Hand Out №1

Discipline: English as a foreign language

Intermediate Lexical theme: “Food and restaurant”

Credits: 4 Grammatical theme: Present simple and present continuous

Assistant Professor: Zh.U. Sultanbayeva

Grammar: Present simple and continuous

Explanation

Present simple: I live, he works, etc.

They work in a bank.

Where do you live?

He doesn’t wear glasses.

She usually goes to academy by car.

Present continuous: be+verb+ ing

A Who are you waiting for?

B I am waiting for a friend.

A What are you doing after class?

B I’m going to the café.

♦ Use the present continuous (not present simple) for actions in progress at the time of speaking or for future

arrangements.

♦ Remember the spelling rules, e.g. living, studying, getting

Action and non-action verbs

A What are you cooking tonight?

B I’m making pasta.

A Great! I really like pasta

♦ Verbs which describe actions, e.g. make, cook, can be used in the present simple or continuous.

♦ Verbs which describe states or feelings (not actions), e.g. like, want, be are not normally used in the present

continuous.

♦ Common non-action verbs are agree, be, believe, belong, depend, forget, hate, hear, know, like, love, matter,

mean, need, prefer, realize, recognize, seem, suppose.

A few verbs have an action and a non-action meaning. The most common is have.

I have a big flat. = possession (non-action)

I can’t talk now. I’m having lunch. = an activity (action)

Consolidation of grammar.

1) Write questions in the present continuous or present simple.

A What are you eating? (you / eat) B Besparmak.

1 A Where ___________ lunch today? (you / have)

B At home. My mum’s making kuyrdak.

2 A What ______________? (he / do)

B He is an accountant.

3 A _________________ this weekend? (you / go away)

B No, we are staying here.

4 A ________________ to eat out tonight? (you / want)

B Yes, that would be nice. Where shall we go?

5 A What ______________? (she / cook)

B I don’t know, but it smells good.

2) Put each verb in brackets into either the present simple or the present continuous.

Dear Aunt Jean,

I (1) am just writing (just write) to tell you how much I (2) ______________ (appreciate) the money you sent me, and to tell you how I (3) ____________ (get on) in my first term at university. Actually I (4) ___________ (really enjoy) myself! I (5) __________ (study) quite hard as well, but at the moment I (6) _________ (spend) a lot of time just making friends. I (7) __________ (still stay) with my friend Sue, and I (8) _________ (look for) somewhere of my own to live. Only a few of the first-year students (9) ________ (live) in college here, and I (10) _________ (seem) to be spending a lot of time travelling backwards and towards. I (11) __________ (go) to lectures every morning, and most afternoons I (12) _________ (study) in the library. In fact I (13) __________ (write) this letter instead of an essay on Hamlet! I (14) ________ (think) I’ll buy some new clothes with the money you sent. Everything (15) _________ (cost) a lot here, and I (16) _________ (save) to buy a winter coat. It (17) _________ (get) really cold here in the evenings. I now (18) _________ (know) some other students and generally speaking we (19) _________ (have) quite a good time socially! I (20) _________ (also learn) to drive. See you soon.

Katherine