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Present Simple &

Present Continuous

Revision lesson · yearbooks & graduation

Today we decide: routine, fact, now, temporary change or repeated action?

7PLUS

Every year students make a yearbook.

This week they are preparing photos.

Do you remember the difference?

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Study guide 8.1 / 8.2 (p.49-52)

Lesson goals

• recognise when to use the Present Simple and Present Continuous

• form positive, negative and question sentences

• use the algorithm to choose the correct tense

• complete a short gap-filling exercise about graduation/yearbooks

Useful question: Is it happening now, or is it usually true?

Good grammar = tense + form + meaning.

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When do we use the Present Simple?

Routine / habit

Students collect photos every year.

General truth / characteristic

A yearbook records memories.

Permanent situation

Our school has a graduation ceremony.

Stative verbs

I know the answer.

She likes the photo.

Instant commentary

The student representative walks on stage and receives the prize.

Signal words: always, usually, often, sometimes, never, every day/week/year

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When do we use the Present Continuous?

Happening now

The photographer is taking pictures.

Temporary / limited period

We are working on the yearbook this week.

Changing / developing

The design is becoming more modern.

Repeated action + irritation

He is always forgetting deadlines!

Future arrangement

We are taking class photos on Friday.

Signal words: now, right now, at the moment, today, this week, these days, look!, listen!

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Form check

Present Simple

+ I/you/we/they work · he/she/it works

– I don’t work · she doesn’t work

? Do you work? · Does she work?

Present Continuous

+ I am working · you are working · she is working

– I’m not working · they aren’t working

? Are you working? · Is she working?

Watch the -s in Present Simple.

Watch am/is/are + verb-ing in Present Continuous.

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Walk-through: use the decision path

1. Every June, our school ____ a graduation ceremony. (to organise)

regular basis → no irritation → Present Simple

Answer: organises

2. Look! The students ____ their graduation caps. (to throw)

action happening now → other verb → limited period → Present Continuous

Answer: are throwing

3. She ____ the photographer very well. (to know)

stative verb → Present Simple

Answer: knows

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Practice round

• Our class usually ____ a theme for the yearbook. (to choose)

  • chooses

• At the moment, Lina ____ captions for the photos. (to write)

  • is writing

• The headteacher ____ the winners every year. (to announce)

  • announces

• Listen! The band ____ the graduation song. (to play)

  • is playing

• I ____ why this tradition is important. (to understand)

  • understand

Ask after each item:

1. What is the meaning?

2. Which tense?

3. Which form?

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Common traps

Stative verbs

Wrong: I am knowing.

Correct: I know.

Third person -s

Wrong: She organise.

Correct: She organises.

Questions

Wrong: Does she works?

Correct: Does she work?

Negatives

Wrong: He don’t wear.

Correct: He doesn’t wear.

Verb-ing

Wrong: They are prepare.

Correct: They are preparing.

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1. Every year, our school ____ a yearbook. (to publish)

Tense: __________

2. Right now, the students ____ for the class photo. (to pose)

Tense: __________

3. We ____ graduation gowns at our school. (not / to wear)

Tense: __________