Simple Present Tense & Present Continuous Tense

Simple Present Tense & Present Continuous Tense Unit 5

Simple Present Tense 

Clues → Time expressions in present times and adverbs (e.g. everyday, today, every month, daily weekly, monthly, always, regularly, often, regularly, never rarely, sometimes)

She He It We They You Sarah & Mike I

V+s

He/She/It plays the violin. He/She/It is adorable

Is V are

V am

We/They/You pull the trigger. We/They/You are magicians I am amazed by you. I write the song.

Affirmative, Negative & Interrogative Forms Affirmative Miss Haniza goes to work at 7.45 a.m everyday.

Negative Interrogative Miss Haniza Does Miss does not go Haniza go to to work at 7.45 work at 7.45 a.m everyday. a.m everyday?

Students of theStudents of theDo students of class B4 class B4 do the class B4 possess their not possess possess their own unique their own own unique characters. unique characters?

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Do exercise A , B (Num 1 only), and C. (pg.145) NOW!

Present Continuous Tense  

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RULES!! Only for ongoing actions (in present time) Look for clues in the sentence like ‘now’, ‘is’, ‘are’, ‘today’, and anytime of the day (one whole day). Regularly used in conversational sentence ( to show ongoing actions) Clues → Time expressions (currently, presently, at the same time, now, simultaneously, at present)

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Ongoing actions. E.g. The students are making tons of noise at the moment. Can also be used for two or more actions happening simultaneously in present time. E.g. The lecturer is invigilating the test while the students are concentrating to answer the papers.

Singular He She It Shane

is + V + ing

Plural They are + V + ing We Shane and Megan The Reinherts You

E.g.  He is looking for appropriate jobs.  She is eating the fried rice vigorously.  ‘It is killing me!’.

They / We are enjoying the sunset at Pantai Lido.  The Reinherts are driving to Boston for Hanukkah.  ‘You are wasting 

I (Singular)

am + V + ing

State ( Do not use present C.T.) know, understand

I am hunting for the wildboars. State & Action (Use present C.T.) think, imagine

like, prefer

want, forget

own, belong

have

hear

feel, see

Brief Exercise   

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She _________ (laugh) at the hilarious jokes. ‘You__________ (risk) my life, Dr Sloan!’ They__________ (pay) their respect for the late ‘King of Pop’. Mariah Carey ________ (sing) at the top of her lung in today’s music show. ‘I _________ (type) my work endlessly from 2 pm until now’.

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Turn to page 150 . Do exercise B, C and Consolidation A. Now!