Unit 2

Grammar References Unit 2

Present Simple:

Use:
The present Simple is used to express:

a habit.
I get up at 7.30.
He smokes too much.

a fact which is always true.
Vegetarians don’t eat meat.
We come from Spain.

a fact which is true for a long time.
I live in Oxford.
She works in a bank.

Short answer:
Do you like Peter? - Yes, I do.
Does he speak french? - No, he doesn’t.

Present Continuous

Use:The Present Continuous is used to express:

an activity happening now.
They’re playing football in the garden.
She can’t talk now because she’s washing her hair.

an activity happening around now, but perhaps not at the moment of speaking.
She’s studying maths at university.
I’m reading a good bookby Henry James.

a planned future arrangement.
I’m meeting Jane at 10.00 tomorrow.
What are you doing this evening?

Short answer:

Are you going? - Yes, I am./ No, I’m not.
Is Anna working? - Yes, she is. / No, she is’nt.

State verbs:

Aren’t normally use with the present continuous!

State verbs are: like, love, ahte, need, want, prefer, know, realise, suppose, mean, understand, believe, remeber, belong, fit, contain (beinhalten), consist (bestehen aus), seem , have

Have/ Have got

Form: Negative Questions
She doesn’t have any money. Do they have a new car?
She hasn’t got any money. Have they got a new car?

Use:

Have and have got mean the same. Have got is informal. We use it more when we speak then when we write.
„ Have you got a light?“
England has a populatin of 60 million.

When have expresses an activity or a habit, have (not have got) is used.
I have a shower every day.
NOT I’ve got a shower every day.

In the past tense, we use had (with did an didn’t).
I had a bicycle when i was young.
Did you have a nice weekend?
They didn’t have any money.

Short answer:

Do you have a camera? - Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.
Have you got a camera? - Yes, I have. / No, I haven’t.