PRESENT SIMPLE/PRESENT CONTINUOUS/STATIVE VERBS:
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 TENSE 1: Present simple
 STRUCTURE:
 (+)Positive: I/you/we/they live
He/she/It lives
 (-)Negative: I/you/we/they don´t live
He/she/It doesn´t lives
 (?)Question: Do I/you/we/they live?
 Does He/she/It live
 USE: to talk about: 1. General truths
and facts, 2. Current habits 2. How
often things happen 4. Permanent
situations 5. States.
 FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS:
TENSE 2: Present continous
STRUCTURE:
(+)Positive: I am working You/we/they are (+)Positive:
working He/she/it is working
(-)Negative: I´m not working You/we/they
aren´t working He/she/it isn´t working
(?)Question: Am I working? Are
You/we/they working? Is he/she/it
working
USE: to talk about: 1. Actions happening
now 2. Temporary situations 3. Changing
and developing situations 4. Temporary
series of actions, 5. Annoying habits
(+always)
FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS:
TENSE 3: Stative verbs
STRUCTURE:
(-)Negative:
(?)Question:
USE: to refer to states rather than
actions. Stative verbs about thinking
(belive, know, think…) existence ( be,
exist…) emotions ( love, like, hate…)
Human senses (look, seem…) and
posession or relationship between
things (belong to, have, include…)
FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS:
Some verbs can refer to either states or actions,
but their meaning changes ( feel, have, imagine,
look, see, smell, think and taste.
 AT LEAST 5 EXAMPLES (IF THERE
ARE MORE THAN ONE TENSE, PLEASE
COMBINE THEM IN THE SAME
SENTENCE)
1. Emma watches cartoons evey day.
2. Johnny goes to the gym daily,
3. Derek reads the newspaper evey day.
4. He tries very hard.
5. She enjoys playing football.
AT LEAST 5 EXAMPLES (IF THERE ARE
MORE THAN ONE TENSE, PLEASE COMBINE
THEM IN THE SAME SENTENCE)
1. I´m going to school
2. I´m playing basketball
3. Its raining
4. The new president is talking right now
5. The teacher is explaining the homework
AT LEAST 5 EXAMPLES (IF THERE
ARE MORE THAN ONE TENSE, PLEASE
COMBINE THEM IN THE SAME SENTENCE)
1. I love playing whith my sister
2. The ball bellongs to my brother
3. He knows me
4. I am very good at tennis
5. I hate going to my village