Present simple vs continuous2
- 1. Present simple andPresent simple and continuouscontinuous
- 2. Present simple • Form: He/she/it works. I work. They work He doesn’t work. They don’t work. Does he work? Do they work? Use: we use the present simple tense to: -give information about permanent activities (Valentino makes luxury chocolates.)
- 3. -describe a state that doesn’t change: (He looks like his father.) -talk about routine activities, repeated actions or habits: (I often travel abroad on business.) -some verbs are always used in the present simple (not with –ing): What do you mean? I remember her name.
- 4. Present continuous • Form: I am going. He/she/it is going. They are going. I am not going. Am I going? Use: We use the present continuous to: -describe activities in progress at the moment of speaking (She is talking to him on the phone right now.)
- 5. -describe temporary situations: (The delegation is staying at the Hilton until Friday.) - refer to future arrangements: (He is starting a new job next week.) - describe changing situation: (We are developing a new marketing strategy.)
- 6. Complete these sentences with either the present simple or the present continuous • We normally _______ (hold) ous sales conference in Spain, but this year we _______ (hold) it in Poland. • Although we ________ (use) our own sales representative at the moment, we generally _________ (use) agents in Japan. • It normally _______ (take) us two years to develop a new product.
- 7. • We don’t often ______ (raise) our prices more than 5%, but this time we __________ (raise) them 10%. • Usually our Sales Director _________ (deal) with important customers. • We usually ________ (recruit) from within the company, but this time we _________ (advertise) externally.
- 8. • We _______ (rent) offices until our new headquarters are ready. • The company ________ (want) to achieve record sales this year.