TOEIC- Present Simple and Continuous Needs Analysis and Presentation

TOEIC- Present Simple and Continuous Needs Analysis and Presentation
Ask your partner questions to fill the gaps below.

Your partner’s name:

Topic

Present

Past

Future

Work (in
detail)

Use of
English at
work

Use of
English
outside
work
(travel,
friends,
hobbies,
etc)

Language
learning
(in class
and/ or
self-
study)

Language
exams

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Ask any questions below which you haven’t yet to write more things above.

Work


What are you working on at the moment?



What company/ division/ department/ section/ team do you work for?



What do you do?



What does your company/ division/ department/ section/ team do?



What kind of company do you work for?



Who do you work for?

English at work


Are you in the middle of writing anything in English now?



Do you ever make English phone calls?



Do you find it difficult to write in English?



Do you have problems with teleconferences in English?



Do you normally use automatic translation (= computer translation)?



Do you often write in English?



How many English emails are probably waiting for you right now?



What do you find difficult about English language meetings?



As we speak, are you thinking in English?

English outside work


Are you currently following any English language dramas?



Do you usually watch movies with English subtitles, with Japanese subtitles or with no
subtitles?



How often do you socialise with English speakers?

Language learning


Are you taking any other English classes now?



Do you study on the train on the way home in the evening?



Do you listen to anything in English?



Do you listen to NHK English radio in the morning?



How do you learn vocabulary?



How much English study do you typically do?



Is your English improving?



What new English language apps are you using?



What do you do to improve your listening skills?



What skills are you particularly trying to improve?

Language exams


Are you presently studying for any English language exams?



Is your TOEIC score getting better?

Ask similar questions using the underlined parts above.

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Without looking above for now, fill the gaps below with the correct present tense from your
memory or grammar knowledge. If there is no Wh- question word, it is just a “Yes/ No”
question.

Work



What _______________________________________ (you work on) at the moment?



What company/ division/ department/ section/ team _______________ (you work) for?



What ________________________________________________________ (you do)?



What _________________ (your company/ division/ department/ section/ team do)?



What kind of company ______________________________________ (you work) for?



Who ____________________________________________________ (you work) for?

English at work



__________________________ (you in the middle of write) anything in English now?



_____________________________________ (you ever make) English phone calls?



____________________________________ (you find) it difficult to write in English?



_________________________ (you have problems) with teleconferences in English?



__________________________________ (you normally use) automatic translation?



_____________________________________________(you often write) in English?



How many English emails ___________________ (probably wait) for you right now?



What _______________ (you find difficult) difficult about English language meetings?



As we speak, ______________________________________ (you think) in English?

English outside work



_________________________ (you currently follow) any English language dramas?



_____________________________________________________ (you usually watch)

movies with English subtitles, with Japanese subtitles or with no subtitles?



How often ___________________________ (you socialise) with English speakers?

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Language learning



________________________________ (you take) any other English classes now?



_____________________ (you study) on the train on the way home in the evening?



_______________________________________ (you listen) to anything in English?



___________________________ (you listen) to NHK English radio in the morning?



How ___________________________________________ (you learn) vocabulary?



How much English study ________________________________ (you typically do)?



_______________________________________________ (your English improve)?



What new English language apps ______________________________ (you use)?



What ____________________________ (you do) to improve your listening skills?



What skills _____________________________ (you particularly try) to improve?

Language exams



______________________ (you presently study) for any English language exams?



_________________________________________ (your TOEIC score get better)?

Check your answers with the previous page, asking your teacher if you are not sure why

one of the two options is wrong.

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Again without looking above for now, fill the table below with time expressions which often
go with one of the two tenses.

Time expressions which often go with
Present Simple (“Do you…?” etc)

Time expressions which often go with
Present Continuous (“Are you…
ing…?” etc)

Check above, then see if you can add similar expressions.

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Add the expressions below to the two columns above.
almost always
almost never
always
every day
generally
halfway through
never
on Sundays
once a month
sometimes
temporarily
this week
three times a year
today
twice a week
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Suggested answers
Bold = ones in the original questions. Not bold = the list above. Note that many more
answers are possibly, especially with Present Simple, so check any extra things you wrote
with your teacher.
Time expressions which often go
with Present Simple (“Do you…?”
etc)

Time expressions which go with Present
Continuous (“Are you… ing?” etc)

ever
normally
often
usually
How often
in the evening
in the morning
typically
almost always
almost never
always
every day
generally
never
on Sundays
once a month
sometimes
three times a year
twice a week

at the moment
in the middle of
right now
as we speak
currently
now
presently
halfway through
temporarily
this week
today

Use those key words to help discuss the meanings of and differences between the
Present Simple tense and Present Continuous tense.

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