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PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS
PRESENT SIMPLE
USES
1: First, we use the Present Simple when something is generally true :
The sun rises in the east. People need food. It snows in winter.
2: Secondly, we need to use this tense for a situation that we think is more or less permanent :
She works in a bank. They love coffee. She has three children.
3: The next use is for habits or things that we do regularly. We often use adverbs of frequency in this case
I sometimes play tennis. We often go to the cinema.
FORMS
- The affirmative is really easy. It's just the verb with an extra 's' if the subject is 'he',
'she', or 'it'.
Ex. - I play tennis twice a week.
-Mary wants to come with us.
- For the negative form , you need to use 'do not' (don't) or ' does not' (doesn't)
Ex. - I don’t like football. - He doesn’t like fish.
- To form a yes/no question , we use 'do' or 'does' before the subject.
Ex. Do you play tennis well?
- To form a 'wh' question , you just add the question word at the front:
Ex. Where do you live?
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
USES
1: First, we use it for things that are happening at the moment of speaking.
I'm working at the moment. Please call back as we are eating dinner now. Julie is sleeping.
2: We can also use this tense for temporary situations, when we feel something won't continue for a long time.
She's staying with her friend for a week. I'm living in London for a few months.
FORMS
The present continuous (sometimes called the present progressive) tense in English is really easy to make and is the same for all verbs. We make it using the present simple of 'be' + verb-ing:
I am sleep ing I 'm sleep ing
After a consonant, the final consonant y becomes ie. (but: not after a vowel) Example: worry - he worries but: play - he plays
Example: sit - sitting After a vowel, the final consonant l is doubled in British English (but not in American English). Example: travel - travelling (British English) but: traveling (American English) Final ie becomes y. Example: lie – lying
Do you want to express that something happens in general or
that something is happening right now?
Simple Present Present Progressive
in general (regularly, often, never) Colin plays football every Tuesday. present actions happening one after another First Colin plays football, then he watches TV.
right now Look! Colin is playing football now. also for several actions happening at the same time Colin is playing football and Anne is watching.
Signal words
always every ... often normally usually sometimes seldom never first then
at the moment at this moment today now right now Listen! Look!
Note: The following verbs are usually only used in Simple Present: be, have, hear, know, like, love, see, smell, think, want
