advanced composition grammar unit 1: present time 1
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Advanced Composition
Grammar
Unit 1: Present Time
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Key Words
1. Present simple
2. Present continuous/progressive
3. State verbs
4. Action verbs (or event verbs)
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permanent facts stateshabits
temporaryin progress
around nowtemporary
habits
P r e s e n t Simple Continuous
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permanent states facts habits
temporary statesactions in progress
around now
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
PRESENT SIMPLE
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Present Simple: Basic Uses
Facts that are always trueThe earth rotates around the sun. Canberra is the capital of Australia.
Habits I work out every morning before breakfastI take the MRT to school.
States These trousers don’t fit me.I love sushi. STATE VERBS are always
used in the present simple
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• We should also cover the use of the present tense after certain sentence openings
• In case it rains …• If you are on time…
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Present Continuous: Basic Uses
Temporary actionsI’m living with my grandparents for the summer.
Actions actually in progress now It’s raining! We’d better go inside.
Actions generally in progress around nowI’m learning French. I have a class later.Change or development
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Repeated actions – not yet habits
My car has broken down, so I _________ to work these days.
Present Continuous: advanced points 1
am walking
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Complaints about annoying habits (with always, forever etc.)
You _______________ snide remarks about my
cooking!
Present Continuous: advanced points 2
are always making
Snide (adj.) mocking in an indirect way
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with verbs describing change or development
The rain ___________ harder. We’d better go inside.
Every year, more and more people ____________ to
the cities.
Present Continuous: advanced points 2
is getting
are moving
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Common State Verbs
Mental actions Likes and dislikes Senses
believethink knowwantwishsuspectunderstandrealize recognize
likedislike love hate preferfancy
feel see taste hearsound
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State Verbs
Some STATE VERBS describe a permanent condition.
Therefore, they do not usually have a continuous
form.
1. I __________ pork to steak.
2. That laptop __________ to my sister.
3. We __________ in freedom of speech.
prefer
belongs
believe
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Stative and active meanings
State Event /actionJack is a really friendly guy. Jack is being very friendly to
Amy at the moment.I think Toyota is the most reliable model.
I am thinking about changing my car.
She has a new puppy. She’s having a good time.
Some verbs can have stative and active meaningsbe, depend, feel, have, see, taste etc.
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Summarize
With a partner, summarize what we have learned so
far about:
1. Present simple
2. Present continuous/progressive
3. State verbs
4. Action verbs (or event verbs)
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1. Every year I visit / I’m visiting
Britain to improve my English.
PRESENT SIMPLE : a habit
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3. It’s time we turned on the air-
conditioning. It gets / It’s getting hotter
every day.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS: a change or development
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3. I’m going to buy a new swimming
costume. My old one doesn’t fit / isn’t
fitting any more.
PRESENT SIMPLE: “fit” is a state verb
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4. I forever tidy up / I’m forever tidying up the mess in your
room.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS: complaint about an
annoying habit
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5. The main character died / dies at the end of the story.
PRESENT SIMPLE: plot summary of a book or film
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6. I use / I’m using my brother’s car this week.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS : repeated action closely connected to the present moment