Page 106 - GTTT_3_SB_SE

Present Progressive John is watching TV now.
• We use the Present Simple for habits, repeated actions
AFFIRMATIVE and permanent states.
John watches TV at the weekend.
FULL FORMS SHORT FORMS • We use the Present Simple for habits, repeated actions
I am playing I’m playing and permanent states.
You are playing You’re playing John watches TV at the weekend.
He is playing He’s playing TIME EXPRESSIONS
She is playing She’s playing
It is playing It’s playing PRESENT PROGRESSIVE PRESENT SIMPLE
We are playing We’re playing now, at the moment usually, always, often, etc.
You are playing You’re playing today, these days, every day/week, etc.
They are playing They’re playing this week / year, etc. in the afternoons/summer, etc.
on Mondays, at the weekend, etc.
NEGATIVE
FULL FORMS SHORT FORMS Stative Verbs
I am not playing I’m not playing The following verbs are usually not used in the Present
You are not playing You aren’t playing Progressive. They are called stative verbs:
He is not playing He isn’t playing
She is not playing She isn’t playing • see, hear, smell, etc.
It is not playing It isn’t playing • like, love, hate, want, need, etc.
We are not playing We aren’t playing • think, understand, know, etc.
You are not playing You aren’t playing • be, have, cost, etc.
They are not playing They aren’t playing

QUESTIONS SHORT ANSWERS like / love/ enjoy / prefer / hate / can’t stand
+ -ing
Am I playing? Yes, I am. No, I’m not.
Are you playing? Yes, you are. No, you aren’t. like / love / enjoy / prefer / hate / can’t stand
Is he playing? Yes, he is. No, he isn’t. + noun
Is she playing? Yes, she is. No, she isn’t. would like / want + to
Is it playing? Yes, it is. No, it isn’t.
Are we playing? Yes, we are. No, we aren’t. like / love / enjoy / prefer / hate / can’t stand + -ing
Are you playing? Yes, you are. No, you aren’t. I enjoy listening to music.
Are they playing? Yes, they are. No, they aren’t. Pablo can’t stand going to art galleries.
like / love / enjoy / prefer / hate / can’t stand + noun
We use the Present Progressive: I like rock music. Sam hates pop.
• for actions that are happening at the moment of speaking. would like / want + to
What is Kelly doing now? She's talking on the phone. I’d like to go to the theatre.
• for temporary states. Beth wants to go to the cinema.
I’m working at a supermarket these days.

FORMATION OF -ing NOTE: We use like + -ing to say what we like in general:
• most verbs take -ing talk  talking I like going to the cinema.
• verbs ending in -e drop the -e Do you like tennis?
before the -ing come  coming We use would like to to say what we want to do
• verbs with one syllable ending and to make offers, invitations and requests.
in one vowel + one consonant stop  stopping I’d like to go to the cinema.
double the consonant before Would you like to play tennis with me this
the -ing afternoon?
• verbs with two or more syllables begin  beginning
ending in one stressed vowel BUT
+ one consonant double the happen  appening Module 2
h
consonant before the -ing
• verbs ending in one vowel + -l travel  travelling Past Simple of regular verbs
double the -l before the -ing
• verbs ending in -ie change -ie to -y lie  lying AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
before the -ing FULL FORMS SHORT FORMS

TIME EXPRESSIONS I played I did not play I didn’t play
You played
You did not play
You didn’t play
now, at the moment He played He did not play He didn’t play
today, these days She played She did not play She didn’t play
this week / year, etc. It played It did not play It didn’t play
We played We did not play We didn’t play
You played You did not play You didn’t play
Present Progressive vs Present Simple
They played They did not play They didn’t play
• We use the Present Progressive for actions that are
happening at the moment of speaking and for temporary
states.

104

GTTT 3_REV_SERBIA_SB_Gram Reference.indd 104 17/10/2019 4:30:05 µµ