The present continuous or the present simple

[Rachel Adams]

Hello. Could you please correct my choices?




I am asking only about the sentences in which the present progressive must be used. The sentences are not numbered in the book.

''But we are not sitting in our classrom today.''
''We are sitting on a coach.''
''We are going on a school trip today.'' '
''This year we are visiting a zoo.''
''We are not wearing it today.''
''We are wearing jeans and T-shirts.''

In the second paragraph.

''It's nine o'clock and I am having lunch.'' '
'I am sitting on the grass with my friends and we are eating our sandwishes.''

Do you think it is possible to use the simple present in some of them?

I am sorry that my post looks so strange. I tried to edit it but I coudn't.

 

[emsr2d2]

Hello. Could you please correct my choices?

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I am asking only about the sentences in which the present progressive must be used. The sentences are not numbered in the book.

1. ''But we are not sitting in our classrom today.''
2. ''We are sitting on a coach.''
3. 'We are going on a school trip today.''
4. ''This year we are visiting a zoo.''
5. ''We are not wearing it today.''
6. ''We are wearing jeans and T-shirts.''

In the second paragraph.

7. ''It's nine o'clock and I am having lunch.''
8. ''I am sitting on the grass with my friends and we are eating our sandwiches.''

Do you think it is possible to use the simple present in some of them?

I am sorry that my post looks so strange. I tried to edit it but I coudn't.

I have numbered your sentences in the quote box to make it easier to respond.

The simple present doesn't work in any of those sentences in the context of the paragraphs. In fact, the only ones that could use the simple present in any context are sentences 6 and 8 but then they would refer to a habitual action.

I notice that you made two other errors in the exercise you posted a link to. Can you spot them?

 

[Rachel Adams]

I have numbered your sentences in the quote box to make it easier to respond.

The simple present doesn't work in any of those sentences in the context of the paragraphs. In fact, the only ones that could use the simple present in any context are sentences 6 and 8 but then they would refer to a habitual action.

I notice that you made two other errors in the exercise you posted a link to. Can you spot them?

Thank you very much. Maybe you are talking about the following sentences? ''We are going on a school trip today.'' ''It's nine o'clock and I am having lunch.''

 

[emsr2d2]

Thank you very much. Maybe you are talking about the following sentences? ''We are going on a school trip today.'' ''It's nine o'clock and I am having lunch.''

The errors were:

Our lessons usually started now.
We goes on a school trip every year.

Note that, in the second one, the error was not that you used the present simple; it was that you used the wrong word after "we".

 

[Tarheel]

Did you mean to say:

We are sitting on a couch?
:?:

 

[Tdol]

PS classroom

 

[emsr2d2]

Did you mean to say:

We are sitting on a couch?
:?:

I can't find anywhere that the OP used "couch". Are you suggesting that that is what he/she should have used instead of "coach"? If so, that's incorrect. They were on a coach (a bus) waiting to go on their school trip to the zoo.

 

[Rachel Adams]

The errors were:

Our lessons usually started now.
We goes on a school trip every year.

Note that, in the second one, the error was not that you used the present simple; it was that you used the wrong word after "we".

I was looking for mistakes in my text. ''Started'' and ''goes'' were not written by me.

 

[emsr2d2]

I was looking for mistakes in my text. ''Started'' and ''goes'' were not written by me.

Absent any other information, I assumed they were all your answers.

 

[Tarheel]

I can't find anywhere that the OP used "couch". Are you suggesting that that is what he/she should have used instead of "coach"? If so, that's incorrect. They were on a coach (a bus) waiting to go on their school trip to the zoo.

I wasn't making a suggestion. Without context that makes it clear what is intended, this American would think the item of furniture (sofa) was intended.

I haven't found any context that makes that clear. Only your explanation does that.

 

[emsr2d2]

I would say that the subject matter of the entire paragraph in the photo in post #1 provided enough context to show that "couch" was so unlikely as to be impossible. The OP didn't post random standalone sentences - they were part of a longer story.

 

[jutfrank]

Without context that makes it clear what is intended, this American would think the item of furniture (sofa) was intended.

When was the last time you used a couch to go on a school trip?!

 

[GoesStation]

In Tarheel's defense, other than the rare motor coach, the only transportation-related use of "coach" in American English refers to a class of service.