PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS: STRUCTURE AND USE

1. Present Simple

2. S + verb + r
I live in Bydgoszcz
She lives in Maksymilianowo
(s)
she/he/it

3. Always
Usually
Often
Sometimes
Seldom
Never
I always learn English on Tuesdays
Mum usually gets up at seven o’clock
He sometimes watches TV in the evening

4. Ania often talks on lessons
Karola sometimes looks through the window
Ania’s mum always gets up early
We never eat on lessons

5. Ania często gada na lekcjach
Karola czasami gapi się przez okno
Mama Ani zawsze wstaje wcześnie
My nigdy nie jemy na lekcjach

6. ?
?
Do Does
Do you like milk?
(She/he/it)
she like milk?
Does
Do you live in Niemcz?
Yes, I do No, I don’t
Does Karola live in Bydgoszcz?
Where do your parents live?

7. Negatives
Do + not
Does + not
I do not like milk
She does not like milk
She doesn’t like milk
I don’t like milk

8. Gdzie pracuje twoja mama?
Czy oni znają swoich sąsiadów?
Jak często chodzisz do kina?
O której twój brat zwykle wstaje?
Dlaczego chcesz się nauczyć angielskiego?
Where does your mum work?
Do they know their neighbours?
How often do you go to the cinema?
What time does your brother usually get up?
Why do you want to learn English?

9. Use
We use Present Simple for:
* habits/routines/repeated actions
We always get up early
* permanent states
She lives in Osielsko
* timetables
The train arrives at 9 o’clock

10. Present Continuous

11. S + to be + (verb+ing)
We are learning now
Maria is sleeping
The children are playing in the garden
??
Are we learning now?
Where are the children playing?

12. Use
We use Present Continuous for:
* actions happening at the moment of speaking:
I’m having my lunch now
* fixed arrangement for the near future:
Pat is meeting Tom at 6 o’clock tonight
* actions happening around now:
We are studying for an important exam

13. TIME WORDS
now
I am learning English now
right now
She is talking to her mother right now
at the moment
The kids are playing in the garden at the moment

14. Present Simple Present Continuous
I live in Maksymilianowo
She lives in Bydgoszcz
Do you live in Bydgoszcz?
Does she live in Bydgoszcz?
I am learning English now
Mum is working now
Are you learning now?
Is she working now?
Mum is working now
My mum works at the hospital

15. Present Simple/Present
Continuous
Karola gapi się przez okno. Ona często gapi się przez okno
Popatrz! Dzieci bawią się w ogrodzie
Czy one często bawią się w ogrodzie?
Gdzie pracuje twój tata?
la is looking through the window. She often looks through the win
Look! The children are playing in the garden
Do they often play in the garden?
Where does your dad work?