The Present Continuous and the Present Simple Tense (Настоящее длительное и простое время)

The Present Continuous
and the Present Simple Tense
Большинство глаголов употребляются и в Present Continuous, и в Present Simple.
Listen! She is playing the piano.
She plays the piano very well.

Некоторые глаголы употребляются только в форме Present Simple:
Hate – ненавидеть
I hate snakes

Love – любить
People love freedom.

Like – нравиться
Do you like my new sweater ?

Want - хотеть
She doesn’t want any problems at school.

See - видеть
What can you see through the window?

Have – иметь какую-нибудь вещь
My grandma has a good country house.

Need - нуждаться
I need some food

Make up sentences describing the pictures.
need/ help
Want/ to help/
her brother
Have on/ a new dress
Bear/want/
to sleep

See/birds/ through the window.
They/ see /themselves

like/ raspberries
like/ raspberries
like/ freedom

Like/ vegetables
Like/ vegetables
Snow Queen / hate/summer

Present Simple or Present Continuous
What…you…(to want)? – I …some tea (to want)
Who …the drums (to play)? – It’s my little brother. He … the drums very well (to play).
When …you… the house (to leave)? At 8.30 in the morning.
What … you… (to do)? I … my homework (to do)
What … the boys…at the moment (to sing)? – They … an old English song (to sing)

Выбери глаголы, которые употребляются только в форме Present Simple
Hate
Love
Play
Like
Read
Arrange
Need
Want
Look
See
Have
Go

Вставь глагол в нужной форме на место пропуска.
I … in the park and … my notes at the moment (sit, write). It … hot (be). I … hot weather (hate). I … not … to sit here ( want). But Roger … tennis with his friend ( play). They … and … (run, laugh). They … neither ice cream nor cold lemonade ( need). They … fun (have). They …this weather ( like).