PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS

The Use:

No Present Simple Present Continuous

1 Things we do regularly/habits Things that are happening now –at the time we
are speaking
2 Facts and truths Activities that are in progress
3. Permanent situations Temporary situations

The Form:

Present Simple Present Continuous

Positive S + V / V(s, es)+ ... S + be (am, is, are) + Ving + ...
Negative S + do / does + not + V + ... S + be (am, is, are) + not + Ving + ...
Interrogative Do / does + S + V + ... ? Be (am, is, are) + S + Ving + ... ?

Notes: I + am / V
You, they, we + are / V
She, he, it, + is / V(s, es)

Example:

1. She works as a lecturer at the University of Glasgow. (permanent)

2. Birds fly. (fact)
3. Jack goes to the gym every weekend. (daily activity)
4. I do not always clean my room. (truth)
5. Does he work at your place?
6. Dorothea is watching a movie. (happening now)
7. I am studying English Literature. (on progress)
8. He works at my place, but now he is doing a training for a month in London. (temporary)
9. Are you watching my streaming now? (happening now)
10. Helena is not sleeping at the moment. (happening now)

Exercise

1. What do wolves eat? (Meat)

Answer: _________________________________________________________.
2. She __________ as a costumer service at the train Station in Edinburgh. (work)
3. Brad __________cereal every morning. (eat)
4. Right now, Brenda __________ wine because she is ill. (drink - not)
5. They ___________ on their new project at the moment. (work).
6. I ___________ a jacket right now even though it is cold. (wear - not)
7. She __________ glasses because she has a normal vision. (wear-not)
8. He ___________ music at King’s College London. (study)
9. They __________ together every Thursday. (study)
10. He always __________ her mother to the shop on the weekend. (take)