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Language Focus/Focus/Grammar

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

Simple Present Present Continuous
To talk about: To talk about:
Functions 1. something that is true in the 1. activities at the
present. moment of speaking
2. something that happens 2. future plans of
regularly in the present. arrangements (ex: future
3. something that is always true. schedules)

Adverbs of frequency: Adverbs of time:
Adverbs Indefinite: always, almost At the moment of
always, usually, often, speaking: now, at this
sometimes, rarely/seldom, moment
almost never, never.
Future plans: tomorrow,
Definite: once a week, twice a this night, this Monday,
month, three times in a week. next week, etc.

1. My name is Nisa Rahmawati. 1. I am preparing the tools
Examples I am 22 years old. for the surgery now.
2. I work a night shift in the 2. She is working the
hospital three times a week. night shifts this weekend.
3. The nurses always check the
patients regularly.
4. Human body contains 206
bones.

a Complete the following sentences and decide whether you have to use simple present
tense or present continuous.

1. Hospitals always ……….. (open) 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.
2. Nurses also often ………….. (work) the night shifts in different wards at hospitals.
3. The nurse ………….. (take care) the patient in Room 15A at this moment.
4. A surgeon …………… (need) to sterile himself before entering the operating room.
5. The kid’s name …………… (be) Dhania and she …………… (be) 12 years old.
6. The family members of the patient with severe depression ……………. (consult) with the psychiatrist now.
7. The new nurse in Pediatrics Ward ……………… (join) a training in the end of this month.

8. Scrub nurses ……………… (be) responsible in assisting surgeons to minimize complications in a surgery.
9. Nurses also ………………….. (deal with) the emotional condition of the patients.
10. A triage nurse ………………… (determine) the patients’ need level of medical assisstance.

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