◆ something that is doing at the time of speaking

Eg ① I am singing a song now.

② All the students in my class are doing their homework.

　　◆ an action that is often repeated

　　 Eg ① She is always thinking of herself.

　　 ② Mr. Green is always telling the same old joke.

　　◆ indicate that something is taking place in this period of time

　　 Eg We are studying geography this semester.

　　◆ to talk about something in the future

　　 Eg ① They are going to play football.

　　 ② How many students are coming to the meeting?

3. Pair Work

　　Read the passage again. Choose three sentences in the present simple tense and two in the present continuous tense. Say which uses they show.

4. Individual Work

　Practice

1. No one in the department but Tom and I ______ that the director is going to resign.

A. knows B. know C. have known D. am to know

2. - When will you come to see me, Dad?

- I will go to see you when you ______ the training course.

A. will have finished B. will finish

C. are finishing D. finish

3. It ______ long before we ______ the result of the experiment.

A. will not be, will know B. is, will know

C. will not be, know D. is, know

4. Rainforests ______ and burned at such a speed that they will disappear from the earth in the near future.

A. cut B. are cut C. are being cut D. had been cut

5. He ______ of how he can do more for the people.

A. will always think B. is always thinking

C. has always been thought D. does think always

6. I want to know when he _____ for New York.

A. has left B. is leaving C. had left D. would leave

7. My mother and I ______ free tomorrow.

A. are not B. have not been C. will not be D. had not been

Suggested answers:

ADCCBBC

Step 3 Homework

1. Finish the exercises on P67.

2. Prepare for the listening class.