PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE/CONTINUOUS

1. Daily Activities, Routines, Habits. 1. Actions happening at the moment.

2. Present actions happening one after another. 2. Several actions happening at the same time.
AUXILIARY VERBS I am singing AUXILIARY VERBS
I sing ( - ?)
you sing you are singing (+ - ? )
he / she / it sings
we sing I, You, He , She It he / she is singing I You, They, He,
they sing They, We
/ it We She, It

Do Does we are singing

am are is
they are singing
SENTENCE ORDER SENTENCE ORDER

AFFIRMATIVE AFFIRMATIVE
Subj. + Verb + Complement Subj. + Verb + Verb + Complement

Pronoun Pronoun to Be -ing

NEGATIVE NEGATIVE
Subj. + Auxiliary + NOT + Verb + Comp. Subj. + Verb + NOT + Verb + Complement

Pronoun Verb Pronoun to Be -ing

SHORT ANSWER QUESTION SHORT ANSWER QUESTION

Auxiliary + Subj. + Verb + Comp ? Auxiliary + Subj. + Verb + Comp ?

Verb Pronoun Verb Pronoun -ing

SPELLING RULES SPELLING RULES

ONLY WHEN WE USE: HE /SHE / IT
Exceptions when adding 's' : Exceptions when adding 'ing' :
1. For can, may, might, must, do not add s.
Example: he can, she may, it must 1. Silent e is dropped. (but: does not apply for -ee)

2. After ch, sh, ss, x, z or s, add es. Example: live - living

but: agree – agreeing
Example: miss – he misses, wash - she washes
2. Consonat + Vowel + Consonant, the final
3. After a consonant, the final consonant -y- consonant is doubled.
 becomes ie. (but: not after a vowel) Example: hop - hopping

Example: worry - he worries 3. Final ie becomes y.

but: play - he enjoys
Example: lie – lying, die - dying
4. Irregular Verbs

Example: go - he goes, do - he does, have - he has

SIGNAL WORDS SIGNAL WORDS
always seldom at the moment today

often never at this moment right now

normally first Listen! now

usually then Look!

sometimes every ...

Note: The following verbs are usually only used in Simple Present:
be, have, hear, know, like, love, see, smell, think, want