Read the sentences in the passage “My first day at Senior High” and answer the questions.

1) I live in Shijiazhuang, a city not far from Beijing .

2) I am writing down my thoughts about it.

What are the tense differences are there between these two sentences?

Ask the students to analyze the tenses.

 Step2

 Today we will revise the uses of the present tenses. One is the present simple tense, the other is the present continuous tense. Now let’s look at some examples:

(I) She visits her parents everyday.