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What's the difference?
Present Simple or Present Continuous?
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Things which are always true (законы природы):
Ice melts when it’s hot.
Water boils at 100 degrees.
Things which are happening at the moment of
speaking (действия, происходящие в момент
речи):
• The water is boiling now, so you can put in the
pasta.
Now I’m watching a film.
Permanent situations; true for a few years at least
(постоянные состояния):
• Julie lives in London.
•
• Mary likes sweets.
Temporary situations (действиях, имеющих
временный характер):
• Julie is living in Paris for a few months (usually she
lives in London).
Situations which are slowly changing:
• I'm getting better and better at speaking English.
• Habits or things we do regularly (регулярно
повторяющиеся, повседневные действия):
• I drink coffee every morning.
Students go to school five days a week.
•
Temporary or new habits:
• I'm drinking too much coffee these days because
I'm so busy at work.
Annoying habits, usually with 'always' (выражение
раздражения по поводу повторяющихся
действий, привычек):
• You’re always losing your keys!
• Future events which are part of a timetable
(расписании уроков, движения транспорта;
программах передач, мероприятий):
• My plane leaves at eight tonight.
Definite future plans (определенные планы на
ближайшее будущее):
• I'm meeting John after class today.
•
• I’m leaving to London tomorrow at 6 p.m.
To talk about what happens in books, plays and
films (рассказы, спортивные комментарии):
• At the end of the book, the detective catches the
killer.
To talk about people and actions in pictures and
photos:
• In this photo, my mother is walking beside a lake.
•
• In this photo I’m running with my dog.
Time expressions: always, usually, often,
sometimes, rarely/seldom, never,
on Mondays, at night, in the
morning/afternoon/evening, every
day/week/month/year
• She reads a lot.
Time expressions: now, at the moment, right
now, this week/month/year, these days, at present,
today, tonight, tomorrow, still, Look! Listen!
• She is reading an interesting book!
How to make the tense:
Present Simple
Present Continuous
+
I/We/You/They + verb
He/She/It + verb -s/-es
I + am (’m) + verb-ing
He/She/It + is (’s) + verb-ing
We/You/They + are (’re) + verb-ing
-
I/We/You/They + do + not (=don’t ) + verb
He/She/It + does + not (=doesn’t) + verb
I + am + not (=’m not) + verb-ing
He/She/It + is + not (=isn’t) + verb-ing
We/You/They + are + not (=aren’t) + verb-ing
• ?
• Do I/we/you/they + verb?
• Does he/she/it + verb?
• Am I + verb-ing?
• Is he/she/it + verb-ing?
• Are we/you/they + verb-ing?
Stative verbs – Глаголы состояния
В английском языке есть так называемые глаголы состояния, которые обозначают состояние, а не
само действие предмета или лица. Эти глаголы не употребляются в Present Continuous.
• Глаголы восприятия (hear - слышать, see - видеть, smell - пахнуть, taste – иметь вкус,
sound - звучать, seem – казаться, feel – чувствовать): She seems happy.
• Глаголы мыслительной деятельности (believe – верить, полагать; forget – забывать;
know – знать; realise – понимать, осознавать; remember – помнить; understand -
понимать): He believes in ghosts.
• Глаголы, выражающие чувства и эмоции (like – нравиться; dislike – не нравиться; love
– любить; enjoy – наслаждаться; hate – ненавидеть; want – хотеть; prefer -
предпочитать): I like ice cream.
• Глаголы, выражающие отношения и состояние принадлежности (have - иметь, belong –
принадлежать, own - владеть, contain - содержать, include – включать в себя, fit -
подходить): They own two cars.
Some verbs can be both stative and dynamic:
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Think (= думать, полагать)
Think (= обдумывать, обсуждать)
• think (stative) = have an opinion
•
• I think that coffee is great.
•
• think (dynamic) = consider, have in my head
•
What are you thinking about? I'm thinking about my
next holiday.
Have (= иметь, владеть)
Have (= часть выражения)
• have (stative) = own
•
I have a car.
• have (dynamic) = part of an expression
•
I'm having dinner /a party / a bath / a good time.
See (= видеть, понимать)
See (= встречаться)
• see (stative) = see with your eyes /
understand
•
I see what you mean.
• I see her now.
• see (dynamic) = meet
•
I'm seeing Robert tomorrow.
Taste (= быть на … , иметь вкус)
Taste (= пробовать на вкус)
• taste (stative) = has a certain taste
•
This soup tastes great.
The coffee tastes really bitter.
•
(also: smell, feel, look)
• taste (dynamic) = the action of tasting
•
The chef is tasting the soup.
Present Simple or Present Continuous? Exercise 1
Choose the present simple or present continuous:
1. (You / come) _________________________________ tonight?
2. (He / eat) _________________________________ rice every day?
3. I (work) _________________________________ at the moment.
4. (He / come) _________________________________ to London often?
5. He (play) _________________________________ tennis now.
6. (You / come) _________________________________ to the cinema later?
7. They (not / come) ______________________________ to the party tomorrow.
8. He (not / play) _________________________________ golf now.
9. (You / play) _________________________________ tennis this Sunday?
10. They (go) _______________________________ to a restaurant every Saturday.
11. She (not / go) _______________________________ to the cinema very often.
12. You usually (arrive) _________________________________ late.
13. He normally (eat) _________________________________ dinner at home.
14. (You / study) _________________________________ every night?
15. (They / work) _________________________________ late usually?
16. You (not / go) _________________________________ out later.
17. I (not / work) _________________________________ tonight.
18. (She / work) _________________________________ at the moment?
19. I (not / drink) _________________________________ coffee very often.
20. Julie (sleep) _________________________________ now.
Present Simple or Present Continuous? Exercise 2
Choose the present simple or the present continuous. Watch out for stative verbs.
1. Julie ____________ (read) in the garden.
2. What ____________ (we / have) for dinner tonight?
3. She ____________ (have) two daughters.
4. I ____________ (stay) in Spain for two weeks this summer.
5. He often ____________ (come) over for dinner.
6. The class ____________ (begin) at nine every day.
7. What ____________ (you / eat) at the moment?
8. What ____________ (Susie / do) tomorrow?
9. I ____________ (not / work) on Sundays.
10. She ____________ (not / study) now, she ____________ (watch) TV.
11. How often ____________ (you / go) to restaurants?
12. I ____________ (not / go) on holiday this summer.
13. I'm sorry, I ____________ (not / understand).
14. She ____________ (work) as a waitress for a month.
15. She ____________ (take) a salsa dancing class every Tuesday.
16. It ____________ (be) cold here in winter.
17. Take your umbrella, it ____________ (rain).
18. This cake ____________ (taste) delicious.
19. The bag ____________ (belong) to Jack.
20. When ____________ (you / arrive) tonight?
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