BASIC-GRAMMAR-U-7.2

	7.2.	*Present simple and present continuous*
		*State verbs*

PRESENTATION

*Present simple*		*Present continuous*
Use the present simple* to talk about .. .*		Use the present continuous* to talk about …*
situations that do not change: Sarah lives in Birmingham.		temporary situations: She’s staying in а hotel in Greece.
routines: She travels to work bу bus.		actions now: Right now she isn’t working. She’s оn holiday.

State verbs

You don’t normally use these verbs in the continuous form: bе, like, love, hate, want.

Present continuous: key spelling rules

See Unit 7.1⇒ and Spelling rules⇒

Key vocabulary

Verbs: boil, cycle, do (your homework), drive, eat, freeze, hate, learn, Iike, live, love, make (friends), play, sit,

smoke, start, stay, study, swim, take (the train), turn off, want, watch (TV), work (hard), write (to somebody)

7.2.