Unit 1.

 

                    UNIT 1. HOW DO WE LEARN THINGS.

The things we need to learn in this unit.

    - Present Simple

    - Present Continuous

    - Present Simple vs Present Continuous

    - There is /There are 

    - There is ... somebody        There isnt anybody...

    - Vocabulary of the unit.

    - The first 5 irregular verbs from the book.

1) Present Simple.

We are going to use the present simple to indicate:

        - Routines or habits .   I wake up at 7:30.

        - Likes,dislikes or feelings.   I like coffee/ I don´t like burgers.

        -  General truths or facts. A year has 365 days.

It is important to pay attention to the third person (He /She / it). It changes.

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4) There is/ There are

We use there is/ are to say "hay o existen".  There is refers to the singular or uncountable things while there are refers to the plural or countable things.

There is milk . There are 3 pencils.

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2) Present Continuous.

We use the present continuous to indicate something that is happening now or it is very possible to happen in the future.  To form the present continuous we need : the verb to be as an auxiliary verb(am/is or are) + main verb with ing.

Ex. I am playing football now.

3) Somebody/anybody/ nobody

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3) Present Continuous vs Present Simple

It is very easy to differentiate when are we going to use present simple or present continous.

1) The meaning: If the sentence indicate a routine, like or a fact we know that we use present simple. If the sentence indicates that is happening now, it is present continuous.

2) Some words:

    Present simple: Some adverbs like always, never, sometimes may indicate routines so those adverbs  help us to identify the present simple.

    I rarely drink tea in the morning (it is a routine )

  On the other hand, some expressions like now, at the moment , here...  indicates that the action is taking place and we need to use the present continuous.

I am drinking tea at the moment.

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