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    DESCRIBING

    A JOB
    GRAMMAR

    PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT


    CONTINUOUS
    PRESENT SIMPLE OR PRESENT CONTINUOUS?
    Always
    Often
    At the moment
    Currently Sometimes
    Every month This month
    Each year Today
    Generally This week
    Now Twice a month
    Never Usually

    SHORT TIME ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY: go after the verb TO BE but before another MAIN VERB
    E.g.: We always meet at 9 o’clock / He is sometimes late
    FREQUENCY EXPRESSIONS: usually go at the end of the phrase
    E.g.: The manager is having lunch at the moment
    PRESENT SIMPLE
    Affirmative Negative Question
    Talk about habits
    Routines I work I don’t work Do I work?
    General Truths You work You don’t work Do you work?
    He/She/ It He/She/ It Does He/She/ It
    WORKS DOESN’T WORK WORK?
    We work We don’t work Do we work?
    You work You don’t work Do you work?
    They work They don’t work Do they work?
    PRESENT SIMPLE
    I / be / fluent in English
    Judy Garner / work / in purchasing
    She / be / from Australia
    Our company / supply / technical products
    We / not / work / on Saturdays
    PRESENT CONTINUOUS
    Talk about things which Affirmative Negative Question
    are true only at the moment
    I AM working I’m not working Am I working?
    Process which is not You ARE working You aren’t working Are you working?
    completed He/She/ It IS
    He/She/ It ISN’T IS He/She/ It
    WORKING WORKING?
    WORKING We aren’t working Are we working?
    We ARE working You aren’t working Are you working?
    You ARE working They aren’t working Are they working?

    FORM: They ARE working

    TO BE +V.ING
    PRESENT CONTINUOUS
    Correct the mistakes

    We are needing an audiosystem for the conference


    Our staff are not understanding our financial position
    They are advertising for a new sales executive at the moment
    I can’t employ him because he’s having no references
    Don’t disturb Richard just now because he’s doing the payroll
    I’m thinking this new system is a big mistake
    I’m thinking of going on holiday next week
    Some people are still preferring to use a flipchart instead of
    Powerpoint
    REVIEW
    TALKING ABOUT YOUR JOB
    WHO
    AM
    I?

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