Present Simple & Continuous - Intermediate English with Mark #9

okay guys how is that sorry about this looks a little blue but is it working for you guys is it is it can you see me the it looks a little blue doesn't it but I don't know something something happened with yeah I'm sorry I'm blue I don't know how to change that please make me perfect in English oh okay well try I look purple I know I'm sorry I don't I don't know why I don't know why I look purple yeah yeah okay guys so we've figured it out all we did let me turn this over here oh I'm blue why am i blue oh well oh well oh well oh well oh well means we say this when we we we can't do anything about the problem we can't do anything about the problem oh well oh well all we did was unplug and plug back in the camera ooh difficult English difficult English uh I'm blue oh well Smurf yeah okay well let's start class all we did all we did all we did means the only thing we did all we did was unplug and plug back in the camera unplug unplug unplug so with with cables with a cable you you can unplug it and plug it in unplug plug it in and then return we can say bye anyways guys sorry about that how are you today we I see we've got Pasco is here and no Tico's here I haven't seen holid he hasn't done his homework recently Steve Lynn's here roses here Selma's here vivex here yeah Giada's here Omar Ekaterina Sergei caios here Wow alia gay Adam Stone Wow guys how are you Jess Karn hello coke coke coke yeah Louise hey guys so let's let's this is my other class so I don't think Khaled's here Elena are you here Elena and Zara Noriko and and Pascoe so I'm gonna open the class now we're gonna start well we started unit 2 on Tuesday didn't we we started unit 2 on Tuesday and we talked about the vocabulary right and and unit 2 is about housing right housing the grammar we're gonna do some grammar today and the grammar is about the present the present tenses the present tenses now listen you guys are really good students you guys are really good students but in in in in in in my experience in my experience students think I'm all blue like I don't know how to change that hey guys Julian's here he's gonna try and make me not so blue that's better hey thank you Thank You Julian they're much better now you can there we go anyways what was I talking about well the present tense is usually students when you when you when you study English you start with the present tenses and so students when I teach the students always think oh I don't want to study this again this is so easy but students always make mistakes with the present tenses they always make mistakes with the present tenses and to understand if you understand the present tenses it will be much easier for you to study the present perfect and the past tenses later also there are some some things today we're going to talk about about the present tenses that maybe you don't know did you guys know we can we can use we can use present tenses to talk about the future sometimes did you know that we can use the present tenses to talk about the future did you guys know that can you give me an example someone you probably know that Rosa you probably know that what happened to the video I think we fixed it it's technology we always problems with technology but we fixed it yeah we can we can use the present tenses to talk about about the future can anybody give me an example what's that what's an example of a sentence that is talking about the future with with the present tenses I'll give you an example we have an exam tomorrow we have an exam tomorrow oh right good job you guys are all talking about the Train kiyo yeah that's good that's good Marc fixes the video that's that that's future it's not really future if you heat water it boils it's not really a future Selma that's that's always right that's always okay so let's let's talk about it so we're gonna talk about two tenses today we're going to talk about the present symbol and the present continuous now I don't know I know I don't know why but sometimes sometimes people say simple present right it's the same thing okay I don't know why there are two names also some people say present progressive present progressive yeah I don't know why we have all these different names yeah he caught throwing a good yeah tres Brown I'm not sure maybe your Internet's really slow but we've we've fixed the video everything's fine now if you have problems with your computer then I don't I don't think it's I don't think it's our computer I think it's your computer i Alana's here I am going to an exam tomorrow yeah okay so let's let's talk about guys listen seriously maybe some things today will be easy for you but I promise I have taught this lesson many times and I promise there you will learn some things today you will learn some things today okay now we start usually we start when we when we teach students grammar you know we start with the present simple because it's the most important grammar tense in English the present simple really is the most popular and important grammar tense in English it really is students always want to study different tenses and they make mistakes with the present simple no that's that's stupid you should really really really study the present simple right and because we use this every day so many times yeah very good Santos yeah Sunderland that's not really a future meaning right and that's not all that's not really a future meaning we have 60 people watching Caio cool guys like the video share the video please yeah