Use this post to learn English and German at the same time.

What is that?

It is a photograph.

Who is that?

That is my father.

How old is he?

He is sixty-five.

Where does he live?

He lives in Berlin.

Who is this?

This is my mother.

How old is she?

She is sixty-one.

Do you have a brother?

Yes, I do.

Where is he?

He is in France.

How old is he?

He is thirty-eight.

What does he do?

He is an engineer, an artist, a novelist.

Who is this?

This is my sister.

Where is she?

She is in America.

What does she do?

She is a nurse.

Is she married to an American?

No , she is not.

She is not married.

She is single.

Are you married?

No, I am not.

I am divorced.

Are you divorced?

Yes, I am.

You too?

Yes, me too.

Present simple tense looks like this:

Do you speak English?

Yes, I do. Howabout you? Do you speak it?

No, I don’t. Well, I speak a little.

Present continuous tense looks like this:

Are you speaking English?

Yes, I am. I am speaking English.

Because if you are speaking English I cannot understand you.

I am not speaking English.

Click the link to see a list of conversations with present continuous tense.

Listen and read and write down the “present continuous” sentences from the conversations.

Present simple tense is used to describe habits, customs, seasonal changes, things that occur with regularity.

“I speak English” means generally “I can speak it”.

Present continuous tense is generally used to describe things or events that are happening now!

I am speaking English. Right now I am speaking it to you.

Comprehension Questions in Present Simple Tense (for Miyako Part 3 Dialogue)

Here are some questions in present simple tense. Listen to this conversation and then in pairs ask each other these questions.