Present simple and present continuous british council. While its easy for most students to distinguish, say, the future simple tense from the past simple, its not always as easy for them to. Future going towillpresent continuous other english exercises on the same topic. The present perfect simple tense indicates permanent actions. Some examples of present perfect continuous tense are, my hands are very dirty as i have been painting the walls. Learn about the difference between be going to and the present continuous with a future meaning with experienced english teacher bob wilson. A complete worksheet to make clear the difference between future simple, be going to and present continuous used for future actions, including a complete. The present continuous tense is mainly used to talk about personal arrangements and fixed plans. Predictions we use will to talk about something we think that will happen i think he ll win the election. This leaderboard has been disabled by the resource owner. Present continuous tense used to express actions in the future and the going to form. Divide the students into groups of four and give each student a copy of the worksheet. Going to future vs present continuous future study reminders. Present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous and present perfect simple 2 complete the sentences.
Difference between going to and present continuous. Activities to revise the future with will, be going to, present simple and present continuous. Right now i am looking for information about famous players on the internet. Tense revision simple presentpresent continuoussimple pastpast continuousgoing tosimple future level. The difference between going to and the present continuous.
Present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous. Be going to can also be used to express the same idea. Be going to and present continuous esl activities, games. Will, going to, simple present and present continuous. Future simple future perfect future progressive when. Esl present continuous activity reading, writing and speaking preintermediate 30 minutes in this present continuous activity, students make arrangements and talk about them. Our trip round the states 1 is going well and we 2 ourselves a lot.
Direct and indirect speech practice exercise for present continuous tense, solved with answers and explanation. Simple present tense simple present tense in the negative. The present simple tense is used to express general truths, while the present continuous tense describes actions happening now. He will be a good doctor we use be going to to talk about something that is very near to happen or that we see is going to happen there is present evidence. Present perfect and present perfect continuous 7 e s l. My grandfather often comes over for dinner at the weekends. We also can use be going to to make predictions about the future, which are based on observa tions in the present. Be going to and present continuous pdf esl activities, games and worksheets to teach levels how.
Choose the present simple or present continuous exercise 2. She said, we are working day and night to succeed she said that we are working day and night to succeed. An exercise by montse morales for the english learning website. Present simple and continuous with a future meaning exercise. Present continuous for arrangements im playing tennis on thursday evening 1 fill the gaps with the verbs in brackets using either the present simple or present continuous. Going to and present continuous are two such constructions. Simple present, present continuous and be going to future for upper elementary or lower intermediate students level.
Lesson 1 mixed present tenses in todays lesson, were going to focus on the simple present and present continuous also called the present progressive and a few more advanced details involved in the way these tenses are used. The worksheet also contains some exercises so students can practice what they have learnt and there is also a key to the exercises. Present simple and continuous with a future meaning exercise present simple for timetables the flight leaves at 11 am. Some people have a hard time differentiating when to use present simple tense and present continuous tense. She said that they were working day and night to succeed. Be going to and present continuous macmillan education. You can do the exercises online or download the worksheet as pdf.
Z podanych odpowiedzi wybierz jedna tak, by uzyskac logiczne i poprawne gramatycznie zdanie. Difference between present continuous and be going to. I am not very good so i am learning with a trainer. Future perfect simple and continuous progressive tense. Explanation and exercises on future i simple going to explanation and exercises on future i simple will explanation and exercises on simple present. Present simple to talk about habits and routines use the present simple. Present simple present continuous amazon web services. It is a worksheet with a grammar explanation on when to use the different types of future. If one is stating an action that is happening but will soon come to an end they use present simple when the action will end one uses present continuous tense. Microsoft word present simple or present continuous 1. Although many people assume that going to and present continuous are the same due to their similar grammatical structure, there is a distinct difference between the two. I play tennis every weekend and i watch tennis matches on tv every time there is one. Write the verb in the future, going to or present continuous.
Put the verbs into the correct tense present simple or present continuous. We use them to talk about our intentions and plans. Key difference going to vs present continuous several grammatical formations can be used to talk about the future. Present simple, present continuous, past simple, past. Present continuous worksheets the transition from teaching one verb tense to teaching another isnt always a clearcut process. Habits or situations that happen regularly we use the present. This leaderboard is disabled as your options are different to the resource owner. Grammar6 present continuous and present simple explanations present continuous to talk about things happening at the moment, use the present continuous. Read morereported speech exercise present continuous tense. The difference between will, be going to and the present.
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