2. Review the basics. Find the mistakes
• She go abroad a lot
• It don’t matter where we go, as long as we gets
there
• She don’t likes camping
• Never we go swimming
• Always she is late
• I go every morning for a walk
• He working today
• Do you going away this weekend?
• Do you go away this weekend?
3. ACTION AND NON-ACTION VERBS
• Action verbs – they describe actions. They can be
used in the progressive tense.
• Non-action verbs – they describe states or feelings.
They can’t be used in the progressive tense:
Agree, be, believe, belong, depend, forget, hate, hear, know,
like, look like, love, matter, mean, need, prefer, realize,
recognize, remember, seem, suppose, want …
• Some verbs can have two meanings, an action
meaning and a non-action meaning (have, think,
see, look, smell, …)
4. THE PRESENT FOR FUTURE MEANING
• Present continuous for future arrangements
I’m leaving tomorrow
We’re seeing our grandparents this weekend
When are they coming to see us?
She isn’t going out tonight. She’s staying in.
5. THE PRESENT FOR FUTURE MEANING
• Present simple for ‘timetable’ future
The train leaves at 6.30 in the morning
The class doesn’t start until 12:00
When do you arrive in New York?
