the phone  A temporary action.

 Ex: I’m staying with my sister until I find my

own apartment

Key words

 At the moment  Now; right now

 At this very moment  These days

 …it’s temporary

 Tomorrow

 Next week

Quiz!

What is the negative form? What is the question form?

She is signing CDs at HMV

She is not signing CDs at HMV Is she signing CDs at HMV?

He wants to be a musician

 They prefer to stay home

 They don’t prefer to stay home  Do they prefer to stay home?  We are losing money

Quiz! Which verb tense (simple or continuous) the words or expressions signal?

 Every … morning/day/year etc  Simple present

 At the moment

 Present continuous  In general

 Next week