PRESENT SIMPLE VS.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS
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Present Simple

affirmative negative interrogative

I / you /
we play we don’t play Do we play?
we / they

he / she / it he plays he doesn’t play Does he play?

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Verb ending:
-s
HE -ss
SHE + -sh = -ES
IT -ch
-x
-o

EXAMPLES: passes, washes, watches, fixes, goes.

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HE
Verb ending:
SHE + = -IES
-consonant +Y
IT
CRY: He cries

HE
Verb ending:
SHE + = -S
-vower +Y
IT
SAY: He says
 Now, find Present Simple verbs

I don't want this night to end

It's closing time, so leave with me again (yeah)
You got all my love to spend, oh
Let's find a place where happiness begins
 Now, find Present Simple verbs
We gon' dance in my living room, slave to the way you
move
Hurts when I'm leaving you (ayy)
Just dance in the living room, love with an attitude
Drunk to an 80s groove (ayy)
We gon' dance in my living room, slave to the way you
move
Hurts when I'm leaving you (ayy)
Dance in the living room, love with an attitude
Drunk
 Now, find Present Simple verbs

Early morning la-la-light

Only getting up to close the blinds, oh
I'm praying you don't change your mind
'Cause leaving now just don't feel right
Let's do it one more time, oh babe
Present Continuous

affirmative negative interrogative

I am not
I I am singing Am I singing?
singing

He is not Is he singing?
he / she / it He is singing
singing

we / you / We are not Are we

they We are singing
singing singing?
 Now, find Present Continuous
verbs

I don't want this night to end

It's closing time, so leave with me again (yeah)
You got all my love to spend, oh
Let's find a place where happiness begins
 Now, find Present Continuous
verbs
We gon' dance in my living room, slave to the way you
move
Hurts when I'm leaving you (ayy)
Just dance in the living room, love with an attitude
Drunk to an 80s groove (ayy)
We gon' dance in my living room, slave to the way you
move
Hurts when I'm leaving you (ayy)
Dance in the living room, love with an attitude
Drunk
 Now, find Present Continuous
verbs

Early morning la-la-light

Only getting up to close the blinds, oh
I'm praying you don't change your mind
'Cause leaving now just don't feel right
Let's do it one more time, oh babe
 Present Present
Simple Clues Continuous
Adverbs and expressions Now / right now.
of frequency:
At the moment.
Always, never, often,
sometimes, usually. Vocatives:
Every… Listen!
Once, t wice, three Look!
times…
Today
Stative Verbs. (like, love,
think…) This (morning)
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Present Simple vs. Present Continuous

PC
PS
PC

PS
PC

PS
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