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    The document provides information about the simple present and present continuous tenses in English. It outlines the forms used for each, including verbs, negatives, and questions. Examples are given for common regular and irregular verbs. The uses of each tense are described as expressing habitual or repeated actions in general for simple present versus ongoing or continuous actions happening now for present continuous. Signal words that indicate each tense are also listed. Finally, exercises are included to practice forming sentences in both tenses.

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    The document provides information about the simple present and present continuous tenses in English. It outlines the forms used for each, including verbs, negatives, and questions. Examples are given for common regular and irregular verbs. The uses of each tense are described as expressing habitual or repeated actions in general for simple present versus ongoing or continuous actions happening now for present continuous. Signal words that indicate each tense are also listed. Finally, exercises are included to practice forming sentences in both tenses.

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    Form

    Simple Present Present Continuous

    infinitive To + ing
    (3rd person singular: infinitive + 's')  

    I speak I am speaking
    you speak you are speaking
    he / she / it speaks he / she / it is speaking
    we speak we are speaking
    they speak they are speaking

    Negative Negative

    I don’t speak I am not speaking

    You don’t speak You aren’t speaking

    He/she/it doesn’t speak he doesn’t speaks He/She/It isn’t speaking

    We don’t speak We aren’t speaking

    You don’t speak You aren’t speaking

    They don’t speak They aren’t speaking

    Exceptions

    Exceptions when adding 's' : Exceptions when adding 'ing' :

     For can, may, might, must, do not add s. e:

    Example: he can, she may, it must


    Example: come - coming

     After o, ch, sh or s, add es. but: agree – agreeing/ see -seeing

    Example: do - he does, wash - she washes  1 syllable word: consonant + vowel + consonant. The
    final consonant is repeated.
     After a consonant, the final consonant y
    becomes ie. (but: not after a vowel) Example: sit – sitting stop- stopping get -getting

    Example: worry - he worries  Final ie becomes y.


    but: play - he plays
    Example: lie - lying
    Use

    In general or right now?


    Do you want to express that something happens in general or that something is happening
    right now?

    Simple Present Present Continuous

    in general (regularly, often, never) right now

    Colin plays football every Tuesday. Look! Colin is playing football now.

    present actions happening one after another also for several actions happening at the same time

    First Colin plays football, then he watches TV. Colin is playing football and Anne is watching.

    Signal words

     always  at the moment

     every ...  at this moment

     often  today

     normally  now

     usually  right now

     sometimes  Listen!

     seldom  Look!

     never

     first

     then

    Note: The following verbs are usually only used in Simple Present:


    be, have, hear, know, like, love, see, smell, think, want

    Exercises

    Positive sentences
    Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

    1. The lesson (start)   at 9 o'clock.

    2. He often (wear)   a black cap.

    3. I (meet)   my friends in the youth club tonight.


    4. My friend (move)   house tomorrow.

    5. My birthday (be)   in September.

    Negative sentences
    Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

    1. She (not / ride)   her bike right now.

    2. We (not / stay)   at home tonight.

    3. I (not / like)   bananas.

    4. They (not / know)   the answer.

    5. I (not / sit)   in the garden at the moment.

    questions
    Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

    1. When (arrive / the plane)  ?

    2. (visit / you)   Jane in hospital today?

    3. What time (get up / you)   in the mornings?

    4. Why (cry / she)   now?

    5. (swim / they)   in the pool at the moment?

    Text
    Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

    1. I (live)   in London.

    2. This weekend, I (visit)   my friends in Brighton.


    3. Right now, I _____________ (read) a newspaper.

    4. In the early afternoon, we (want)   to go on a sightseeing tour.

    5. In the evening, we usually (play)   table-tennis.

    6. The concert (start)   at 8 o'clock.


    7. When ____________________ (Paul/ go) to school every day?

    8. My train (arrive)   in London at 7.50 in the evening.


    Answers: Positive sentences: 1) starts, 2) wears 3) am meeting 4) is moving 5) is Negative sentences: 1) isn’t riding 2) isn’t staying
    3) don’t like 4) don’t know 5) am not sitting Questions: 1) does the plane arrive 2. Are you visiting 3) Do you (usually) get up 4) is
    she crying 5) Are they swimming Text: 1)live 2) am visiting 3) lam reading 4) want 5) play 6) starts 7) does Paul go 8) arrives

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