2018-06-06 Grammar: simple vs. progressive

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: finish exercise 4 on p. 6 if you didn’t in class
	(Optional: complete the irregular verbs list on p. 4.)
5 a are
  b is changing
  c believe
  d has resulted
  e are burned
  f increases
  g causes
  h is
  i has begun
  j have discovered
  k has risen
6 a will leave / is going to leave
  b will be staying / is going to be staying
  c will find / is going to find (More common: will probably find / is probably going to find)
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The parents of my friend are visiting.
A friend of my parents is visiting.
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p. 12 (on the board) - With your partner, think of some sentences about what has happened at the time the picture is taken, what is happening now, and what is going to happen next.
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Simple vs. Progressive
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I don’t normally drink coffee, but I’m drinking some right now.
I speak Spanish but I’m not speaking Spanish now.

He’s rude. = He’s a rude person.
She’s being rude. = She’s generally not rude, but right now she’s behaving in a rude way.
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p. 18 exercise 4 - Decide whether simple or progressive aspect should be used in each sentence. (Sometimes both choices are correct.) Complete the sentences with the correct aspect and time frame.
1 am studying
2 was reading
3 a. get
  b. are marching / marched
4 isn’t studying / doesn’t study
5 speaks / is speaking / spoke / was speaking
6 a. was looking
  b. discovered
7 a. reached
  b. thought
8 am trying / will try
9 a. was studying
  b. heard
10 be sleeping
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The general meaning of perfect aspect is that one action happened (or will happen) before something else.
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Between simple past and present perfect, there’s another thing to consider:
I drank one cup of coffee today. = I am finished with coffee for today.
I have drunk one cup of coffee today. = I may have more coffee today.
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Homework: p. 20 exercise 6 - Complete the sentences with simple or perfect verbs.