4.1. Present simple and continuous review

Verbs

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Grammar

As you may know, students of English as a foreign language make mistakes when they learn the use of English verb tenses. Watch the following video that explains the use of present simple and continuous. After that, try to correct the mistakes that the speakers make when using these verb tenses.

 

 

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After reviewing what you already know about present simple and continuous, practise what you know on the following links:

Rellenar huecos

Listen to Suzanne Vega feat DNA's song "Tom's Diner" below and fill in the gaps with the word you hear.

I am sitting
In the morning
At the diner
On the corner

I
At the counter
For the man
To pour the coffee

And he fills it
Only halfway
And before
I even argue

He
Out the window
At somebody
Coming in

"It always
Nice to see you"
Says the man
Behind the counter

To the woman
Who has come in
She
Her umbrella

And I look
The other way
As they
Their hellos

I'm pretending
Not to see them
And Instead
I pour the milk

I open
Up the paper
There's a story
Of an actor

Who had died
While he
He was no one
I had heard of

And I'm
To the horoscope
And
For the funnies

When I'm feeling
Someone watching me
And so
I raise my head

There's a woman
On the outside
Looking inside
she me?

No she does not
Really see me
Cause she
Her own reflection

And I'm trying
Not to notice
That she's hitching
Up her skirt

And while she's
Straightening her stockings
Her hair
wet

Oh, this rain
It will continue
Through the morning
As I'm listening

To the bells
Of the cathedral
I
Of your voice...

And of the midnight picnic
Once upon a time
Before the rain began...

I up my coffee
It's time to catch the train