but Santos look at Santos's comment guys or thought Santos that's a really good well you forgot the T in start but the movie starts at seven o'clock tonight for example so we we understand this is future okay well well we're gonna talk about the future yeah good coyote we're gonna we're gonna talk about the future meaning or the future usage of the present simple a little bit later let's go to smart Elena Zara Noriko anybody else who's a premium subscriber open smart open Unit two and let's look at grammar two one present simple and continuous present simple and continuous now look this sentence is this sentences is actually kind of difficult for some students look guys look Brenda usually wears glasses but she isn't wearing them today huh okay and here we have an example of the present simple and here we have an example of the present continuous how can you get in my class okay yeah very quickly yeah so you can you can you can join my class and you can you know receive homework and do quizzes and stuff and usually I check my students homework and we do other things outside of the YouTube class we if you if you sign up on our website you can try it for free for one month you don't have to pay any money so yeah please sign up just try it for free for one month if you guys want if you just go to go to the website HTTP WWC art English comm slash smart slash live it's it's sixty four dollars sixty four dollars a month I know that's a lot of money but try it for free try it for free for one month you don't have to pay anything and you can cancel after one month no problem just try it and you'll see it's actually pretty it's pretty cool it's a pretty cool program we have ok so here we go Brenda usually wears glasses but she isn't wearing them today so here we have present simple and here we have present continuous ok cool there's Brenda hey Brenda alright alright so Prez and simple now we we talked about this a little bit last week right or in unit 1 we talked about auxilary verbs right now of course you guys know with he and she and it present simple you always need an S you always need an S negative I do not play i we could say I don't but look he and she in it he does not she does not now look look look many many students they put the s here plays no no no no no no no remember in unit 1 we learned if you use do or does or dude this verb must be infinitive finally questions do I do you does he does he I think this is easy for you I think you guys have studied this I think you have learned this ah spelling rules spelling rules ok so let's do something guys let's let's do something with the YouTube chat now you guys know we do this he he plays or or she she likes right or it it has houses a special verb but we have crazy spelling right we have crazy spelling of well we have spent not crazy spelling but we have spelling special spelling rules for verbs with s okay we have special spelling rules so I want you guys in the chat I want you to type the correct spelling of the third person singular so if I type this you guys should type this okay if I type that you should you should type this what about this one if I type kiss what should you guys type what should you guys type so go ahead go ahead go ahead go ahead and go ahead alright what else what's another verb what's another verb eat you guys you know type type type the correct spelling of these verbs okay um clothes let's do doo doo doo doo stop let's do I need some help I need some o fix that's a good one what else watch what else bye-bye yeah okay good here come the answers thank you bye let's do another one let's do try try what about say hmm say wow yeah okay that's enough Wow good job try Rosa what's the what's the spelling try hmm so most of you guys most of you guys have the have the correct down so let's let's look at the spelling rules a little bit not it's not really difficult usually if a verb ends in Y so sorry listen if herb that ends in Y like study we we usually change we usually not always we usually change Y to ie s IE s okay so so usually not always so this one yes we do we do okay but not always so example studies tries Mary's flies cries yeah the countdown is really annoying what what countdown which countdown Selma which countdown is YouTube okay what's wrong guys something happened let me know now I said usually usually okay we did we change Y to IES IES right but we the Y doesn't change doesn't change for a ye y ou Y or you why okay oh I see I see so if you guys chat too much it it it you have to wait I see I see okay so let's look here so this one this one is uy uy look this one is a Y a Y so don't change don't change Y to IE for a y ey o Y or uy okay look we changed this one we change this one try because because it's not a you yoy right it would tries we're in about study study okay it's just why it's not a why oh why you why okay so studies okay cool cool tomorrow's teachers day in Brazil cool cool all right yeah ever my parents are both teachers to well they were teachers yeah okay another rule if a verb if a verb ends in es es s h SS CH X we we add e okay so SH let's look at SH example wash wash well we need es because the last letters are wash okay or pass SS right kiss SS t CH CH fix right fixes so fixes fixes okay kisses watches right eats is not special closes is not special stops is not special buys remember you why we don't change to IES so and say is the same as buy okay so that's the spills are the spelling rules Oh your parents are teachers to summer that's cool that's cool okay oh I