Transcript Present Time

Present Time
Dragana Filipovic
What is correct?
I am staying / stay at the
Imperial Hotel till they get my flat
ready.
2. The River Amazon flows / is
flowing into the Atlantic Ocean.
1.
Buying a house nowadays
becomes / is becoming more
and more expensive all the time.
4. We haven’t decided yet, but we
think / are thinking of moving
house.
5. Whether we play on Saturday is
depending / depends on the
weather.
3.
Correct answers
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
I am staying / stay at the Imperial Hotel
till they get my flat ready.
The River Amazon flows / is flowing into
the Atlantic Ocean.
Buying a house nowadays becomes / is
becoming more and more expensive all
the time.
We haven’t decided yet, but we think /
are thinking of moving house.
Whether we play on Saturday is
depending / depends on the weather.
The Present Simple Tense - Forms
I work …
He works …
I watch …
He watches …
Do I work … ?
Does he work … ?
Do I watch … ?
Does he watch … ?
I don’t work …
He doesn’t work …
I don’t watch …
He doesn’t watch …
3rd person singular - spelling
 -s




/ -es
Infinitive + s: gets, works, lives
ss, sh, ch, x, o + es: passes, watches, goes
Vowel + y + s: stays, plays, pays
Consonant + y  i + es: cry – cries, fly – flies,
terrify - terrifies
What’s the 3rd person singular?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
weigh
push
sneeze
glorify
annoy
kiss
deny
marry
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
weighs
pushes
sneezes
glorifies
annoys
kisses
denies
marries
The Present Simple Tense
is used to describe:
1.
Facts which are always true –
general truths, e.g. facts in science
and geographical descriptions

The light from the Sun takes 8
mins 20 secs to reach the Earth.

The River Po flows into the
Adriatic Sea.

Matter consists of small particles.
The Present Simple Tense
is used to describe:
2.
Habitual actions. A frequency
adverb is often used.

I usually take bus to work.

I use my mobile phone every day.
3.
Permanent situations.
• I live in a flat.
• She works for an insurance
company.
The Present Simple Tense
is used for:
4. Plot summaries (films, books),
sports commentaries and historical
tables.
• Our hero goes off to search for the
treasure, which he eventually finds
after many adventures.
• Zigic passes to Kezman… and
Kezman scores!
• 1789. The French Revolution begins.
The Present Simple Tense
is used for:
5.
Timetables / programmes (future
meaning)
•
The match finishes at 8.45.
•
The plane leaves at 9.15.
Write 8 sentences in Present
Simple using the following verbs:
weigh
2. push
3. sneeze
4. try
1.
buy
6. kiss
7. deny
8. marry
5.
Mini-contexts
a) Complete the dialogue.
John: _________ usually ___ at Christmas?
Dave: I normally go to my parents’ house.
1.
Is Dave talking about
i) one specific Christmas?
ii) Christmas holiday in general?
2.
a) Which machine are they talking
about?
    
