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Present Simple Vs Present Continuous

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APTIS

GENERAL
ERASMO ONLINE
TODAY IN ERASMO ONLINE…
● Present Simple

○ Formation
INDEX

○ Usage

● Present Continuous

○ Formation

○ Usage

● Practice
Present Simple Formation
Positive Negative

I/you/we/they Infinitive I/you/we/they Don’t (do not) + Verb


(bare infinitive)
He/She/It Infinitive + -s/-es/-ies He/She/It Doesn’t (does not) +
Verb (bare infinitive)
Question Short Answer

Do I/you/we/they Yes, I/you/we/they do


Verb (bare No, I/you/we/they don’t
infinitive)
Does he/she/it Yes, he/she/it does
No, he/she/it doesn’t
When do we use it?
1. Facts and universal truths, generalisations
Water boils at 100ºC.

2. Habits and routines


I play football every Saturday morning.

3. State verbs (which can’t be used with the continuous form)


I love watching series.

4. Adverbs of frequency
He always does his homework at night.
Present Continuous Formation
Positive Negative

I am I am not

You/We/They are Verb (-ing) You/We/They are not (aren’t) Verb (-ing)
He/She/It is He/She/It is not (isn’t)

Question Short Answer

Am I Verb (-ing) Yes, I am


No, I am not
Are you/we/they Yes, you/we/they are
No, you/we/they are not (aren’t)
Yes, he/she/it is
Is he/she/it No, he/she/it is not (isn’t)
When do we use it?
1. Things happening now
I am explaining grammar.

2. Temporary or changing situations


He is living here until his room is repaired.

3. With always for annoying habits


My neighbours are always listening to music late at night!

4. Time expressions
At the moment we are doing some exercises to practise PS and PC.
LET’S PRACTISE!!!
● _____________(he/eat)
dOES HE EATS cereal every day?

● We _______________
ARE WORKING (work) at the moment.
ISNT PLAYING
● He ______ (not/play) golf now.

● My friends _______
GO (go) to a restaurant every Saturday.

● You usually _______________


ARRIVE (arrive) late.

● You are ___________


are always ARRIVING(always/arrive) late and it bothers me!!!

ANNOYS
(me molesta)
● Where ______ (we/go) right now?
are going

Pres simpl --> subj + adv freq + vb (you always visit...)


Pres cont --> subj + to be + adv freq + vb-ing
A bit more practice...

● Bamboozle to practise:
https://www.baamboozle.com/game/102062

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