Transcript PRESENT SIMPLE - University of Belgrade

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She lives in London.
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Facts
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They usually take the
bus to work.
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Habits and repeated
actions
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She doesn’t like this
kind of music.
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The film starts at 8:30.
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To talk about thoughts or
feelings (what we like,
want, think or know)
For the future, to talk
about events on a
timetable
 POSITIVE:
I/you/we/they
he/she/it
know
knows
 NEGATIVE:
I/you/we/they
he/she/it
do not know / don’t know
does not know / doesn’t know
 QUESTIONS:
do I/you/we/theyknow
does he/she/it know
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Julie ___ (not/drink) tea very often.
What time ___ (the banks/close) here?
Where ___ (Martin/come) from? – He’s Scottish.
What ___ (you/do)? – I’m an electrician.
It ___ (take) me an hour to get to work. How long ___
(it/take) you?
Look at this sentence. What ___ (this word/mean)?
David isn’t very fit. He ___ (not/do) any sport.
What time ___ (the train/arrive)?
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What are you doing now?
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Jim is staying with his
parents this week.
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Is your English getting
better?
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I’m meeting some friends
tonight
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something happening at the
moment of speaking
something happening around
now but not necessarily at this
exact moment
changes happening around
now
fixed plan for the future
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POSITIVE
I
you/we/they
he/she/it
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NEGATIVE
I
you/we/they
he/she/it
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QUESTIONS
am/’m starting
are/’re starting
is/’s starting
am not/’m not starting
are not/’re not/aren’t starting
is not/’s not/isn’t starting
Am I starting
Are you/we/they starting
Is
he/she/it starting
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You ___ (work) hard today.
Why are all these people here? What ___ (happen)?
Let’s go out now. It ___ (not/rain) any more.
I want to lose weight, so this week I ___ (not/eat)
lunch.
I ___ (get) tired. I need a rest.
What ___ (Brian/do) these days?
The population of the world ___ (increase) very fast.
He ___(have) dinner with Kate next Friday.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
- The water is boiling. Can you
turn it off?
- Let’s go out. It isn’t raining
now.
- What are you doing?
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The population of the world is
increasing very fast.
TEMPORARY SITUATIONS
- I’m living with some friends
until I find a place of my own.
- You’re working hard today.
PRESENT SIMPLE
- Water boils at 100 degrees
Celsius.
- It doesn’t rain very much in
summer.
- What do you usually do at
weekends?
- Every day the population of
the world increases by about
200 000 people.
PERMANENT SITUATIONS
- My parents live in London.
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John works hard most of the
time.
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Julia is very good at languages. She ___ (speak) four languages
very well.
Hurry up! Everybody ___ (wait) for you.
A: ___ (you/listen) to the radio? B: No, you can turn it off.
The River Nile ___ (flow) into the Mediterranean.
A: How’s your English?
B: Not bad. I think it ___ (improve) slowly.
Rachel is in London at the moment. She ___ (stay) at the Park
Hotel. She always ___ (stay) there when she’s in London.
Normally I ___(finish) work at five, but this week I ___( work) until
six.
My parents ___ (live) in Manchester. They were born there and
have never lived anywhere else. Where ___ (your parents/live)?
Sonia ___(look) for a place to live. She ___(stay) with her sister
until she finds somewhere.
A: What ___(your brother/do)?
B: He’s an architect, but he ___(not/work) at the moment.
I like French films. (NOT I’m liking French films)
We use state verbs to talk about THOUGHTS (e.g. believe, know,
seem, think, understand), FEELINGS (e.g. agree, hope, like, love,
want, need), EXISTENCE (be), POSSESSION (e.g. have, belong,
own), and THE PROPERTIES OF SOMETHING (e.g. cost, contain,
include, mean)
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Don’t put the dictionary away. I _______ (use) it.
Don’t put the dictionary away. I _______ (need) it.
Who’s that man? What _________________ (he/want)?
Who’s that man? Why _________________ (he/look) at us?
Alan says he’s 80 years old, but nobody ________ (believe) him.
She told me her name, but I ___________ (not/remember) it now.
I _______ (think) you should sell your car. You ___________
(not/use) it very often.
Air ________ (consist) mainly of nitrogen and oxygen.