PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

AFFIRMATIVE I / you / we / they WORK I AM WORKING

he / she / it WORKS we / you / they ARE WORKING

he / she / it IS WORKING
NEGATIVE I / you / we/ they DON’T WORK I AM NOT WORKING

he / she / it DOESN’T WORK we / you / they AREN’T WORKING

he / she / it ISN’T WORKING

INTERROGATIVE DO I / you / we / they WORK? Yes, we do. AM I WORKING? Yes, I am.

DOES he / she / it WORK? No, we don’t. ARE we / you / they WORKING? Yes, we are.

IS he / she / it WORKING? No, she isn’t.

WH - + AUXILIARY + SUBJECT + VERB Infinitive…? WH- + AUXILIARY + SUBJECT + VERB -ING?

Where do you work? Why is he working?

ADVERBS OF ALWAYS, USUALLY, OFTEN, SOMETIMES, RARELY,

FREQUENCY NEVER (between the subject and verb, between the -
negative)
I ALWAYS go to school by bus.
I DON’T USUALLY go to school by car.

TIME EXPRESSIONS ONCE A WEEK, EVERY DAY, ON MONDAYS, AT THE NOW, RIGHT NOW, AT THE MOMENT, TODAY
WEEKEND. (at the beginning or at the end of the sentence)
(at the beginning or at the end of the sentence)
I GO TO THE CINEMA ONCE A WEEK. I AM NOT WORKING AT THE MOMENT.

SPELLING CHANGES He / She / IT: MAKE > MAKING

GO > GOES
WASH > WASHES ONE SYLLABLE (C+V+C)
 PASS > PASSES RUN > RUNNING
FIX > FIXES
ENJOY > ENJOYING
VOCAL + Y > PLAY - PLAYS STUDY > STUDYING
CONSONANT + Y > STUDY - STUDIES
USES
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HABITS AND ROUTINES ACTIONS HAPPENING AT THE MOMENT OF SPEAKING

LIST OF STATIVE VERBS (THEY CAN NEVER GO IN THE CONTINUOUS FORM) dislike, enjoy, hate, hope, like, love, prefer, want
believe, forget, guess, know, remember, understand