VIP Class Notes (Whitney) (S)

Homework

  1. Look! Junko ________ into the water.
    1.   jumps
    2.   is jumping
  2. Don’t give Jan any cheese. She ________ it!
    1.   hates
    2.   is hating
  3. I ________ lunch in the cafeteria every day.
    1.   have
    2.   am having
  4. Marie-Claude isn’t a Canadian. I ________ she comes from France.
    1.   believe
    2.   am believing
  5. Salman is rich — he ________ a Mercedes.
    1.   drives
    2.   is driving
  6. I ________ to Toronto next Thursday. Do you want to come?
    1.   go
    2.   am going
  7. I ________ you’re crazy!
    1.   think
    2.   am thinking
  8. It ________ quite hard — perhaps we shouldn’t go out tonight.
    1.   snows
    2.   is snowing
  9. Once a week, I ________ to an art class at the college.
    1.   go
    2.   am going
  10. You won’t find Jerry at home right now. He ________ in the library.
    1.   studies
    2.   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.