b) Complete the dialogue.
Alan: _______________________
Jill: Well, you press the eject button and
then you put the tape in. Then you press
the start and record button at the same
time.
How do I/you use/record with this …?
3.
What is the missing word?
A: Excuse me, I wonder if you can help
me. I want to go to Brighton on
Saturday and I want to arrive about
midday.
B: About midday? There’s a slow train
that _____ at 10.00. It gets in at
11.45.
leaves / departs
4.
Put the words in the correct order.
travels about 107,000
at
an
Earth
km
The
hour
5. Does this suggest a temporary
or a permanent address?
THE AUTHOR: Josceline lives in
London with her husband,
journalist and broadcaster David
Dimbleby, and their three
children.
6.
… Manchester City once more.
Baker plays it up the line for Tolmey.
Tolmey fires a shot but it’s deflected.
Keagan tries to pass it out to
Beardsley but doesn’t succeed…
a) Who is speaking?
b) Who is he/she speaking to?
c) Why is he/she speaking?
7.
The Guardian
Australia mourns
Australia is holding a weekend of
national mourning for the 70 victims
of the bush fires. An appeal has been
launched for 8,000 others left
homeless. Page 6.
a) What is The Guardian?
b) What are the underlined tenses?
c) They refer to the same event; why
are two tenses used?
Two boys die on mountain
By a Staff Reporter
Two boys believed to be from London
died and seven others were injured in
the Snowdonia mountain range
yesterday. The boys were roped
together when one fell …
d) What are the underlined tenses?
e) They refer to the same event; why
are two tenses used?
8. a)
Dave: Peter tells me you start your holidays
on Saturday.
John: That’s right. We’re going to Venice
for a week.
Does the verb tells refer to
i) the time Dave is speaking?
ii) the recent past?
iii) the distant past?
b) Is the trip already booked?
9.
Rose: Don’t forget to send me a
postcard when you get there.
Andy: No, of course not. I’ll send you a
card of the Eiffel Tower as soon
as I arrive.
a)
Do the underlined
parts refer to the
present or
the future?
b) Complete the missing letters of other
conjunctions which we can use here.
c) What tenses can we use here?


I’ll send you a postcard
as soon as
I arrive.
wh_ _
af _ _ _
onc _
the mom _ _ _
_ _ _ minute
the sec _ _ _
10.
a)
b)
Amy: John, have you heard the one
about the swimming pool?
John: No.
Amy: Well, there’s this man in a
swimming pool and he goes to the top of
the diving board and he’s just about to
dive off when an attendant comes
rushing along and says, ‘There’s no
water in the pool.’ ‘That’s alright,’ says
the man. ‘I can’t swim anyway!’
What does ‘the one’ refer to?
Are there any past tenses in the story? If
so, what are they? If not, why not?
The Present Continuous Tense
I
You
We
They
He
She
It
am
‘m
are
‘re
is
‘s
standing
The Present Continuous Tense

