Grammar Note. Present Simple Tense and Present Continuous Tense

Present Simple Tense and Present Continuous Tense

Career, job, profession, part-time, full-time, work, occupation, post, position.

Complete the sentences with the correct word below.

1. I worked with many famous people during my ________ as a musician.

2. Igor's so lazy. He never does any _______.

3. I've found this great ______ advertised in the newspaper.

4. Which ______ do you want to go into, exactly? Fashion, design or the media?

5. My first _____ was in a record store.

6. He was offered a ______ of ambassador of Mexico.

7. Part-time workers often work in low-paid _______.

8. I had a _____ job while I was at college.

9. She is a _____ mother.

10. She has a busy job and she often takes _____ home with her.

Part 2

	Present Simple V(s,es)	Present Continuous present form of 'be' + V-ing
	Affirmative
	I/we/you/they work he/she/(it) works	I am (I'm)driving you/we/theyare (you’re)driving he/she/(it) is (he's) driving
	Negative
	I/you/we/they do not (don’t) work he/she does not (doesn’t) work	I am not driving he/she/ (it) is not driving we/they/youare not driving
	Interrogative
	Do I we/you/they work? Does he/she/it work?	AmI driving? Areyou/we/they driving? Ishe / she /itdriving?
	USE
	1.permanent situations or states She works as a nurse. She owns a large shop. 2.repeated/habitual actions (especially with frequency adverbs: often, usually, etc) I usually get upat 7.30. 3. permanent truths or laws of nature Money doesn't buy happiness. Waterfreezes at 0 C. 4.timetables/programmes (future meaning) The match finishes at 7.45. The plane leaves at 6.05. 5. eviews/sports/commentaries/ dramatic narrative Meryl Streep acts brilliantly in this film.	1. temporary situations They're staying at the Park Hotel at present. 2. actions happening at or around the moment of speaking She is looking for a better job. 3. repeated actions with “always” expressing annoyance or criticism She's always interrupting me! 4. fixed arrangements in the near future The Browns are visiting us tonight. (It's all arranged.) 5. changing or developing situations His English is gettingbetter.
NOTES: Spelling in Present Continuous Simple - when the verb ends with a consonant +e(write, smile, come) we drop the final e (writing, smiling, coming) - when the verb ends with one vowel + one consonant(put, run, sit), we double the final consonant (putting, running, sitting) except after -w and -x (knowing, fixing)

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