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    Concept Question For Simple Present and Present Continuous

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    The document provides examples of concept questions that can help differentiate between the present simple and present continuous tenses. For the sentence "They're painting the wall", the questions confirm it is happening now and the painters can be seen, showing the action is ongoing. For "She's a shop assistant", the questions determine she has the job but don't specify if she is working currently, demonstrating it can refer to present or ongoing aspects of her role. Further questions are given to clarify the meaning of conditional sentences using concept questions.

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    Concept Question For Simple Present and Present Continuous

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    The document provides examples of concept questions that can help differentiate between the present simple and present continuous tenses. For the sentence "They're painting the wall", the questions confirm it is happening now and the painters can be seen, showing the action is ongoing. For "She's a shop assistant", the questions determine she has the job but don't specify if she is working currently, demonstrating it can refer to present or ongoing aspects of her role. Further questions are given to clarify the meaning of conditional sentences using concept questions.

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    The document provides examples of concept questions that can help differentiate between the present simple and present continuous tenses. For the sentence "They're painting the wall", the questions confirm it is happening now and the painters can be seen, showing the action is ongoing. For "She's a shop assistant", the questions determine she has the job but don't specify if she is working currently, demonstrating it can refer to present or ongoing aspects of her role. Further questions are given to clarify the meaning of conditional sentences using concept questions.

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    Concept Question For Simple Present and Present Continuous

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    The document provides examples of concept questions that can help differentiate between the present simple and present continuous tenses. For the sentence "They're painting the wall", the questions confirm it is happening now and the painters can be seen, showing the action is ongoing. For "She's a shop assistant", the questions determine she has the job but don't specify if she is working currently, demonstrating it can refer to present or ongoing aspects of her role. Further questions are given to clarify the meaning of conditional sentences using concept questions.

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    CONCEPT QUESTION FOR SIMPLE PRESENT AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS These examples show how concept questions could

    be used to help differentiate between the main functions of the present simple and present continuous. Target sentence: Look! They're painting the wall Checking questions Is it happening now? Can you see it? Is the painting finished? Are they painting now? Is this the past, present or future? Yes Yes No Yes Present

    Target sentence: She's a shop assistant. She works in a shop Checking questions Has she got a job? Is she working now Does she work there every day? Is this the past, present or future? Yes Don't know Yes Present, but also past and probably future.

    This example shows how concept questions can be used to clarify the meaning of more complex structures: Target sentence: If I won the lottery, I'd buy a new car Checking questions Have I won the lottery? No

    Am I going to win the lottery? Am I going to buy a new car? Has he got a lottery ticket? Is this real, or imaginary?

    Probably not Probably not Maybe Imaginary

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