F2F Class Notes 16th November (Tony)

How is it going? It’s going ok, how about you?

How are you doing?

Tense (Past, Present, Future) and Time

(V) + ing – present continuous ( doing something, using time before, now and after)

I’m eating dinner.  – If you see ING then you know what time the verb is happening. eg: Eating is happening before you say this, at the same time you say this, and after you say this.

I’m sitting at the park. – This explains you are at the park now. and also a while before and after.

He is teaching me.

I’m looking at sentences on the screen.

(V.) Present Simple

I eat dinner – If you don’t see ING, you don’t know when it is happening, so it is just often or usually

I sit at the park.  – this explains you usually or often sit at the park.

Every week Tony teaches me English.

I get up at 7am for work.

I look at news online when I’m bored.

I look at news on my phone when I wake up.

I read the news when I take the subway.

I read the news in the afternoon.

I read the news when I’m finished with lunch.