Transcript Do you need anything? Does he know about it?

DUM = Digitální Učební Materiál
Gymnázium Dr. Karla Polesného, Znojmo
Anglický jazyk
PRESENT SIMPLE OR
PRESENT CONTINUOUS (PROGRESSIVE)?
Autor: Mgr. Ivana Dvořáková
Datum vytvoření: únor 2013
PRESENT SIMPLE (PŘÍTOMNÝ ČAS PROSTÝ)
HOW TO USE IT?
WHEN TO USE IT?
PRESENT SIMPLE – It’s really simple!
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FORM (-s in third person singular):
declarative (.)
I sleep 8 hours a day. He looks like an angel.
 interrogative (?)
Do you need anything? Does he know about it?
 negative sentence: I do not think so. She doesn’t want to go with us.
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I like fizzy drinks.
(Mám ráda pití s bublinkama.)
Do you know him?
(Znáš ho?)
I don’t believe them.
(Nevěřím jim.)
Does she have any siblings?
(Má nějaké sourozence?)
USE AND TYPICAL EXPRESSIONS
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USE:
when something is generally true
It snows in winter. The sun rises in the east.
when we describe habits or things we do regularly
He goes to school every day at 7 a.m. and comes back at 3 p.m.
for situation that is more or less permanent
She likes coffee. Where do you live?
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TYPICAL EXPRESSIONS:
always, usually, often, sometimes, never, every morning, on
Sundays, hardly ever...
PRESENT CONTINUOUS (PŘÍT. ČAS PRŮBĚHOVÝ)
HOW TO USE IT?
WHEN TO USE IT?
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
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FORM:
[auxiliary verb be] [verb+ing]
It’s raining again.
Are you coming?
She isn’t listening now.
Why are you wearing the coat? It’s warm outside.
(Proč máš na sobě kabát? Venku je teplo.)
Look, she is talking to the teacher again.
(Koukej, zase mluví s učitelkou.)
USE AND TYPICAL EXPRESSIONS
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USE:
to describe actions that are happening at the moment
The water is boiling, you can put the spaghetti in.
to refer to temporary things
Julia is living in Paris for a few months.
to describe definite future plans
Granny is coming next Saturday.
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TYPICAL EXPRESSIONS:
now, at the moment ...
TYPICAL VERBS
PRESENT SIMPLE
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state verbs
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
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like dislike love hate prefer
remember forget believe mean
seem understand want need
know belong own hear agree
conclude
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some action verbs
swallow thank throw reply shut
find convince smash
action verbs common used in
present continuous
bringing buying carrying coming
driving eating joking laughing
talking
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some non-action verbs
feeling hoping listening looking
sitting waiting watching wondering
TRANSLATE
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Děláš si srandu?
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Čeká tam na tebe.
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Do you want some more coffee?
O čem se bavíte?
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She’s waiting for you there.
Chceš ještě kafe?
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Are you joking (kidding)?
What are you talking about?
Tomu nerozumím.
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I don’t understand it.
READY TO TEST YOURSELVES?
EXERCISES WITH REAL-LIFE EXAMPLES
FILL IN THE GAPS!
1.Are you .................... to that song now?
2. What do you................... from me?
3. Hurry, she is .......................... for us.
4. I don’t ....................... well today.
5. He is probably an alcoholic, he is .................................. again.
6. I ...................................... new sneakers for school.
7. Does she .................................... sushi?
8. What the hell are you ................... ???
9. Shhhh! She is ............................ .
10. I ............................. in fate.
FILL IN THE GAPS!
1.Are you listening to that song now?
2. What do you want from me?
3. Hurry, she is waiting for us.
4. I don’t feel well today.
5. He is probably an alcoholic, he is drinking again.
6. I need new sneakers for school.
7. Does she like sushi?
8. What the hell are you doing???
9. Shhhh! She is sleeping.
10. I believe in fate.
REFERENCES
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Real-life example sentences in the last section
have been extracted from the British National
Corpus Online service:
(see http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/)
Recommended literature (student workbook):
Conrad, S., Biber, D.: Real Grammar. A CorpusBased Approach to English. NY: Pearson-Longman,
2009.