keep I always do that okay now let's talk about let's talk about the meaning of the present simple now you guys listen just listen okay I know you think this is super easy but just listen we use the present simple to talk about repeated actions repeated actions repeat means you do it again and again and again and again and again and again and again now why why why do you do it again and again and again well maybe maybe it's a habit maybe it's a habit maybe it's a hobby maybe it's a hobby maybe it's something you do every day maybe there's a schedule every day or not every day but example this class is a schedule right Tuesday and Friday so I teach this class on Tuesday and Friday right that's easy I think you guys know that right I play tennis it's my hobby I do not play soccer I do not play soccer do you play tennis right or every morning uh I hate that every morning the train leaves leaves at 8 o clock it does not leave at 9 what time does the train usually leave presents simple because it's happening again and again and again and again and again and again and again right cool Caio comes to this class every time right or Selma goes to Josh's class or Shawn's class right so every example of another example last example every 12 months earth circles the Sun it's kind of a schedule isn't it it's kind of a schedule but it's also it's also a fact it's also a fact I mean fact what's a fact a fact is just true in formation and maybe it's always true it's always true it's true in in in Algeria it's true in Brazil it's true in Canada right it's true everywhere right it's a fact it's a fact so usually facts we use present simple okay also this one generalizations in general in general in general birds fly right in general birds fly yeah I'm not sure why you guys are giving out phone numbers that's kind of strange no let's let's stop giving out phone numbers okay in general birds fly birds fly now is this is this true for all birds do all birds fly do all birds fly is that true for all birds mark wears a cap every day yeah in general in general yeah but do all birds fly do all birds fly - all birds fly of course not right penguins penguins don't fly penguins don't fly what else what's another bird that doesn't fly Austen ostrich can ostriches fly watch ostriches don't fly so maybe you guys don't know this bird ostrich ostrich ostrich ostrich yeah this ostrich and just like just like present simple present simple ducks fly well Canadian ducks fly ducks don't fly in LA yeah chickens don't fly or do chickens fly our penguins birds yeah they're I think so yeah our penguins birds are penguins birds birds yeah look look Kyle they are flightless birds flightless flightless that means Oh Chris Brown understands that flightless brah flightless birds yes penguins are birds anyways but in so I was gonna say this is an ostrich right and remember remember remember watch ch we need es right well same thing with ostrich look ostrich right so es ostriches don't fly ostriches don't fly penguins don't fly yeah yeah but in general in general birds fly right so that's what I mean in general of course penguins don't fly ostriches don't fly but 99% of birds fly Valerie what's up what's up ok so let's look at some examples cats like milk turkeys don't fly that's true yeah cats like milk this is a this is a generalization right birds do not like milk right or I look at this one sushi comes from Japan this is a fact this is a fact sushi doesn't come from Australia ok ok you like cats umma I have three cats I have three cats I like cats - ok so let's talk about the next thing so so we talked so the present simple guys listen listen listen right we talked about repeated actions right repeated actions why well maybe they are your habits or your routines or your hobbies right and then we talked about facts or generalizations generalizations so now let's talk about a different meaning scheduled events in the near what in the near future what does this mean scheduled events in the near future this is super popular so listen scheduled events in the near future so whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa ok let's look at let's look at these examples ok look here the train leaves tonight so it's the near future then it's not fun it's not it's not a long time from now the near future the train leaves tonight at six o'clock now we only use this grammar if it's a schedule why does the train leave at six because that's the schedule and by the way guys I say schedule I say schedule but many people many people in English say schedule schedule I my my teacher I I studied computers and my teacher always says schedule schedule schedule schedule see look we have two so I don't know if you guys let me make this a little louder sketchy schedule said you said you yeah - two pronunciations two pronunciations so I think that I don't know because my teacher my computer teacher is Canadian but he says schedule so it's not British English it's just we have two ways to say it but two ways to say it I don't like I don't like schedule it's too difficult to say you like you like that one go out a loop a schedule schedule I don't like it I don't like it I like schedule schedule okay so scheduled events in the near future and we talked about this right we talked about some examples before the bus doesn't arrive at 11:00 it doesn't arrive at 11:00 it arrives at 11:00 p.m. right it arrives at 11:00 p.m. that should not be a comma that should be a period I'll fix that later I'm sorry about that when do we board the