1. Verb Tense Review
SIMPLE PRESENT

2. Form I/you/we/they DON’T study He/she/it DOESN’T study
NEGATIVE FORM:
AFFIRMATIVE FORM:
Infinitive without “to”.
3rd person add “s” or “es”.
I/you/we/they
DON’T study
He/she/it
DOESN’T study
INTERROGATIVE FORM:
I/you/we/they
study
He/she/it
studIES DO
I/ you/ we/ they study?
DOES
He/she/it study?
Spelling RULES for 3rd person singular:
Verbs ending in “o, ss, sh, ch or x add “es”.
Verbs ending in a “consonant + y change “y” for “i” and add “es”.

3. Use To talk about true facts Water boils at 100ºC Permanent situations
Habits and Routines
Brian always studies in the library
To talk about true facts
Water boils at 100ºC
Permanent situations
They don’t live in London any more
With State Verbs*(want. like., be,
Enjoy,hate,…
I don’t understand the text
Timetables
The film starts at nine o’clock
FREQUENCY ADVERBS: always, usually, normally, often, sometimes, occasionally, rarely, seldom, hardly ever, never
TIME EXPRESSIONS: nowadays, every day, once a week, from time to time, in summer, on Mondays, etc

4. STATIVE VERBS VERBS OF SENSES VERBS OF OPINION
*see, hear, *smell, *taste,look (=appear)
VERBS OF OPINION
agree, believe, consider,*think, understand…
VERBS OF EMOTIONS
feel, forgive, hate, like, love…
OTHER VERBS
be, belong,have (=possess),
owe, *weigh

5. Remember HABITS AND ROUTINES TRUE FACTS PERMANENT SITUATIONS
TIMETABLES
STATIVE VERBS
AFFIRMATIVE
NEGATIVE
INTERROGATIVE
I LIKE ENGLISH
SHE LIKES ENGLISH
I DON’T LIKE ENGLISH
SHE DOESN’T LIKE ENGLISH
DO YOU LIKE ENGLISH?
DOES SHE LIKE ENGLISH?
YES, I DO
NO, SHE DOESN’T
SHORT ANSWERS

6. Verb Tense Review
PRESENT CONTINUOUS

7. Spelling rules
Form
We form the present continuos with the verb to BE + -ING FORM of the main verb
AFFIRMATIVE
NEGATIVE
INTERROGATIVE
I AM LEARNING ENGLISH
I AM NOT LEARNING…
AM I LEARNING…?
YOU/WE/THEY ARE LEARNING ENGLISH
YOU/WE/THEY/ ARE NOT LEARNING…
ARE/YOU/WE/THEY LEARNING…?
HE/SHE/IT IS LEARNING ENGLISH
HE/SHE/IT IS NOT LEARNING…
IS HE/SHE/IT LEARNING…?
SHORT ANSWERS
YES, I AM
NO, HE ISN’T

8. SPELLING RULES Verbs ending in -e Drop the –e Move – Moving
Live – Living
*Be – being
Agree – Agreeing
See - Seeing
Verbs ending in -ie
Change the –ie to –y before –ing
Tie – Tying
Die - Dying
Two syllable verbs endin in vowel + consonant
Double the final consonant only if the final syllable is stressed
Forget – Forgetting
Prefer – Preferring
Open – Opening
Visit - Visiting

9. Use
this week
these days
At the moment
now
At present
Right now
tonight
today
Time expressions
Actions happening at or around the time of speaking I am teaching the present continuous right now The students are reading Shakespeare these days Temporary situations James is living with friends until he finds his own appartment Repeated actions with “always” expressing annoyance or criticism Stop talking! You are always interrupting me Fixed arrangements in the near future The smiths are visiting us tonight

10. Exercises: CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER
I usually ________________ fantasy books.
read b) am reading
What is she doing? She __________________ TV.
a) watches b) is watching
My professor always _______________________ very fast.
a) is speaking b) speaks
What are you doing tonight? We ___________________ to the cinema.
a) are going b) go
He normally _____________________ breakfast at 8:00 a.m.
a) eats b) is eating
I never _____________________ what to expect.
a) am knowing b) know
I'm sorry, Nic can't come to the phone - he __________________ a shower.
a) is taking b) takes
I _____________________ to school right now.
a) go b) am going
They _______________________ out every Saturday.
a) are going b) go

11. CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION
(Generally) I _____________________ classical music.
a) don’t like b) am not liking
I always _______________________ to the radio before I go to sleep.
a) am listening b) listen
He _____________________ German, but he doesn't speak Italian.
a) speaks b) is speaking
She _______________________ right now.
a) cries b) is crying
Next week they ____________________ to the trip.
a) go b) are going
(Generally) I ________________________ Chinese food.
a) love b) am loving
How do you feel? I ______________________ great!
a) am feeling b) feel
Look! - Somebody _______________________ to open the door.
a) is trying b) tries
.Tomorrow I _________________________ to see my grandmother.
a) am going b) go
. Where is she now? She _________________________ home.
a) walks b) is walking
. How does she usually get to school? She _____________________.
a) is walking b) walks