THE SIMPLE PRESENT AND THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

THE PRESENT SIMPLE	(a) Ann takes a shower every day. (b) I usually eat lunch at the cafeteria.   (c) Babies cry. (d) The earth revolves around the sun. (e) A square has four equal sides. (f) The sky is blue.	The simple present expresses daily habits or usual activities, as in (a) and (b). The simple present expresses general statements of fact, as in © and (d). In sum, the simple present is used for events or situations that exist always, usually, or habitually in the past, present or future.
THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS	(g) Ann can’t come to the phone right now because she is taking a shower. (h) It’s noon. I am eating lunch at the cafeteria right now. (i) Jimmy and Susie are babies. They are crying. I can hear them right now. Maybe they are hungry.	The present continuous expresses an activity that is in progress (is occurring, is happening) right now. The event is in progress at the time the speaker is saying the sentence. The event began in the past, is in progress now, and will probably continue into the future. FORM: am, is, are + -ing
STATEMENT:	I – You – We – They   work.	I am working. You-We-They are working. He-She-It    is working.
NEGATIVE:	I – You – We – They do not work.	I am not working. You-We-They are not working. He-She-It is not working.
QUESTION:	Do I – you – we – they work? Does he – she – it       work?	Am           I    working? Are you-we-they working? Is    he-she-it  working?

 

A Read the three texts and put an appropriate verb in Present Simple or Present Continuous

enjoy like attend have   live do go fly not have start keep

Mexico The Castillo Balderas family

The Castillo Balderas family _____in a small brick house in Buenos Aires. The family are often on the roof of their house with most of their possessions. Ambrosio built their house, like most other families in the area. He is a man who is always on the move. His day often ________at 4 a.m.; he _________more work on the family home, _______a job with a wholesale produce distributor, and is a freelance metal-worker.

Hid wife Carmen __________a job outside the home but has plenty to keep her busy. She __________the household spotlessly clean and highly organized, despite having four young children. Cruz, Nialit, and Brenda ________Mexican Heroes Elementary School, and the youngest son, Antonio, ________ to the local kindergarten.

In the evenings, after a long day, the family ________relaxing. And now the parents _________TV, but the children ______________music together.

 

live go be balance attend  come not have  spend    have

 

Iceland    The Thoroddsen family

The Thoroddsen _________in a quite a large detached house in Hafnarfjordur, a small town eight kilometers from Reykjavik.

Summers in Iceland are quite mild but winters are cold. Surprisingly, most houses in Iceland __________central heating. Instead of fireplaces heat _________from volcanic activity.

Bjorn is a pilot and _________most of his time in the air or on the ground in other countries. And when he ___________for his job he is usually up in his private plane. As a result, most of the housework and childcare is done by Margaret, who ____________her family life with her hat-making business. She also ________time to go riding with her children on their Icelandic horses and to practice the cello by herself or with her young son.

The three youngest children ___________Olduhinsskoli Elementary School. At weekends, the family often _________to the thermal pool in Hafnarfjordur.

 

sell  spend×3   share    do    take×2 come   enjoy  collect

China The Wu family

The Wu family live in a small town called Shiping, about 150 km from Kunming, in southern China. The nine members of the Wu family ____________an attractive house surrounded by trees, next to a lake. Every three days, different members of the family ___________the boat out on the lake and ___________the plant called water hyacinth which is used to feed pigs. Every Sunday, Yu Xian and Ba Jiu _________their produce to the village market to sell and most of the family income __________from this. They are well respected in the village and known for their honesty. Ba Jiu is retired local official.

Eight-year- old Wu Dong ____________his whole morning at school. His school is one of the best in the area.

At the moment Yu Xian ___________a wide variety of dishes in the kitchen. Jian Chun and Rong, the daughters-in-law, ______________the family washing.

After working hard all day, the family usually ___________ their evenings relaxing on the sofa in front of the television. They __________this opportunity to spend time together.

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