plane when do we get on the plane when do we board the plane is it the same in Portuguese kind of interesting when does class begin tomorrow what time does class start tomorrow right so guys if you're asking about schedule if you're asking about a scheduled event use present simple marks class starts at 9:00 o'clock on Tuesday right Mark's class starts at 9:00 o'clock on Tuesday right Shan Shan teaches class Shan teaches on Wednesday so next Wednesday Shan teaches his class okay it's a schedule it's a schedule please zoom out okay all right sorry okay now adverb placement adverb placement okay adverb placement example always or only right so if I have a sentence like this if I have a sentence like this I take marks class I take marks class where where do we say only where do we say only where where do we where do we actually only is a bad example let's use let's use always where should we say always here where should we say always I'll give you another sentence do you do you study do you study at night where do you say always here where where do you say always aah knob John has understood that has studied this yeah after the subject Oh Debra be careful I don't like that I don't like that only is a magical word where did you learn that in Sean's class ok no guys not after the subject please stop saying that stop saying that ok I don't like that rule I'll tell you later I'll tell you later ok so usually usually ok now we're starting starting it here usually adverbs go before the main verb they go before the main verb ok so where is the main verb the main verb is here so example I always take marks class the main verb is here so do you always study at night do you always study at night ok now you guys you guys think yeah that's after the subject that's after the subject but when we study present continuous you will see it's it's not it's not it's not it's not good that rule is not good ok good all right guys that's easy for you now what about what about negatives what about negatives example I I don't I don't sleep I don't go to bed early I don't go to bed early I don't go to bed early so what's the rule what's what's the rule where do we put the adverb easy just put it before the main verb I don't often go to bed early okay now let's talk about let's talk about adverbs a little bit you guys understand always you understand often usually sometimes you know not not often we could say seldom seldom not Selma but seldom and we have another word in English that has the same meaning rarely rarely so I don't know I don't know the percentages but maybe always is like a hundred percent often is I don't know 85 percent usually is like I don't know 75 percent sometimes is gosh I don't know fifty percent yeah hardly ever yeah okay hardly ever okay so so so sometimes seldom or rarely I guess maybe that would be like ten percent of the time so what do we have here what do we have here we could say a phrase we could say once in a while once in a while and maybe that's about I don't know 25 percent once in a while occasionally occasionally occasionally I think that's the same meaning as sometimes but thank you very much occasionally yeah occasionally yeah yeah Pascal what no what no what no what all right hardly ever yeah hardly ever thank you for that hardly ever probably about five hardly ever every now and then yeah is this one every now and then thank you very much thank you very much now Joe yeah thanks guys for helping me and then of course and then of course never never never I want I just want to say one last thing about present simple and adverbs it's really common to say I don't did you do to do to do to do very often it's really calm and it's really really common it's really really common right yeah yeah one example of hardly ever it's easy yeah example I always go to bed early right I always go to bed early well just say hardly ever I hardly ever go to bed early it's the same meaning not the same meaning but the same way we use adverbs hardly ever hardly ever is really popular really really popular and if I want if I want to know this example pass Goa pass Goa you take vitamins you take vitamins right pass Goa not not vitamins but vitamins vitamins and and what do I ask you I want to know you pass Goa you always take vitamins often take vitamins usually take vitamins sometimes take vitamins you once in a while take vitamins you seldom take vitamins you rarely please tell me please tell me what's what's what's my question what's my question so something lips something do you take vitamins what's the what's the question what what what it's pretty easy I think you guys know I think you guys know there are no comments now for some reason but I'll just give you the answer how often every now and then yeah it's very common it's very common yeah almost never yeah thank you very much zero how are you hardly ever or almost never same meaning thank you very much these are these are these are all very common yeah they're all very very common Debra thank you how often yeah so Kate how often do you drink coffee how often do you drink coffee guys how often do you drink coffee let me ask you guys you guys type your answers okay question number one how often do you drink coffee how often do you click like on marks videos how often do you post Cola or and everybody how often do you go outside how often do you go outside how often do you go outside how often do you check out our Facebook group how often right right the numbers guys write the numbers because I don't know what you're what