Week 4 Talking about habitual actions

Tina: What are you doing in your spare time, Bob?
Bob: I am read. I am also play chess. What about you, Tina?
Tina: I am dancing every Saturday. My brother is dance with me. I am riding my
  bike every Sunday.

*There are six mistakes in this conversation.

Tips!

When you want to talk about habitual actions (日常習慣), remember to use the present tense (現在式) and NOT the present continuous tense (現在進行式). Compare the following sentences. They have different meanings.

  Present continuous tense Present tense
  I am riding my bike now. I ride my bike in my spare time.
  我正在踏單車。 我有空時會踏單車。

Don't add be (am, is, are) before a present tense verb:

Wrong sentences

 

Correct sentences

I am go to bed at nine o'clock.

 

I go to bed at nine o'clock.

She is goes swimming every day.  
She goes swimming every day.

Don't add -ing to the main verb in a present tense question:

Wrong questions

 

Correct questions

What do you doing in your spare time?

 

What do you do in your spare time?
What does she doing at the weekends?  
What does she do at the weekends?