VIP Class Notes (Whitney) (S)
Homework
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Look! Junko ________ into the water.
- jumps
- is jumping
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Don’t give Jan any cheese. She ________ it!
- hates
- is hating
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I ________ lunch in the cafeteria every day.
- have
- am having
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Marie-Claude isn’t a Canadian. I ________ she comes from France.
- believe
- am believing
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Salman is rich — he ________ a Mercedes.
- drives
- is driving
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I ________ to Toronto next Thursday. Do you want to come?
- go
- am going
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I ________ you’re crazy!
- think
- am thinking
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It ________ quite hard — perhaps we shouldn’t go out tonight.
- snows
- is snowing
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Once a week, I ________ to an art class at the college.
- go
- am going
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You won’t find Jerry at home right now. He ________ in the library.
- studies
- is studying
Next Class Focus
When to “be”, “by”, “for”, “to”
Vocabulary
permanent (adj) 永久
I attend English lessons permanently every Tuesday and Thursday.
temporary (adj) 暂时
I hope that eating medicine every day will be temporary.
attend (v) 上/去 高级版的go
My daughter will attend her friend’s birthday party.
situation (n) 情况
I have this situation under control.
Grammar
The Present Simple (简单) / Present Continuous (次序) and how to use them:
We use the present simple tense when we want to talk about fixed habits or routines – things that don’t change.
We use the present continuous to talk about actions which are happening at the present moment but will soon finish.
Compare these two statements:
- (present simple) I play tennis. – 我经常打网球
- (present continuous/ progressive) I am playing tennis. – 我现在在打网球
(present simple) ‘I play tennis’ tells us that playing tennis is something the speaker always does. It is part of a routine or habit. We can call this a permanent situation.
(present continuous/ progressive) ‘I am playing tennis’ tells us that the speaker is playing tennis right now. Soon the game will be over. We call this a temporary situation.
I drive my car every day to work.
I am driving a car to work today only.
swim
I swim daily.
I’m swimming until 10 AM.
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