Present simple + present continuous 2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo
• Leerjaar 3,4

Present tenses

Present Simple: 1 woord, tegenwoordige tijd, shit-regel

Carla usually walks to school.

Present Continuous: 2 woorden, tegenwoordige tijd am/is/are + werkwoord-ing

Today, Carla is cycling to school.

Welke 'present' is dit?
My little girl is having a nightmare.

1. Present Simple
2. Present Continuous

Welke 'present' is dit?
Fabian never plays football.

1. Present Simple
2. Present Continuous

Welke 'present' is dit?
My dad is watching the rugby match between Ireland and South-Africa.

1. Present Simple
2. Present Continuous

Welke 'present' is dit?
Why are you always late for practice?

1. Present Simple
2. Present Continuous

I

You

He

She

It

We

You 

They

Het werkwoord 'to be' 

am

is

are

are

are

are

is

is

Sort these signal words by their frequency.

1

2

3

4

5

always

sometimes

often

regularly

never

happening now

Present Simple

Present continuous

time table

facts

habits

annoying

Alice and Frank .......... a movie together.

1. watch
2. are watching
3. watches
4. is watching

Jack ...... .......... (drive) to work at the moment. You shouldn't call him.

Fiona ........... a lot about the upcoming holidays. She's really excited.

1. talk
2. talks

At the store they ....... .......... when children touch everything.

1. do like
2. does like
3. don't like
4. doesn't like

Present simple <> Present continuous

Choose the correct form of the verb

Kevin never ............. anything about school. He just says: 'it was fine'.

1. is telling
2. isn't telling
3. tell
4. tells

They usually ......... (talk) about sports.

I can't talk at the moment. I ............. (concentrate) on my work.

We ............ (drive) in the wrong direction. We should turn around.

She ........... usually ......... (not buy) herself a treat. But today is an exeption.

What are they doing?

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