you're talking about what you're talking about right I never yo Mara finally you're here I was waiting for you no I'm joking I wasn't waiting for you I never drink coffee why not that's your crazy coffee is delicious coffee I always click like on marks videos thank you Steve you always drink coffee I rarely click rarely I'm sorry Lucas I'm sorry I I guess you don't like my videos I'm sorry anyways guys let's talk about present continuous present continuous now you guys you guys know present continuous you know present continuous you know this right I am you are he is she is right okay that's easy okay of course we use present continuous to talk about something that is happening right now I know that's easy for you I know that's easy I know that's easy what are you doing you are what are you doing you are learning English right now you are learning English right now mark is not standing mark is sitting right okay easy easy now look a little bit more difficult a little bit more difficult we use the present continuous to say that we are in the middle of doing something we're in the middle so when I say in the middle here's the start here's the end and right now I'm in the middle okay I'm not finished okay now listen look look maybe you're not doing this right now listen because this is important maybe you're not doing this right now but in your life you are between the start and the end okay example this guy this guy I am studying to become a doctor now maybe right now this guy is sleeping but he can you know he wakes up he can say yeah in my life I'm studying to become a doctor I'm studying to become a doctor yeah I mean our country to Jessica okay another example right now am I am i reading am i reading a book no but I can say I'm reading I am reading do you guys know Stephen King teto Stephen King the Dark Tower I like Stephen King I like Stephen King so you don't know Stephen King Stephen King is like one of the most famous English authors now he has written many books and also many many many many movies have come from his books so am I reading this right now no I'm I'm I'm teaching English right now but in my life I'm reading this book I'm reading this book I'm reading this book do you guys understand I am between the start and the finish of reading this book so we say in my life right now I'm reading this book you guys check out Stephen King like Stephen King come on you guys don't know Stephen King have you ever seen the Green Mile the the Green Mile have you ever seen this movie have you ever seen this movie what's you love The Dark Tower Thank You Kate somebody understands Green Mile this is a Stephen King book gosh many Stephen King have you ever seen the shining and The Shining is kind of an old movie but probably yeah this is a really scary movie have you ever seen this movie The Shining it's really if you like scary movies this one's probably the best scary movie it's called The Shining The Shining check that out check out the shining if you like scary movies I hate scary movies I I hate scary movies you've seen that movie several times Steve okay yeah I I hate scary movies but check out the shining if you like scary movies okay so in my life where was it let's go back I'm reading this book I'm reading this book also I I am studying I am studying computer programming programming computer programming maybe you guys don't understand that computer programming computer programming oh this stuff this crazy stuff right so this is called programming so in my life I'm I don't have to say in my life just say I'm yeah I'm studying I'm studying computer programming I'm studying computer programming if I say I study computer programming that means always and no I don't want to study computer programming forever right no it's it's just in my life right now I'm between the start and the finish Lukas is working on a new project thank you guys tell me about something that you're doing in your life please write in the comments what is something that you're doing in your life not not not right now not right now but in your life now in your life now okay you are between the start and the finish my examples I'm studying computer programming and I'm reading I'm reading whoops I'm reading a book I'm reading The Dark Tower the gunslinger I'm reading this book right now right sorry I just lost my chat with you guys so I'm gonna put this back there we go tell me about something you're practicing Debra is practicing agility you don't need a capital practicing agility with with with her dog Santosh is writing a book on grammar Wow cool Zahra is studying German you're studying Germans are wow you're studying English and German Wow good for you whew jessica is working on her on I'm working on Jessica I'm working on my thesis good job guys good job okay Kate is is doing repairs on her flat on her apartment Guadalupe is taking EAP classes at Hillsborough College good job Guadalupe shoe bomb is preparing for IELTS yeah good lots of people are preparing for an entrance exam I am studying or I am learning yeah both are okay both are okay Elena both are okay Rafael's studying software engineer ring engineer ring okay um Elena is trying to be a good person good guys good excellent excellent so you understand no no yeah it's it's it's very common if you use these let if you use these time words listen listen yeah but okay so I don't know how to say this person's name I read books as a fact yeah in general in general I read you don't have to say books just say I read I read I'm reading a Stephen