martes, 15 de enero de 2013

Real English series: Present continuous and present simple

Two new videos today in the Real English series. The first one is an introduction to the present continuous tense through the structure going to.

The interviewers asks all passers-by the same question:

Excuse, where are you going?

Watch the video and note down the answer each person gives.



You can watch the same video with subtitles on the Real English site here.
And  you can do an interactive activity on the Real English site here.

The second video is an introduction to the present simple tense through the question

What does he do?
What does she do?

Remember we use the auxiliary do/does to make questions about the present simple with most verbs (the lexical verbs, that is, the normal verbs, those which have a meaning). Do is used with all the persons except with  he / she / it (third person singular), with which we use does  instead.

As usual, the interviewer revises some other questions that have come up in previous video clips:

Can you introduce me to your friend?
Can you spell your name, please?
Can you tell me something about your friend?
Can you give me two adjectives to describe your friend?
How old is he?



You can watch the same video with subtitles on the Real English site here.
And  you can do an interactive activity on the Real English site here.