The Present Continuous and the Present Simple Tense

The Present Continuous and the Present Simple Tense

The Present Continuous and the Present Simple Tense

• Большинство глаголов употребляются и в Present Continuous, и в Present Simple.
• Listen! She is playing the piano.
• She plays the piano very well.

Некоторые глаголы употребляются только в форме Present Simple:

• Hate – ненавидеть
• I hate snakes

Love – любить

• Love – любить
• People love freedom.

Like – нравиться

• Like – нравиться
• Do you like my new sweater ?

Want - хотеть

• She doesn’t want any problems at school.

See - видеть

• What can you see through the window?

Have – иметь какую-нибудь вещь

• My grandma has a good country house.

Need - нуждаться

• I need some food

Make up sentences describing the pictures.

• need/ help

• Want/ to help/
• her brother

• Have on/ a new dress

• Bear/want/
• to sleep

• See/birds/ through the window.

• They/ see /themselves

• like/ raspberries

• like/ freedom

• Like/ vegetables

• Snow Queen / hate/summer

Present Simple or Present Continuous

• What…you…(to want)? – I …some tea (to want)
• Who …the drums (to play)? – It’s my little brother. He … the drums very well (to play).
• When …you… the house (to leave)? At 8.30 in the morning.
• What … you… (to do)? I … my homework (to do)
• What … the boys…at the moment (to sing)? – They … an old English song (to sing)

Выбери глаголы, которые употребляются только в форме Present Simple

• Hate
• Love
• Play
• Like
• Read
• Arrange

• Need
• Want
• Look
• See
• Have
• Go

Вставь глагол в нужной форме на место пропуска.

• I … in the park and … my notes at the moment (sit, write). It … hot (be). I … hot weather (hate). I … not … to sit here ( want). But Roger … tennis with his friend ( play). They … and … (run, laugh). They … neither ice cream nor cold lemonade ( need). They … fun (have). They …this weather ( like).