King book right now yeah you're resting okay thank Santos yeah yeah I'm studying studying you you I'm studying for my exam now guys it's very common to talk about longer actions longer actions that are happening ah POSCO that's good I'm glad so if you talk about today today well example in Vancouver guys in in Vancouver let's do Vancouver where I am Vancouver weather Vancouver weather now currently right now right now it's cloudy but in general what could you say about today's weather here's Friday here's Friday it's raining today it's raining today so I'm talking about all day today all day it's raining today okay what you know so weather is a really easy example but what else could we what else could we say for this well look guys this guy this guy his job is to sell bicycles okay sell bicycles okay and today is what what's today today is October 14th I think right today is October 14th and already this guy has sold many many many bicycles many bicycles so you can he can say this month a long time this month is a good month so you can say I am having a good month I'm having a good month right how can you stay in that cold temperature seriously that's cold Vancouver are you serious that's not cold 12 degrees do you think that's cold oh my goodness you should come come come to Canada in the winter 12 is not cold look see where are you an India or something super hot there I don't I don't want to go there it's too hot for me you're writing a book about your friends cool cool okay okay so this person could say I'm having a good month yeah you Katarina's yeah - 20 come on in Catarina - 5 is cold - come on right look guys look he's coughing a lot today he must be sick now if you've studied the present perfect continuous you could also say the present perfect continuous for this meaning I don't want to talk about that but you know I think Selma studied this right I have been having a good month same thing I'm having a good month he has been coughing a lot today he is coughing today these are all these are the same meaning ok now the last actually two more things and then we'll finish class changes - changes right changes happening around now changes happening around now if something's changing in your life or in your world we usually use continuous to talk about now it's changing now look at these verbs increase rise fall improve write begin start change become and get same meaning write and grow grow it's really popular to use these verbs with the continuous let's look at some examples oh my goodness have you seen gas prices recently have you seen gas prices recently prices are really rising actually when I wrote this yeah prices I said prices are really increasing they're going up right every day it's different every day it's higher higher higher higher higher but right now what's happening well gas prices are actually getting now gas prices are Oh quite a loop a two dollars and seven cents are you serious where where are you oh is that USA USA is got a crazy you don't if you're if you're in the USA don't expect us to understand you're crazy you're crazy because USA doesn't use liters Guadalupe where are you where are you two dollars and seven cents per liter Tampa okay do you guys understand the American gas system no Guadalupe you everybody here USA is the only country in the world that doesn't use liters Oh frustrating frustrating all right cool we've got somebody from Germany there okay all right seriously stop putting your phone number in the chat you're blocked see you later gallon yes yes USA uses this crazy system gallon I have no idea what a gallon is what's a gallon what's a gallon I don't know go to Lupe do you know what a gallon is how many liters are in a gallon right how many liters a hundred and seventeen yen yeah yeah I know they're crazy USA's well they're not crazy but they're crazy about this right they use gallons and feet and pounds oh four dollars per litre no way where are you four dollars per litre there are four liters in a gallon are you sure about that is it exactly four how many liters are in a gallon I know it's something yeah it's not for its three point seven eight five four one crazy system what a crazy system come on it's not for its three point seven eight five four one liters okay anyways anyways India is one dollar yeah three point eight nope my O'Meara it's three point seven eight five four one three point seven eight five four one okay anyways USA please change your measurement system it doesn't make sense okay I love this time of year look at this girl look at this girl she loves spring she loves spring because flowers flowers are growing and birds are singing right flowers are growing and birds are singing alright okay and the next one look the teacher is helping helping the student your teacher English is really getting better it's getting better it's becoming better it's becoming better yes yo Mara I know I'm just joking so these verbs changes when we're talking about changes is your English getting better selma rosa yo mera steve kayo gosh who else's who else always comes Zara Elena is your is your English getting better Rosa pass Cola is your English getting better no Tico do you think your English is getting better as your improving is your English improving improving yes okay okay okay also guys think about this you know get it's very common to say oh I'm something now my body is changing I'm getting hungry I'm getting hungry I'm getting hungry right or I'm getting tired I'm getting tired but it's changing this is really