1 70 Grammar Present forms Present tense simple: Bilingual upbringing The present tense simple is often used for general statements. Highlight the present tense forms in this text. Very often parents who have different first languages want to bring up their children bilingually – that means that the children grow up with both languages as their mother tongues. Many parents report that their children have no difficulties learning two languages at the same time. In fact it can be a big advantage for their later lives because young children remember the sounds and the meaning of a word very easily. They get the feel for the language and this is something they will never forget. However, these children often have enormous problems when they have to do grammar exercises in one of their mother tongues, because they have learned the languages by copying their parents or other people around them and do not know the rules of these languages. Present tense progressive: Mini dialogues 1 The present tense progressive is used for actions that happen at the moment when you are speaking. Underline the forms of the present tense progressive. 1. Mum: What are you doing in the bathroom? Come on or you’ll be late. Lucas: I’m not doing anything. I am just getting ready, that’s all. 2. Karen: Why are you pushing me all the time? Don’t you see that I’m talking on the phone? Greg: Sorry, Karen. 3. Sue: Look at her. She is ignoring me again. Leah: Come on, she is just talking to the new boy from year 6. I think she has a crush on him. Present tense simple or present tense progressive? (1) Circle the correct form. The first one has been done for you. Usually I am spending / spend 1 my weekends with my friends. But this weekend I cannot be together with them because my cousin Peter from Australia is staying / stays 2 with us. He is living / lives 3 in Perth on the west coast of Australia. At the moment he is visiting / visits 4 my other cousins, but tonight he is wanting / wants 5 to go to a dancing competition. He is liking / likes 6 dancing because he is going / goes 7 to a school where he can do drama and modern dance. But I am not thinking / don’t think 8 I can come with him because I am not feeling / don’t feel 9 well. So he will have to go on his own. I hope he is not minding / does not mind 10 . Tip T See grammar in the coursebooks • Prime Time Transition 5: Unit 1 page 13 • Prime Time 5: Unit 2 page 26 • Prime Time 5: Unit 4 page 56 • Prime Time 6: Unit 1 page 16 • Prime Time 6: Unit 4 page 56 • Prime Time Transition 5: Grammar page 155 • Prime Time 5: Grammar page 150 • Prime Time 6: Grammar page 171 1 2 3 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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