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How do you usually get to the university?
What kind of products does the company Alessi produce?
How does high inflation cause?
Who does the company Stripe belong to?
What time does your train leave this afternoon?
What do you think stockbrokers are doing right now?
Which courses are you studying this semester?
What is happening to the Amazon rainforest?
Why is the boss always annoyed?
What are you doing this weekend?
SIMPLE PRESENT - FORM
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
QUESTION
I usually take the
train.
I ____ usually ____
the train.
____ you usually _____
the train?
Positive
Subject + base verb + object
e.g I usually take the train
3rd person takes s or es
e.g She takes….
a) verbs ending in o
go =
do/undergo/undo/veto
b) verbs ending in sibilant sounds
miss = misses
discuss/process/press/express/dismiss
watch = watches
reach/dispatch/attach/approach
finish = finishes
establish/publish/push/crush
fix = fixes
mix/relax/tax
c) Verbs ending with consonant + y:
tudy = studies
copy = copies
try = tries
accompany/apply/classify/identify/specify
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d)Verbs ending with a vowel + y
employ = employs
play/buy/enjoy/delay
Negative
Subject + do/does + not + verb
e.g I don’t take the train
She doesn’t take…
Question
Do/does + subject + verb
e.g Which type of transport do you take?
SIMPLE PRESENT – USE
1 I usually take the train.
Routine Actions
2 Alessi produces housewares and kitchen utensils.
Permanent situations
3 High inflation causes an increase in the cost of living.
Facts/General truth
4 Stripe belongs to the Collison brothers.
State verbs
5 My train leaves at 4pm this afternoon.
Timetables/schedules
PRESENT CONTINUOUS - FORM
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
Stockbrokers are buying and
selling shares on the stock
exchange right now.
Stockbrokers ____
_____ and_____
shares on the stock
exchange right now.
QUESTION
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____ stockbrokers ____ and
_____ shares on the stock
exchange right now?
FORM
Positive
Subject + is/are + gerund
Verbs ending with e
write = writing
make/give/accumulate/advertise
a) Verbs that end with a consonant preceded by a short vowel
sit = sitting
hit/plan/stop
b) Verbs ending with consonant +stressed vowel + consonant
begin = beginning
admit/commit/refer
c)Verbs where last syllable is not stressed
market = marketing
target/inherit/visit
d) Verbs that end with ie
lie = lying
die = dying
e)Verbs ending in consonant + y
copy = copying
hurry/carry/occupy
Negative
Subject + is/are + not + gerund
Question
Is/are + subject + gerund
PRESENT CONTINUOUS – USE
1 Stockbrokers are buying and selling shares on the stock exchange right now.
Action in progress at the moment of speaking.
2 I’m studying Economics this semester.
Temporary actions
3 The Amazon rainforest is disappearing.
Changing, developing situation
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4 The boss is annoyed because Tom (his colleague) is always arriving late for
meetings.
With always to talk about irritating situations
5 I’m going to a book fair on Saturday.
Fixed future plans and arrangements
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