PRESENT SI MPLE VS.

PRESENT CONTI NUOUS

PRESENT TENSE
PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
1. PERMANENT STATES, ROUTINE
ACTIONS
e.g. He works in a software company.
2. GENERAL TRUTH
e.g. The sun rises in the east.
3. TIMETABLES, HABITS
e.g. We start work at 9 every day.
!!!!ANNOYING HABITPRESENT
CONTINUOUS
e.g. You are always interrupting me.
4. SPORTS COMMENTS,
INDICATIONS
e.g. Hill passes the ball to Dawson.
So, ladies, now you mix everything
and beat hard.
1. TEMPORARY STATES,
EXCEPTION TO THE RULE
ACTIONS
e.g. I am working for a software
company this month.
2. AN ACTION, A PHENOMENON IN
CHANGE
e.g. Pollution is growing bigger and
bigger.
3. ACTIONS HAPPENING IN THE
MOMENT OF SPEECH
e.g. Do you mind, I am talking on the
phone now!
4. ARRANGED, PLANNED ACTIONS
e.g. I am meeting the director today.
USE
PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
The Infinitive form of the verb for
most persons, with the
exception of 3rd person
singular.
I work, you work, we work, they
work.

The Infinitive + -s for 3rd person
singular
He, she, it sleeps.
2 elements: auxiliary verb TO BE
+ verb + -ing

I am working
You are working
He (she, it) is working
We are working
You are working
They are working

STRUCTURE
PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Auxiliary verb (DO,
DOES) in the negative
+ verb

I dont (do not) work.
He (she, it) doesnt (does
not) sleep.
Negative form of the
auxiliary verb TO BE+
verb + -ing

I am not working.
She isnt (is not)
sleeping.
They arent (are not)
working.
NEGATIVE FORM
PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Auxiliary verb (DO,
DOES) + Subject +
verb

Do you work?
Does he sleep?
Auxiliary verb TO BE +
Subject + verb+ -ing

Are you working today?
Is she still sleeping ?
INTERROGATIVE FORM
PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
ALWAYS
USUALLY
EVERY DAY
EVERY WEEK / MONTH /
YEAR
ON MONDAYS / TUESDAYS
IN THE MORNING /
EVENING
REGULARLY
OFTEN
SELDOM
NOW
AT THE MOMENT
THESE DAYS
AT PRESENT
NOWADAYS
STILL
JUST THESE DAYS /
MONTH
SPECIFIC ADVERBS
GENERAL RULES
1. SPELLING RULES
PRESENT SIMPLE: ADDING S (3
rd
person singular)
verb + -s : set sets, get gets, drop drops, eat - eats
verbs ending in ss, sh, ch, x, o + -es : guess guesses, blush blushes,
scratch scratches, fix - fixes, go goes
verbs ending in vowel + y + -s : say says, play - plays
verbs ending in consonant + y + -ies : try tries, cry cries, fry fries

PRESENT CONTINUOUS : ADDING -ING
verb + -ing : draw drawing
verb ending in ie turns the ending into y + -ing : die dying, lie
lying
verb ending in -e drops the vowel and adds -ing : make making, dive
diving
verb ending in a stressed vowel + consonant doubles the consonant:
put putting, sit sitting, cut - cutting

GENERAL RULES
2. OTHER GRAMMAR RULES
PRESENT SIMPLE: NEGATIVE FORM, 3
RD
PERSON SINGULAR: NO S
FOR THE VERB IN THE NEGATIVE, BECAUSE OF DOESNT
e.g. She doesnt wakes up at 7. She doesnt wake up at 7.
PRESENT SIMPLE: INTERROGATIVE FORM, 3
RD
PERSON SINGULAR:
NO S FOR THE VERB IN THE INTERROGATIVE, BECAUSE OF
DOES
e.g. Does she wakes up at 7? Does she wake up at 7?

PRESENT CONTINUOUS: ALWAYS EXPRESS IT WITH 2 ELEMENTS
e.g. I working from 8 today, instead of 9. I am working from 8 today,
instead of 9.