ContentsContents

PRESENT SIMPLE

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

HAVE/HAVE GOT

PRESENT SIMPLEPRESENT SIMPLEUses and ExamplesUses and Examples

1. Habitual actions

E.g: I go to the gym on Monday and Friday.

2. Permanent states

E.g: The Sun rises in the morning.

3. Feelings and emotions (like, hate, want, hope, etc.)

E.g: I like your new house.

4. Verb of senses (hear, taste, see, smell, sound and taste)

E.g: Listen! I hear some noise.

5. Making declarations

E.g: I hope I will see you again.

6. Headlines

E.g: Ship sinks in midnight collision.

7. Instructions and itineraries

E.g: First you sign in your account.

8. Summaries of events

E.g: … At the end of the play both families realize that their hatred had caused the deaths of the lovers...

PRESENT CONTINUOUSPRESENT CONTINUOUS

The positive structure

Subject + aux Verb + main Verb-ing

E.g: I am reading book

  

PRESENT CONTINUOUSPRESENT CONTINUOUSStructuresStructures

The negative structure

Subject + aux Verb + not + main Verb-ing

E.g: She is not staying at home now.

The question structure:

(?)+Aux Verb + Subject + main Verb-ing

E.g: What Are they playing

PRESENT CONTINUOUSPRESENT CONTINUOUSUses and ExamplesUses and Examples

1) Actions happening at the moment of speaking (now, at the moment)

E.g: What are you doing?

I am listening to music now.

2) Fixed plan in the near future

E.g: She is going to Paris next week.

3) Temporary actions

   E.g: His father is working in HCMC this month.

4) Actions happening around the moment of speaking (longer actions)

E.g: My friend is preparing for his exams.

5) Trends

E.g: More and more people are using

cell-phone

6) Repeated actions which are irritating to the speaker (with always, constantly, forever)

E.g 1: Andrew is always coming late. 

(I don't like it)

E.g 2: Andrew always comes late.  

(Here I don't give any comments)

1. Have' and 'Have got' are used for possession.

Jack has got a beautiful house. OR Jack has a beautiful house. 2. E.g : I have a red bicycle.

OR I've got a red bicycle.

NOT I've a red bicycle.

Have/Have gotHave/Have got

3. Only 'have' is used when talking about actions.

I usually have breakfast at 8 o'clock.NOT I usually have got breakfast at 8 o'clock.

4. ‘Have’ used in the present simple, past simple or future forms. 'Have got' are only in the present simple

1.Subject + have/has + got + objects

E.g: He has got a new car.

2. Subject + have/has + not + got + objects

We have not got a dog. Or: We haven't got a dog.

3. (?) + have/has + subject + got?

How many children have you got?

HaveHavegotgot

1.Subject + have/has + objects

E.g: He has a new car.

2. Subject + don’t/doesn’t + have + objects

We don’t have a dog. He doesn’t have money

3. (?) + does + subject + have?

How many children do you have?

HaveHave