PRESENT SIMPLE

AFF:

PRESENT CONTINUOS
TO BE + ING FORM

Live / lives
Wash / washes
Teach / teaches
Study / studies

Do / does
Go / goes
Have / has

NEG: I dont live / He doesnt live

FORM

No, he doesnt

Wh- questions:
o Where do you live?
o How do you get to school?
o What do firemen do?
o What time do you go to bed?
o When do you play hockey?
habits, daily routines, repeated
actions everyday, every week, every
Monday, frequency adverbs
things that are always true or
permanent The sun rises everyday
Mums love their children
describing a (permanent) state He
works in an office

I am living (love, see)

Theyre suimming (stop,
cut, shop)

NEG: I am not washing my clothes / Hes not watching TV

Yes, he does
INT: Does he live in
Boston?

USE

AFF:
He is washing
She is teaching
They are studying

Yes, she is
INT: Is she washing her
clothes?

No, she isnt

Wh- questions:
o Where are you going?
o How are you doing?
o What are you studying?
o When are you coming?

only for actions: action verbs only

things that are happening now at this precise moment
They are playing football in the garden
temporary situations that are happening around now
Im reading a book by Garca Mrquez
a planned future arrangement
Im visiting my parents this weekend