Introduction - Welcome

This blog will probably be most usefull at middle and upper-intermediate levels ( where all or nearly all of the material will be relevant), and can serve both as a basis for revision and as a means for practising new structures. It will also be usefull for some more advanced students who have problems with grammar and need a blog for reference and practice. The blog , as a matter of fact, is not intended to be used by elementary learners.Id like to thank all my students for being my strenght and courage to get through everything. This blog is for all of you.@@ If you live...

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1- Present Continuous - ( I am doing )

* Pay attention on this example situation: ** Wilma is in her car. She is on her car to work. She is driving to work. I mean, she is driving now, at the time of speaking. The action is not finished. AM/ARE/IS + verb + ing = present continuous * drive = I am driving * work = Anselmo is working * travel = They are travelling again. ................................................... ##...

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2- Simple Present ( I do )

* Pay attention on this example situation: ** Altamir is a bus driver,but now he is in bed asleep. So, he is not driving a bus. (He is asleep)...but he is a bus driver, he drives a bus.** drive/work/sleep = I,we,you,they = simple present ** drives/works/sleeps = he,she,it = simple present/third person ...................................... # We use the simple present to talk about things in general. We are not thinking only about now. We use it to say that something happens all the time or repeatedly, or that something is true in general. It is not important whether the...

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3- Present Continuous and Simple present ( I'm doing and I do)

* Study the explanation and compare the examples:Present Continuous = I AM DOING ** Use the continuous for something that is happening at or around the time of speaking. The action is not finished yet.a) The water is boiling. Can you turn it off?b) Listen to those people. What language are they speaking?c) Let's go out . It isn't raining now.d) Don't disturb me. I'm writing the blog.e) What are you doing?f) Larissa is in the USA at the moment. She's improving her accent.** Use the continuous for a temporary situation.a) I'm working at night until I find a new job.b) She is...

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4- I am doing and I do - part 2

* We use continuous tenses only for actions and happenings.- They are studying English at Plugnet with J.B.- It is raining outside.* Some verbs ( for example , know and like ) are not action verbs. You cannot say :- I am knowing somebody- They are liking to study English.* You can only say :- I know somebody.- They like to study English.Here is a list of verbs not normally used in continuous tenses:like - love - hate - want - need - prefer - know - realise - suppose - mean - understand - believe - remember - belong - contain - consist - depend - seem1- I'm tired . I need some...

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5- Simple Past ( I did)

Study this example:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozar was an Austrian musician and composer . He lived from 1756 to 1791. He started composing at the age of five and wrote more than 60 pieces of music. He was only 35 years old when he died.lived/started/wrote/was/died are all past simp...

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6- Past Continuous ( I was doing)

Pay attention on this example:Yesterday Yasmin and Sabrina studied English together . They began at 10 o'clock and finished at 11:30. So, at 10:30 they were studying English.They were studying = They were in the middle of studying . At 10:30 they had not finished studying yet.* was / were + ing = past continuousI was playing / doing / workingHe, she, it was calling/ kissing/ dreaming_____________________________________We you they were singing/crying/enjoy...

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