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Present Simple and Continuous Tenses Guide

Here are the answers in the requested tenses: 1. The boy is watching TV at the moment. 2. My mother usually reads magazines. 3. I do not like lentils. 4. Be quiet! The baby is sleeping. 5. Maria takes the dog for a walk every day. 6. Are you going to the cinema this evening?

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Present Simple and Continuous Tenses Guide

Here are the answers in the requested tenses: 1. The boy is watching TV at the moment. 2. My mother usually reads magazines. 3. I do not like lentils. 4. Be quiet! The baby is sleeping. 5. Maria takes the dog for a walk every day. 6. Are you going to the cinema this evening?

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Present Simple

Affirmative

I, you, we, w
they ork

He, she, work


it s

Spelling rules third person-s


• Most verbs add –s to the base form
Work-works, live-lives, belong-belongs
• You have to add –es if the verb ends in: -s, -o, - x, - sh,
-ch.
Miss-misses, go-goes, fax-faxes, finish-finishes, watch-
watches
• If the verb ends in a consonant+y, the -y changes to -i
and adds –es
Study-studies
If the -y is preceded by a vowel then it follows the
general rule (-s) say-says, play-plays

Negative

I, you, we, do not (don’t) work


they
He, she it does not (doesn’t)
work
Interrogative

Do I, you, we, they


work?
D
oes he, she, it work ?

Examples

Affirmative: They live in Spain

Negative: They don’t live in Spain

Interrogative: Do they live in Spain?

Affirmative: He likes pop music

Negative: He doesn’t like pop music

Interrogative: Does he like pop music

She likes flowers

She doesn’t like soup.

They live in Sprinfield


They don’t live in
Sprinfield

Present Continuous Present Simple verb “be”


+going

Affirmative:

I am working
You are working
He, she, it is working
We, you, they are
working

Negative:

I am not (I’m not)


working
You are not (aren’t)
working
He, she, it is not (isn’t)
working
We, you, they are not
(aren’t) working
Interrogative

Am I working?
Are you working?
Is he, she, it
working?
Are we, you, they
working?

Spelling rules –ing

Most verb adds-ing: work-working, feel. feeling, marry-


marrying
If the verbs ends in consonant+ e, they omit the –e and
add –ing: make-making, have-having
Verbs ending in ie change to y before-ing: lie-lying, die-
dying
Verbs of two or more syllables ending in a consonant
+vowel +consonant, double the final consonant if the
stress is on the final syllable: prefer-preferring, admit-
admitting
Examples:
Affirmative: They are listening to music

Negative: They aren’t listening to music

Interrogative: Are they listening to music?

Affirmative: She is studying

Negative: She isn’t studying

Interrogative: Is she studying?


She is listening to music

They are reading

They aren’t reading

Are they
dancing? Yes, they are
Exercise: Present Simple vs Present Continuous

Put the verb in brackets in the correct tense.


1. The boy __________ (watch) TV at the moment.

2. My mother usually _________ (read) magazines.

3. I __________ (not like) lentils.

4. Be quiet! The baby _________ ( sleep)

5. Maria _______ __ (take) the dog for a walk every day.

6. ______ you ______ ( go) to the cinema this evening?

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