I
am not
‘m not
Am
I
You
We
They
He
She
It
are not
standing
aren’t
Are
is not
isn’t
Is
you
standing ?
we
they
he
she
it
VERB + ing
listen + ing = listening
die (-iey) + ing = dying
write + ing = writing
hop + p + ing = hopping
travel + l + ing = travelling
Make –ing forms of each verb given.
begin
rub
listen
lie
swim
study
happen
get
use
admit
try
decide
come
put
–ing forms
beginning
rubbing
listening
lying
swimming
studying
happening
getting
using
admitting
trying
deciding
coming
putting
The Present Continuous Tense
is used for
1.
Actions which are happening at or
around the moment of speaking.
•
I’m doing the washing up.
•
Just now I’m waiting to do my
military service.
•
She is working very hard
nowadays.
The Present Continuous Tense
is used for
2.
Temporary situations.
•
At the moment we’re sending all
the mail by courier, because the
Post Office is on strike.
•
I’m staying with a friend at the
moment.
The Present Continuous Tense
is used for
3.
•
•
Annoying habits. A frequency
adverb is necessary (always).
You are always borrowing money
from me!
He is always complaining that
waiters are rude.
The Present Continuous Tense
is used for
4.
•
•
A repeated temporary event. A time
expression is necessary.
Whenever I see Tom he’s smoking.
You’re making the same mistake
again!
The Present Continuous Tense
is used for
5.
•
•
6.
•
Changing or developing situations.
His English is getting better.
It’s getting colder.
Fixed arrangements in the near
future.
They are getting married next week.
Choose the most suitable tense
a)
b)
c)
d)
What sort of work do you do / are
you doing?
I can’t talk now. I cook / I’m cooking
the dinner.
What shall we have? Do you like /
Are you liking fish?
Can I borrow this tape recorder? Or
do you use / are you using it?
Answers
What sort of work do you do ?
b) I can’t talk now. I’m cooking the
dinner.
c) What shall we have? Do you like
fish?
d) Can I borrow this tape recorder? Or
are you using it?
a)
What do the people here do / are
the people here doing in the
evenings?
f) Follow that bus. Then you turn / you
are turning left.
g) A lot of people think that the Sun
goes / is going around the Earth.
h) Excuse me, do you read / are you
reading your newspaper? Can I
borrow it?
e)
Answers
What do the people here do in the
evenings?
f) Follow that bus. Then you turn left.
g) A lot of people think that the Sun
goes around the Earth.
h) Excuse me, are you reading your
newspaper? Can I borrow it?
e)
i)
j)
k)
l)
m)
Do you wait / Are you waiting for the
bus to Newcastle?
Andy builds / is building his own
house in the country.
I’m sleeping / sleep on Nigel’s sofa
until I find a place of my own.
I’m only working / only work there for
a couple of months because I’m
going abroad in the summer.
You make / are making goulash
using meat, vegetables and paprika.
Answers
i)
j)
k)
l)
m)
Are you waiting for the bus to
Newcastle?
Andy is building his own house in
the country.
I’m sleeping on Nigel’s sofa until I
find a place of my own.
I’m only working there for a couple
of months because I’m going abroad
in the summer.
You make goulash using meat,
vegetables and paprika.
Stative or ‘State’ Verbs
Verbs describing a permanent state do
not normally have continuous forms.
1. Verbs of the senses: see, hear,
smell, feel, taste …
2. Verbs of opinion: agree, believe,
consider…
Verbs of emotion: feel, forgive, hate,
like, love…
4. Other verbs: appear (=seem), be,
belong, consist (of), contain, fit (=be
the right shape and size for sth),
have (=possess), know, look
(=appear), need,prefer, require,
want, weigh, wish…
3.
We can use some stative verbs
in the Present Continuous when
they have different meanings.
She has a pet
• She is having a
dog. (=she owns) good time.
(=actively involved
in)
•They think it’s too
• They are thinking
expensive.
of buying a cheaper
(=opinion)
car.
(=considering)
• I feel what we
• I am feeling / feel
did was wrong.
sick. (= physical
(=opinion)
reaction)
•
•This
juice tastes • He’s tasting the
good. (=senses) milk to see if it’s
OK. (=checking the
quality)
•
Julia
is
appearing
• She appears to
at
the
Odeon
on
be very upset.
Friday.
(=appearance)
(=performing)
•I
Iove holidays. (in •I’m loving this
general)
holiday. (=I’m
enjoying)
•You’re seeing
•I see what you
things – there’s
mean.
nobody outside.
(=understand)
(=imagining)
•He
comes from
Spain. (=was
born in)
•He’s
•
•
Your hair looks
great. (=it
appears)
coming from
Spain. (=He’s
travelling from)
She’s looking at
his photos.
(=examining)
Complete the sentences using the
Present Simple or the Present
Continuous of the verbs in
brackets.
My sister ___ (wait)
patiently for her exam
results.
2. We __ (not travel) by train
very often.
1.
1.
2.
My sister is waiting
patiently for her exam
results.
We don’t travel by train
very often.
3.
I __ (consider) accepting
that job in Crete.
4.
The film __ (end) with a
dramatic car chase.
3.
I’m considering accepting
that job in Crete.
4.
The film ends with a
dramatic car chase.
5.
I’m sorry, I __ (feel) too
tired to go out this evening.
6.
I can’t answer the phone. I
__ (have) a bath.
5.
I’m sorry, I’m feeling / feel
too tired to go out this
evening.
6.
I can’t answer the phone.
I’m having a bath.
7.
__ you __ (see) much of
your brother these days?
8.
We __ (rely) on you to
bring the keys with you.
7.
Do you see much of your
brother these days?
8.
We are relying / rely on you
to bring the keys with you.
9.
I __ (wish) people didn’t
smoke in restaurants.
10.Who
__ you __ (think) you
are, speaking to me like
that!
9.
I wish people didn’t smoke
in restaurants.
10.Who
do you think you are,
speaking to me like that!
Naughts and crosses
Tic-tac-toe
PLAN
SMELL
HATE
HOPE
THINK
GROW
BE
LOOK
SEE