really really popular English yeah I'm I'm getting hungry I'm getting tired I'm it's maybe maybe it's six o'clock at night and outside outside it's getting dark it's getting dark do you guys understand what I mean your pronunciation sucks well I can help you with that I mean you can try we I mean for example in my in my premium class Noriko and POSCO and Elena made videos and I and I watched the videos and I and I actually made a video of their videos and and I I explained the you know what how to fix their speaking a little bit and the mistakes they make so you guys should try the premium class seriously I don't know why more people don't do it because it's free for one month and you can cancel after one month so but you know that's fine if you if you guys are too busy or something that's fine but it's getting dark outside or I'm getting hungry super common English and usually students don't don't say this odd is getting bored cool okay it's a good example I'm getting bored I'm sorry about that I'm sorry and the last thing I want to talk about is is sure plans about the future and I see a lot of examples at the beginning of class about this and we'll talk about this more later whoa hey we'll talk about this more later let's just go down and if you're really if you're really really really really sure about something that's happening in the future you can use the present continuous okay now it's it's a plan it's not a schedule don't you know remember schedules usually we use present simple but a plan a plan you usually use present continuous I'm meeting some friends after work I'm not going to the party tonight is he visiting his parents next weekend isn't he coming with us tonight yeah okay and last thing last thing last thing adverb placement now remember adverb placement with present simple remember I said usually adverbs go before the main verb and this is true for present continuous - it's true for present continuous - okay so example I am let's what are some examples I am only wearing I am I'm only wearing what is this kind of shirt guys do you know what this shirt is called what's this kind of shirt I am not wearing I am not wearing a sweater right I am only wearing a polo shirt I am only wearing a polo shirt so you see only goes before the main verb some students before they said oh yeah put put the put the adverb after the subject well that's that's not correct this is not correct okay so a really easy rule put your adverbs before the main verb okay put your adverbs before the main verbs so let's look at some more examples well I'm just watching TV this means only it's not a t-shirt it's t-shirt doesn't have buttons right shabam it's just a polo shirt we say polo okay I'm just watching TV I'm not I'm not I'm not watching a movie I'm not reading I'm just watching TV I'm just watching TV are you still watching TV right are you still watching TV so still goes before the main verb and last one oops he is only playing games he's only playing games cool all right let's finish up now premium subscribers premium subscribers I want you to do I want you to do two things for homework for me okay premium subscribers so I want you to do of course as always I want you to do the exercise for grammar too one okay please do all of this send it to me and then I will make a video about your about about your mistakes next I want you to do a listening activity now I want you to do listening to one okay so renting an apartment so don't worry about these questions this is just kind of like a speaking a warm-up kind of thing but I want you to do the exercise so here here is the audio right here I want you to type your answers in the exercise here okay I want you to type your answers in the exercise so example let's let's read the instructions together you are going to listen to a phone conversation between a renter and a land Lord while you listen complete the table so I want you guys to put information here yes I did Sarah I received it late yesterday so I didn't check it and I haven't checked it yet I haven't checked it I'll check it later today if I have time so I want you guys to do that and then when you're finished share it with me like you always do and I will check it so two things for homework right and also remember premium subscribers if you're not sure about the homework you can you can open the blog right you can open the blog and you can see my class and you can see the the homework information and also you can see the sour wanted to see the the class notes right Zahra so that's there for you so if you miss a class just check the blog okay check the blog okay guys thank you very much I'm sorry about the the camera problems we had at the beginning of class if you guys if you guys want to try the the premium thing for one month you can sign up at smart English comm slash smart slash live okay please sign up I would love to have more students but if you can't no problem I understand there's the link in the chat I will be back on Tuesday you guys check out our Facebook group if you if you want to learn English between our classes and you have questions you can ask us questions in the learn English on Facebook group guys see you on Tuesday next week and we're gonna talk about state and dynamic verbs we're gonna talk about the state and dynamic verbs grammar whoops grammar 2-2 state and dynamic verbs cool guys have a wonderful weekend see you next week bye now

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Length: 62min 1sec (3721 seconds)

Published: Fri Oct 14 2016