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The Simple Present and Progressive

1. The document provides information about verb tenses and conjugations in English, including the simple present and present progressive tenses. 2. For the simple present tense, it lists the positive and negative forms of verbs for the first person singular and plural and third person. It also provides spelling rules for adding -s, -es or -ies for the third person singular form. 3. For the present progressive tense, it again lists the positive, negative and question forms and provides examples of how to form the -ing verb form for different types of base verbs.

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The Simple Present and Progressive

1. The document provides information about verb tenses and conjugations in English, including the simple present and present progressive tenses. 2. For the simple present tense, it lists the positive and negative forms of verbs for the first person singular and plural and third person. It also provides spelling rules for adding -s, -es or -ies for the third person singular form. 3. For the present progressive tense, it again lists the positive, negative and question forms and provides examples of how to form the -ing verb form for different types of base verbs.

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1/ THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

positive negative question

I speak I do not speak Do I speak?


He / She / It speaks He / She / It does not speak Does he / she / it speak?
You /We / They speak You / We / They do not speak Do you /we / they speak?

Spelling Rules

Subject Pronouns 1 2 3
I / You / We / They read -go try
walk -teach
-push
-miss
-mix

-- + --s -- + --es -y → -ies


He / She / It reads -goes
walks -teaches tries
-pushes
-misses
-mixes
plays / -ay -‘o’ + ES (do)
buys / -uy -‘ch’ +ES (touch/ match
stays / -ay -‘sh’ + ES (finish/wish)
enjoys / -oy -‘ss’ + ES (kiss/cross)
- ‘x’ + ES (fix/ relax)

*The 5 VOWELS in English are: (A, O, E, I, U)

1
YES / NO QUESTIONS IN THE SIMPLE PRESENT
You / to speak / French She / to prepare / lunch

Do you speak French ? Does she prepare lunch?

- Yes, I speak French. (long answer) - Yes, she prepares lunch.


- Yes, I do. (short answer) - Yes, she does.

- No, I don’t (do not) speak French.


- No, She doesn’t prepare lunch.
- No, I don’t.
- No, she doesn’t.

*Signal words of the simple present: always / every ... / often / usually / sometimes /
seldom /never / rarely / first / then

2/ THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE / CONTINUOUS TENSE

positive negative question

I am speaking I am not speaking Am I speaking? Commented [a1]:


Commented [a2R1]:
He / She / It is speaking He/She/It is not speaking Is he / she/ it speaking?
You/We/They are speaking You/ We/ They are not speaking Are you /we / they speaking?

*Signal words of the present progressive: at the moment / at this moment / today /
now / right now /Listen! / Look!

The auxiliary verb ‘to be’ in the simple present


Positive form Negative form
I am (‘m) I am not (‘m not)
You / we / they are (‘re) You / we / they are not (aren’t)
He / she / it is (‘s) He / she / it is not (isn’t )

2
Example:
(to learn): WE ARE LEARNING ENGLISH NOW.
1 The auxiliary verb ‘to be’ in the simple present.
2. The main verb of the sentence (to learn)
3. The -ing form.

YES / NO QUESTIONS IN THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE


You / to speak / French She / to prepare / lunch
Are you speaking French? Is she preparing lunch?
Yes, I am speaking French. Yes, she is preparing lunch.
Yes, I am. Yes, she is.
No, I am not speaking French. No, she isn’t preparing lunch.
No, I’m not. No, she isn’t.

How to add the ‘-ing’ to a verb:


1. We add the ‘-ing’ to most verbs without changing the base form.
-Wait → waiting / speak → speaking
Cry crying / fly flying
2. If a verb ends in -e, omit the -e and add the ‘-ing’.
-use → using / move → moving
3. to see → seeing (when we have double ‘e’, we keep both of them)
4. When a single vowel is followed by a single consonant, double the final consonant.
-Sit → sitting / drop → dropping

5. We double the last consonant of two-syllable verbs when the 2nd syllable is stressed.
- begin / beginning

6. When a verb ends in ‘ie’, change it to –y and add the ‘ing’.


- lie → lying / die → dying

7. When a verb ends in ‘y’, keep it and add the ‘ing’.


- cry → crying / study → studying

8. When a verb ends in ‘c’, and ‘k’ and then the ‘ing’.
- panic → panicking

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