HAND OUT № 69

Discipline: English as a foreign language Credits: 2

Intermediate level Practical lesson

Lexical theme: Food and restaurant

Grammar: Present Simple and Continuous

Teacher: assistant professor Sultanbayeva Zh.U.

GRAMMAR COMMENT

Present simple Explanation Present simple: I live, he works, etc. They work in a bank. Where do you live? He doesn’t wear glasses.	Present continuous: be+verb+ ing A Who are you waiting for? B I amwaiting 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.
Action and non-action verbs ♦ 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)