martes, 5 de febrero de 2013

USE OF PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Form: am/is/are + ing (present participle)

The present continuous is used to express:

1. An activity happening now

ex: They´re playing soccer in the backyard. 
She can´t answer the phone because she´s washing her hair

2. An activity happening around now, but perhaps not at the moment of speaking.

ex: She´s studyng math at the university.
 I´m reading a good book by Henry James.

3. A planned future arrangement.

ex: I´m meeting Ms. Boyd at ten o´clock tomorrow. 
What are you doing this evening?

USE OF PRESENT SIMPLE

The present simple is used to express:

1. A Habit

 ex: I get up at 7:30. Cindy smokes too much

2. A fact that is always true 

ex: Vegetarians dont eat meat. We come from Brazil.

3. A fact that is true for a long time

ex: I live in miami. She works in a bank.

Ingles resumido en fichas: "El plural"

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