Make the rules for Present Continuous:

1 Carl and Jasmine are washing cars. I’m taking driving lessons these three months.

Present Continuous describes ACTION IN PROGESS while we talk about it.

2 Sarah isn’t writing e-mails.

2 It’s getting dark.

Get, swim, stop, chat, run, travel, cancel,

3 This semester I’m studying Art and Philosophy.

4 We’re having lunch at the moment. We’re leaving soon.

5 My watch isn’t working at the moment

6 Are they coming to the interview?

7 What are you doing today?

8 Who is going to the party with us?

1 We usually have English two times a week. I study Biology every day. The Earth is a planet.

Use Present Simple for everyday actions, habitual actions in present, daily routines and facts.

2 She’s happy. Are you OK? I’m not at home. It’s freezing outside.

Forms of verb “BE” in Present Simple – am/ are/ is.

3 Jane has a shower in the morning.

Present Simple of HAVE in he/she/it form is HAS.

4 He plays the guitar. Eve comes from Spain. My mum often cooks dinner after work. He usually goes swimming on
Saturday mornings. My brother studies Economics.

He/ she / it + S/ +ES y into i

5 I don’t really like this music. Patrick doesn’t come to Brussels at weekends.

Negative: don’t/ doesn’t + Infinitive

6 She always complains. I rarely go out on weekdays. Do you sometimes watch TV late at night? Why do you always talk
during classes?
Adverbs of frequency – BEFORE THE MAIN VERB

7 He is sometimes late for school. I’m never bored. Is he always at work in the morning?

Adverbs of frequency – AFTER VERB “BE”

8 Do you often play computer games? Does Jim travel abroad in summer? Where do Sam and you play tennis? What
time does the film start?

(Wh- question) do/does subject predicate …

9 Who is that on the phone? Who makes the noise?

WHO + positive sentence

10 Do you understand this? I don’t believe it! He thinks a lot about his problems. We want to go to bed now.

STATIVE VERBS always use Present Simple. (be, think, agree, understand, need, want, believe, look like, like, love,
hate, feel, smell, see, hear, …)