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GROUP: 6IV09
DATE: 07 MAY th2015
GUIDE TO TEST 1
TOPIE 1
PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS
PRESENT SIMPLE
I.
DEFINITION / DESCRIPTION
The simple present tense
indicates an action in the
present time which is not
finished. This can be a
habitual action
(something done regularly
such as brushing your
teeth every day) or a
general truth.
II.
USES/FUNCTIONS
1. Repeated Actions
Use the Simple Present to
express the idea that an
action is repeated or usual.
2. Facts or Generalizations
The Simple Present can also
indicate the speaker believes
that a fact was true before, is
true now, and will be true in
the future.
3. Scheduled Events in the Near
Future
Speakers occasionally use
Simple Present to talk about
scheduled events in the near
future.
4. Now (Non-Continuous Verbs)
Speakers sometimes use the
Simple Present to express the
idea that an action is
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
I.
DEFINITION / DESCRIPTION
The present continuous
describes an action that
takes place in the present
and is still going on in the
present.
II.
USES / FUNCTIONS
1. Now
Use the Present Continuous
with Normal Verbs to express
the idea that something is
happening now, at this very
moment.
2. Longer Actions in Progress
Now
we use the Present
Continuous to say that we
are in the process of doing a
longer action which is in
progress.
3. Near Future
Sometimes, speakers use the
Present Continuous to
indicate that something will
or will not happen in the near
future.
4. Repetition and Irritation with
"Always"
The Present Continuous with
words such as "always" or
"constantly" expresses the
happening or is not
happening now.
III.
SPECIAL FEATURES
III.
IV.
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ADVERB PLACEMENT.
The examples below show
the placement for grammar
adverbs such as: always,
only, never, ever, still, just,
etc.
ACTIVE / PASSIVE
EXAMPLES
You speak English..
Do you speak English?.
You do not speak English.
IV.
V.
EXERCISES
VI
EXERCISES
SPECIAL FEATURES
REMEMBER Non-Continuous
Verbs/ Mixed Verb.
It is important to remember
that Non-Continuous Verbs
cannot be used in any
continuous tenses. Also,
certain non-continuous
meanings for Mixed Verbs
cannot be used in
continuous tenses.
ADVERB PLACEMENT.
The examples below show
the placement for grammar
adverbs such as: always,
only, never, ever, still, just,
etc.
ACTIVE / PASSIVE
EXAMPLES
You are watching TV.
Are you watching TV?.
You are not watching TV.
TOPIE 2
COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
TOPIE 3
QUANTIFIERS
COUNTABLE NOUNS
UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
TEA
SUGAR
AIR
RICE
ONE DOG
TWO HOUSE
TRHEE SHOPS
FOUR MAN
TRICKY SPOTS
Some nouns are countable in other
languages but uncountable in English. They
must follow the rules for uncountable nouns.
The most common ones
are: accommodation, advice, baggage,
behavior, bread, furniture, information,
luggage, news, progress, traffic, travel,
trouble, weather, work