Present Simple and Present Continuous Tenses: Grammar Rules and Exercises, Notas de aula de Inglês

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Present

Simple

and

Present

Continuous

Present Simple

USE

 We use the Present Simple to talk

about habits/routines.

e.g. He always shaves his face in the morning.

Present Simple

 To refer to the Present Simple we use

time expressions such as:

• (^) always
• (^) every day / week / month / year
• (^) often
• (^) usually
• (^) never e.g. I always play rugby on Saturdays.

TIME EXPRESSIONS

Present Simple

* I, you, we, they – same form

e.g. I go to the gym every night.

* add – s/es to the 3rd person singular

e.g. Susan goes to the gym every night. Spelling rules verbs ending in ss, sh, ch, x, o  + es e.g. brushes verbs ending in a consonant + y y + ies e.g. studies verbs ending in a vowel + y  + s e.g. plays

FORM

Affirmative

Present Simple

don’t + bare infinitive (without ‘to’)

e.g. I don’t go to Paris every year.

doesn’t + bare infinitive  3rd person singular

(without ‘to’) e.g. She doesn’t study Maths every day.

FORM

Negative

Present Simple

Do / Don’t + subject + infinitive (without ‘to’)

e.g. Do you play basketball? Don’t you like her? She is so nice!

Does / Doesn’t + subject + infinitive (without ‘to’)

e.g. Does Carl go to school by bus?

- No, he doesn’t. His father takes him by car.

FORM

Interrogative

Present

Continuous

USE

 We use the Present Continuous

to talk about actions happening at

the moment of speaking.

e.g. Peter is studying in his room now.

 We use the Present Continuous to talk about

temporary situations.

Future Now Present Simple (habit, routine) e.g. Tom isn’t having lunch in the canteen today. He is feeling sick. Present Continuous Action in progress

Present

Continuous

USE

• (^) now
• (^) at the moment
• (^) at present
• (^) tonight, this afternoon… e.g. My mother is watching her favourite comedy tonight.

Present

Continuous

TIME EXPRESSIONS

Present Simple of to be + verb-ing

e.g. At the moment she is buying the tickets. Spelling rules Most verbs  infinitive + ing e.g. is working Verbs ending in -e  e + ing e.g. are making Verbs ending in consonant + vowel + consonant  double the last consonant + ing e.g. beginning

Present

Continuous

FORM

Affirmative

Patrick / write / a story / for / the local newspaper / now. Patrick is writing a story for the local newspaper now.

Present Simple

or Present

Continuous?

Write sentences with the following cues.

I / go / to the cinema at least once a week. I go to the cinema at least once a week.

Present Simple

or Present

Continuous?

Write sentences with the following cues.