| 1 V1 (present\base form) | 2 V2 (past form) | 3 V3 (past participle) | 4 V4 (present participle) | |
 to stop → stop
| stop + -ed →stopped | stop + -ed → stopped | to stop → stop + -ing → stopp ing | |
 to go → go
| go → went | go → gone | to talk → talk + -ing → talk ing |
| Present Simple (base form V1) | Present Continuous (am/are/is + V4 (V-ing)) |
| Present Simple | Present Continuous |
| I use my mobile phone every day I live in a flat. She works for an insurance company. The sun rises in the East. Matter consists of small particles. × Water is boiling at 100 degrees. √ Water boils at 100 degrees. , , Our hero goes off to search for the treasure, which he eventually finds after many adventures. | , I cant talk now. Im studying English at the moment. Shes working very hard nowadays. I am using Johns mobile phone because I left mine at home. Youre eating too fast. × Just now I wait to do my military service. √ Just now Im waiting to do my military service. , The weathers getting hotter and hotter. , , always, all the time. Youre always borrowing money! Why are you grumbling all the time? |
| always Present Simple, every time I always complain if the service is bad in restaurants. always the Present Continuous, Youre always complaining that waiters are rude. never again the Present Simple × I never speak to you again. √ Im never speaking to you again. | CPresent Continuous : be, exist; : need, want, wish feel, hear, notice, see, smell, sound, taste forget, know, realize, understand like, dislike, prefer, hate, believe, doubt, imagine, suppose, think love, belong to, have, own, possess √ Are you seeing what I mean? × Do you see what I mean? √ This juice is tasting good. × This juice tastes good. Present Continuous, : This juice tastes good. (= ) He is tasting the milk to see if it is OK. (=, ) I feel what we did was wrong. (=) I am feeling tired. (= ) |
| Present Simple : always, usually, often, sometimes, now, occasionally, not often, hardly, ever, rarely, never. | Present Continuous : from to, while, for, now, this week, this month, still |
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| I live in a flat. She live s in a flat. He live s in a flat. | I am work ing very hard nowadays. She is work ing very hard nowadays. | |
| Do you live in a flat? Where do you live? Does the sun rise in the East? | Is she work ing very hard nowadays? | |
| I do not (dont)live in a flat. The sun does not (doesnt) rise on the West. | She is not (isnt) work ing very hard nowadays. |
, , Yes / No. , Do you like this music? Yes, I do. / No, I dont. : How much fruit do you eat? I eat a lot. , , : I saw him yesterday. Who saw him yesterday? His mother is a doctor. Whose mother is a doctor?
Practice:
1. :
the Present Simple Tense . the Present Simple Tense .
the Present Simple Tense , , .
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2. , :
1. What you (think) of James Bond movies?
2. What kind of job your wife (do)?
3. Im sorry, I (feel) too tired to go out this evening.
4. We (not travel) by train very often.
5. The film (end) with a wedding.
6. The heroine (prefer) to be with Paul because James (argue; always).
7. We always (smell) cooking when we (pass) your house.
8. I never (use) my mobile phone when I (drive).
3. :
Model: One of my friends is living in the USA now. lives
1. Does your mother usually goes out to work? ___________
2. My cousin work in the local hospital. _________________
3. My brother John doesnt lives at home now. ___________
4. Do these books belonging to you? ____________________
5. I is taking my dog for a walk nearly every night. _______
4. :
the Present Continuous Tense .
the Present Continuous Tense , .
the Present Continuous Tense , .
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1. If you (not listen) to the radio, why you (not switch) it off.
2. My dad (work) abroad and hell be back next month.
3. You (enjoy) this party?
4. I (prepare) for my report now.
5. What you (look) for?
6. Mary (listen) a new record in her room.
6. , :
1. A: How good is your English?
B: Not bad. It (get) better slowly.
2. A: Where (you and your family/usually spend) the holidays?
B: Oh, we (always/go) to France.
3. A: Which (you/prefer), doing sport or playing computer games?
B: Neither. I (usually/listen to) music in my spare time. But my brother (love) playing football.
4. A: (your sister/have) any hobbies?
B: Yes, she (play) the guitar really well. And how she (learn) the piano.
