Present Continuous
Present Simple
S.Montanari
Present Continuous
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Positive sentence:
subject + be + verb –ing
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e.g.
He is studying Russian
They are watching TV
I am staying in London for a while
Present Continuous
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Contraction
He ‘s studying Russian
They ‘re watching TV
I ‘m staying in London for a while
Present Continuous
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Negative sentence
subject+ verb be (negative)+verb –ing
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e.g.
The water is not boiling
It is not raining now
She is not working at the moment
Present Continuous
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Contraction
 The
 It
water isn’t boiling.
isn’t raining now.
 She
isn’t working at the moment.
Present Continuous
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Interrogative sentence:
verb be+ subject+ verb -ing
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e.g.
Are you listening to me?
Where is she working now?
Why are you studying English?
Present Continuous
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It’s used to talk about actions happening at or around
the time of speaking. The action is not complete.
Now
 Around the time of speaking
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It’s used to talk about future actions which have
already been decided/planned (a time expression is
necessary).
Present Continuous
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The water is boiling. Can you turn it off?
(NOW)
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Jane is working in a bar to earn some extra
money. (AROUND…)
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I’m leaving for Helsinki tomorrow. (FUTURE
PLAN)
Present Continuous
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Key words:
At the moment, now etc.
e.g: I’m working very hard at the moment
Present Simple
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Positive sentence:
Subject+ infinitive of the verb
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e.g.
I work in a bank.
They live in Rome
We like travelling.
Present Simple
But remember the 3° person:
She lives with her mother.
He works in a hospital.
Water boils at 100°
*All verbs ending in –s,-ss,-sh,-ch,-x,-z,-o
add –es
Does, goes, teaches, watches
Present Simple
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Negative sentence:
subject+ aux. verb (negative) + verb
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e.g.
We do not go away very often
He does not drink coffee in the
morning
He does not travel by car
Present Simple
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Contraction
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e.g.
We don’t go away very often
He doesn’t drink coffee in the morning
He doesn’t travel by car
Present Simple
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Interrogative sentence:
‘do’ or ‘does’ + subject + verb
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e.g.
Where do you work?
Do they understand?
Does she study with you?
Present Simple
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It’s used to talk about habitual actions
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It’s used to talk about things in general
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It’s used to talk about objective facts
Present Simple
I usually get up at 7 a.m.
He normally meets friends after work
(habitual actions)
It doesn’t rain very much in summer
(talking about things in general)
The sun rises in the East
(express a fact)
Present Simple
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Key words:
ALWAYS
USUALLY
OFTEN
SOMETIMES
HARDLY EVER
NEVER
Etc………
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