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    This document provides an overview of the present simple and present continuous tenses in English. It discusses: 1) How the present simple is used to express facts and regular actions, using the verbs "to be", "to do", "to have", and others like "to play", "to rest", and "to learn" as examples. 2) How the present continuous is used to describe what is happening at the moment or over a limited period of time, using conjugations like "I am talking" as positive examples and "I am not talking" as negative examples. 3) Exercises for students to practice forming sentences in the present simple and present continuous tenses.

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    This document provides an overview of the present simple and present continuous tenses in English. It discusses: 1) How the present simple is used to express facts and regular actions, using the verbs "to be", "to do", "to have", and others like "to play", "to rest", and "to learn" as examples. 2) How the present continuous is used to describe what is happening at the moment or over a limited period of time, using conjugations like "I am talking" as positive examples and "I am not talking" as negative examples. 3) Exercises for students to practice forming sentences in the present simple and present continuous tenses.

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    Grundlagen Englisch

    - Present simple
    - Present continuous
    - time expressions

    HFW Bern
    Philipp Brunner
    Present simple
    • We use the present simple to express facts
    and when something happens regularly.
    • Fact: The sun shines every day.
    • Regularity: Pete goes to work every day.

    Englisch Grundlagen, Present Tenses, Time


    Expressions 2
    Present simple - to be
    the verb ‚to be‘
    I am we are
    you are you are
    he / she / it is they are

    Englisch Grundlagen, Present Tenses, Time


    Expressions 3
    Present simple - to be
    • I am a teacher.
    • He is a football player. He is not /isn’t a teacher.
    • Is she an actress? – Yes, she is.
    • We are in Berne. We are at school.

    •  article a/an + profession


    • In all the examples ‘to be’ is used as a main verb.

    Englisch Grundlagen, Present Tenses, Time


    Expressions 4
    Conjugation of to be

    Englisch Grundlagen, Present Tenses, Time


    Expressions 5
    Present simple - to do
    the verb ‚to do‘
    I do we do
    you do you do
    he / she / it does they do

    Englisch Grundlagen, Present Tenses, Time


    Expressions 6
    Present simple - to do
    • I do sports three times a week.
    • You don‘t do your homework regularly.
    • He does like math.
    • Do you come here often? – Yes, I do.
    • Does he like rock music? – No, he doesn‘t.

    • In all the examples ‘to do’ is used as a main


    verb.
    Englisch Grundlagen, Present Tenses, Time
    Expressions 7
    Present simple - to have
    the verb ‚to have‘
    I have we have
    you have you have
    he / she / it has they have

    Examples:
    - I have a new computer.
    - She has a new car.

    Englisch Grundlagen, Present Tenses, Time


    Expressions 8
    Present simple - to play, to rest, to learn

    the verbs ‚to play‘, ‚to rest‘, ‚to learn‘


    I play we play
    rest rest
    learn learn
    you play you play
    rest rest
    learn learn
    he / she / it plays they play
    rests rest
    learns learn
    Englisch Grundlagen, Present Tenses, Time
    Expressions 9
    Present simple - to go, to fly
    the verbs ‚to play‘, ‚to rest‘, ‚to learn‘
    I go we go
    fly fly
    you go you go
    fly fly
    he / she / it goes they go
    flies fly

    Englisch Grundlagen, Present Tenses, Time


    Expressions 10
    Present simple – your turn!
    • practice alone or in pairs
    • Grammar Book, Unit 1 (p10)
    • Murphy copies

    • Time: 10 minutes

    Englisch Grundlagen, Present Tenses, Time


    Expressions 11
    Present continuous
    • We use the present continuous to describe
    what is happening at the moment of
    speaking.
    • We use the present continuous to describe
    that we talk about a limited time.
    • Now: I am explaining grammar to you.
    • Limited time: I am reading a book at the
    moment. (e.g. over a period of 2 weeks)
    Englisch Grundlagen, Present Tenses, Time
    Expressions 12
    Present continuous (+)
    • person + to be + verb + -ing

    positive:
    I am talking we are talking
    you are talking you are talking
    he/she/it is talking they are talking

    Englisch Grundlagen, Present Tenses, Time


    Expressions 13
    Present continuous (-)
    • person + to be + not + verb + -ing

    negative:
    I am not talking we are not talking
    you are not talking you are not talking
    he/she/it is not talking they are not talking

    Englisch Grundlagen, Present Tenses, Time


    Expressions 14
    Present continuous (?)
    • to be + person + verb + -ing +?

    positive:
    am I talking? are we talking?
    are you talking? are you talking?
    is he/she/it talking? are they talking?

    Englisch Grundlagen, Present Tenses, Time


    Expressions 15
    Present continuous (O)
    • Rechtschreibung
    • Achtung zum Beispiel bei:
    – stop  stopping
    – come  coming
    – fly  flying
    – swim  swimming

     see Appendix 5 (p148)!

    Englisch Grundlagen, Present Tenses, Time


    Expressions 16
    Present simple – your turn!
    • practice alone or in pairs
    • Grammar Book, Unit 2 (p12)
    • Grammar Book, Unit 19 (p46)
    • Murphy copies

    • Time: 15 minutes

    Englisch Grundlagen, Present Tenses, Time


    Expressions 17

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