PRESENT SIMPLE OR PRESENT CONTINUOUS (PROGRESSIVE)? Autor: Mgr. Ivana Dvořáková Datum vytvoření: únor 2013 DUM = Digitální Učební Materiál Gymnázium Dr.

PRESENT SIMPLE ORPRESENT CONTINUOUS (PROGRESSIVE)?

Autor: Mgr. Ivana DvořákováDatum vytvoření: únor 2013

DUM = Digitální Učební Materiál

Gymnázium Dr. Karla Polesného, Znojmo

Anglický jazyk

HOW TO USE IT?WHEN TO USE IT?

PRESENT SIMPLE (PŘÍTOMNÝ ČAS PROSTÝ)

PRESENT SIMPLE – It’s really simple! FORM (-s in third person singular):

declarative (.) I sleep 8 hours a day. He looks like an angel.

interrogative (?) Do you need anything? Does he know about it?

negative sentence: I do not think so. She doesn’t want to go with us.

I like fizzy drinks.

(Mám ráda pití s bublinkama.)

Do you know him?

(Znáš ho?)

I don’t believe them.

(Nevěřím jim.)

Does she have any siblings?

(Má nějaké sourozence?)

USE AND TYPICAL EXPRESSIONS

USE:when something is generally true

It snows in winter. The sun rises in the east.

when we describe habits or things we do regularlyHe goes to school every day at 7 a.m. and comes

back at 3 p.m.

for situation that is more or less permanentShe likes coffee. Where do you live?

TYPICAL EXPRESSIONS:always, usually, often, sometimes, never, every morning, on Sundays, hardly ever...

HOW TO USE IT?WHEN TO USE IT?

PRESENT CONTINUOUS (PŘÍT. ČAS PRŮBĚHOVÝ)

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

FORM:

[auxiliary verb be] [verb+ing]

It’s raining again.

Are you coming?

She isn’t listening now.

Why are you wearing the coat? It’s warm outside.

(Proč máš na sobě kabát? Venku je teplo.)

Look, she is talking to the teacher again.

(Koukej, zase mluví s učitelkou.)

USE AND TYPICAL EXPRESSIONS

USE:to describe actions that are happening at the

momentThe water is boiling, you can put the spaghetti

in.

to refer to temporary thingsJulia is living in Paris for a few months.

to describe definite future plansGranny is coming next Saturday.

TYPICAL EXPRESSIONS:now, at the moment ...

TYPICAL VERBS

state verbs

like dislike love hate  prefer remember forget believe  mean seem understand want  need know belong own hear agree conclude

some action verbs

swallow thank throw reply shut

find convince smash

action verbs common used in present continuous

bringing buying carrying coming driving eating joking laughing talking

some non-action verbs

feeling hoping listening looking

sitting waiting watching wondering

PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

TRANSLATE

Děláš si srandu? Are you joking (kidding)?

Čeká tam na tebe. She’s waiting for you there.

Chceš ještě kafe? Do you want some more coffee?

O čem se bavíte? What are you talking about?

Tomu nerozumím. I don’t understand it.

EXERCISES WITH REAL-LIFE EXAMPLES

READY TO TEST YOURSELVES?

FILL IN THE GAPS!

1.Are you .................... to that song now?

2. What do you................... from me?

3. Hurry, she is .......................... for us.

4. I don’t ....................... well today.

5. He is probably an alcoholic, he is .................................. again.

6. I ...................................... new sneakers for school.

7. Does she .................................... sushi?

8. What the hell are you ................... ???

9. Shhhh! She is ............................ .

10. I ............................. in fate.

FILL IN THE GAPS!

1.Are you listening to that song now?

2. What do you want from me?

3. Hurry, she is waiting for us.

4. I don’t feel well today.

5. He is probably an alcoholic, he is drinking again.

6. I need new sneakers for school.

7. Does she like sushi?

8. What the hell are you doing???

9. Shhhh! She is sleeping.

10. I believe in fate.

REFERENCES

Real-life example sentences in the last

section have been extracted from the British National Corpus Online service:

(see http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/)

Recommended literature (student workbook):

Conrad, S., Biber, D.: Real Grammar. A Corpus-Based Approach to English. NY: Pearson-Longman, 2009.