Tanya enjoys using social networking sites and uses them everyday Tanya and Stacy enjoy using social networking sites and use the everyday The girl enjoys using social networking sites and uses them everyday The girls enjoy using social networking sites and use the everyday PRESENT SIMPLE
PRESENT SIMPLE : SENTENCE STRUCTURE I am a teacher / She is a teacher/They are teachers I am not a teacher/She is not a teacher/They are not teachers Am I a teacher?/Is she a teacher?/Are they teachers? I eat rice/She eats rice/They eat rice I don’t eat rice/She doesn’t eat rice/They don’t eat rice Do I eat rice?/Does she eat rice/Do they eat rice
Present Continuous She ’s playing an online game at the moment is playing She is playing an online game at the moment
Present Continuous I am playing an online game She/He/It is playing an online game They/We/You are playing an online game I am not playing an online game She/He/It is not playing an online game They/We/You are not playing an online game Am I playing an online game Is she/he/it playing an online game Are they/we/you playing an online game
STATIVE VERBS Stative verbs describes states (not actions). Common stative verbs talk about feelings, emotions, the senses, states of mind and possession. We do not use the in continuous tenses
STATIVE VERBS MIND My mother hates doing household chores EMOTION SENSE My colleagues look very cheerful today Some experts believe that peers are more important to teens family
VERBS OF SENSES feel notice seem hear smell taste see
VERBS OF EMOTIONS AND PREFERENCES like prefer need dislike want mind love hate
VERBS OF PERCEPTION AND OPINION imagine understand think hope believe mean remember forget know
STATIVE VERBS However, some verbs can be both stative and action verbs, but with a change in meaning. My baby brother appears to be sleeping (present simple = seems ) My classmates and I are appearing in a play about relationship (present continuous = performing )
NOTE: Some stative verbs can be used in continuous tenses, but with a different meaning Think = a process in one’s mind I ’m thinking about my summer holiday See = meet, visit He ’s seeing the doctor tonight
NOTE: Some stative verbs can be used in continuous tenses, but with a different meaning Have = drink, eat, take She ’s having dinner with a friend Taste= try food Mum ’s tasting the soup to see if it’s ready
NOTE: Some stative verbs can be used in continuous tenses, but with a different meaning Look= see Why are you looking at me?
HOMEWORK 1
HOMEWORK 2 Make 5 sentences with present simple form Use different subject and verb/verbs in each sentence Make 5 sentences with present continuous form Use different subject and verb/verbs in each sentence
What you have to do… WRITE YOUR HOMEWORK IN EXERCISE BOOK (ENGLISH 1) OR TEST PAD TAKE PICTURES OF THE FINISHED TASK SEND IN GOGGLE CLASSROOM