2. PRESENT TENSE CONTRAST

3. PREVIEW
Nice to meet
you, Alex. My
name is Jonas.
My name is Alex.

4. PREVIEW I’m glad to meet you, too. Where are you from?
I’m from Poland.

5. PREVIEW
I live in
Mexico City.
Where do
you live now?

6. PREVIEW I live in a house Where do you live? near school.
I live in an apartment
about ten minutes away by bicycle.
I live in a house
near school.
Where do you live?
Where do you live?

7. THE SIMPLE PRESENT AND THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
We shop every Monday.

8. THE SIMPLE PRESENT AND THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
past
now
future x x x x x x x x x x x

9. THE SIMPLE PRESENT AND THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
(a) Jill eats lunch every day.
(b) I usually study English
on Wednesday.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday 9

10. THE SIMPLE PRESENT AND THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
(a) Jill eats lunch every day.
(b) I usually study English
on Wednesday.
(c) Dogs bark. Lions roar.
daily habits,
usual activities
general
statements of fact
events or situations
SIMPLE PRESENT (always, usually, habitually)
in the past, present, future 10

11. THE SIMPLE PRESENT AND THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
(d) NEGATIVE:
He doesn’t watch TV on weekends.
(e) QUESTION:
Does that dog bark loudly?
events or situations
SIMPLE PRESENT (always, usually, habitually)
in the past, present, future 11

12. THE SIMPLE PRESENT AND THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
(f) Magda is feeding her horse right now.
(g) I can’t talk now. I am playing the guitar.
(h) They are eating dinner right now.

13. THE SIMPLE PRESENT AND THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
(f) Magda is feeding her horse right now.
(g) I can’t talk now. I am playing the guitar.
(h) They are eating dinner right now.
PRESENT an activity in progress
CONTINUOUS (is happening right now) 13

14. THE SIMPLE PRESENT AND THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
NEGATIVE:
It isn’t snowing right now.
(j) QUESTION:
Is it snowing right now?
PRESENT
CONTINUOUS am, is, are + -ing
FORM: 14

15. THE SIMPLE PRESENT AND THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
start
now
finish? x x x i n p r o g r e s s

16. FORMS OF THE SIMPLE PRESENT AND THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
It swims.
It is swimming.

17. STATEMENT FORMS OF THE SIMPLE PRESENT AND THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
They run.
They are running.

18. QUESTION FORMS OF THE SIMPLE PRESENT AND THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
PRESENT CONTINOUS
Do you run?
Are you running?

19. CONTRACTIONS I am I’m running. + = you she + is + are = You’re She’s
FORMS OF THE SIMPLE PRESENT AND THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
CONTRACTIONS I am
I’m
running. + =
you
she + is +
are =
You’re
She’s
running. =
running.
Pronoun be

20. CONTRACTIONS does + not = doesn’t do + not = don’t
FORMS OF THE SIMPLE PRESENT AND THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
CONTRACTIONS
does +
not =
doesn’t do +
not =
don’t
She doesn’t run.
They don’t run.

21. CONTRACTIONS is + not = isn’t are aren’t + not = (am + not = am not)
FORMS OF THE SIMPLE PRESENT AND THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
CONTRACTIONS is +
not =
isn’t
are
aren’t
He isn’t running. +
not =
(am
+ not = am not)
They aren’t running.
I am not running.

22. FREQUENCY ADVERBS positive negative 100% 0% always almost always
usually
often
positive
frequently
generally
sometimes
occasionally
seldom
rarely
negative
hardly ever
almost never 0%
not ever, never 22

23. PRESENT VERBS: SHORT ANSWERS TO Yes - NO QUESTIONS
QUESTIONS WITH DO / DOES
QUESTION: Do you like yogurt?
SHORT ANSWER: Yes, I do.
No, I don’t.
LONG ANSWER: Yes, I like yogurt.
No, I don’t like yogurt.

24. PRESENT VERBS: SHORT ANSWERS TO Yes - NO QUESTIONS
QUESTIONS WITH BE
QUESTION: Are you teaching ?
SHORT ANSWER: Yes, I am.
No, I’m not.
LONG ANSWER: Yes, I am teaching.
No, I’m not teaching.

25. PRESENT VERBS: SHORT ANSWERS TO Yes - NO QUESTIONS
QUESTIONS WITH BE
QUESTION: Is Madison a teacher?
SHORT ANSWER: Yes, she is.
No, she’s not.
No, she isn’t.
LONG ANSWER: Yes, she is (she’s) a teacher.
No, she’s not a teacher.
No, she isn’t a teacher.

26. PRESENT VERBS: SHORT ANSWERS TO Yes - NO QUESTIONS
QUESTIONS WITH BE
QUESTION: Are Jean and Ali teaching ?
SHORT ANSWER: Yes, they are.
No, they’re not.
No, they aren’t.
LONG ANSWER: Yes, they are (they’re) teachers.
No, they’re not teachers.
No, they aren’t teachers.