COMPARATIVE TABLE

CHARACTERISTICS PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT PROGRESIVE

 hábitos o rutinas  Acciones que están pasando ahora mismo. (en
- I do my homework in the afternoon progreso).
USES  Hechos - José is eating right now
- dogs bark - Josué and Luis are studing english
 Características
- Peruvians speak Spanish
 AFFIRMATIVE  AFFIRMATIVE
Subject + Verb + Complement Subject + To be + Verb + Ing + Complement
I am playing soccer
He se agrega
She “S” al  NEGATIVE
It verbo Subject + To be + Not + Verb + Ing + Complement
ESTRUCTURE I am not playing soccer
 NEGATIVE
Subject + Auxiliary verb + Not  INTERROGATIVE
(don’t/doesn’t) + Verb + Complement To be + Subject + Verb + Ing + Complement ?
Am i playing soccer?
 INTERROGATIVE
Auxiliary verb (Do/Does) + Subject +
Principal Verb + Complement ?
USE OF AUXILIARY VERB USE OF VERB TO BE
DO {I} {I}  AM
DO {YOU, WE, THEY} {HE, SHE, IT}  IS
DOES {HE, SHE, IT} {YOU, THEY, WE}  ARE
IN GENERAL = PRES. SIMPLE AHORA O PRONTO = PRES. CONTINUO
Cada fin de semana, Por lo general, nunca, Este fin de semana, esta noche, mañana, hoy
todos los días después del trabajo … después del trabajo …
- Hardly ever - At the moment
- Rarely - Next week
EXPRESSIONS OF - From time to time - This christmas
TIME - Never - Tomorrow
- Every Friday - This friday
- When I'm sad - Now
- Often - Soon
- Sometimes
- Always

Hay verbos donde la idea de EN GENERAL / AHORA O PRONTO no funciona. Por lo

SOMETHING general, estos verbos son los mismos que en español u otros idiomas:
EXCEPTIONS
LIKE – UNDERSTAND
 I don’t like this soup
 I understand you