Units 1-6, 18 GRAMMAR REVIEW

 How to make: Subject (I, he, etc.) + form of “be” + Verb-ing  Example: I am washing my car.  When to use it: Some action that is happening now, or around now PRESENT CONTINUOUS

More examples:  Are you enjoying this class?  I am reading a great book right now.  Note: I am not really reading it now, but “around now”. PRESENT CONTINUOUS

More examples:  Is Sally working this week?  Is your English getting better?  Note: These examples are also “around now”. PRESENT CONTINUOUS

 How to make: Subject + verb in base form  Example: John manages a restaurant.  When to use it: Talking about general situations or habits. PRESENT SIMPLE

 I get up at 8 o’clock every morning. What time do you get up?  Sam drinks tea every morning. He never drinks coffee.  Certain verbs are almost always in present tense: apologise, advise, insist, agree, refuse PRESENT SIMPLE

 Always + Simple Past  I always walk to work.  Always + Present Continuous  You’re always complaining.  Meaning: You complain too much/too often PRESENT SIMPLE VS. PRESENT CONTINUOUS

 Some verbs are stative, which means they describe states that might last for a long time.  These verbs are not normally used in continuous tenses.  Stative verbs: like, love, hate, need, prefer, want, know, realise, suppose, mean, understand, believe, remember, belong, contain, consist, depend, seem STATIVE VERBS- SEE UNIT 4

 How to make:  Subject + verb-ed  Examples:  Yesterday, we ate lunch in the cafeteria.  When to use:  Use when the action was finished in the past.  Note: There are many irregular verbs! Study Appendix 1 in your book. PAST SIMPLE

 How to make:  Subject + be in past tense form + verb-ing  Example:  We were eating dinner when there was a knock at the door.  When to use:  This is used to describe something that had started but not finished before a particular time. PAST CONTINUOUS

 Terry was having a picnic when it started to rain.  Ann was watching television when the phone rang.  When Karen arrived, we were having dinner. PAST CONTINUOUS

USE SIMPLE PAST AND PAST CONTINUOUS TO DESCRIBE THE PICTURE

 “Used to” is for something that happened regularly in the past but does not happen now.  Examples:  I used to hate coffee, but I drink it now.  She used to live in Shenyang, but she now lives in Dalian.  What is something you used to do? USED TO

 Please complete the Quia Quiz for homework: it won't be opened until Saturday, 9:00 a.m. on October 17 and will be closed on Sunday, Oct. 18 at 9:00 p.m.  If you have to find and define words this week, then this will also be part of your homework.  Review Units 1-6, 18  Preview Units 7-16 HOMEWORK