describe what do you all

do at school?
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Present Simple
&
Present
Continuous
Resources
➜Exercise book 1
➜Worksheet
 Verbs Tenses
➜Verb tenses tell us how an action relates to the
flow of time.
➜There are three main verb tenses in English:
~ present
~ past
~ future.
 Verbs Tenses
➜Tenses are divided into four aspects:
~ simple
~ progressive,
~ perfect
~ perfect progressive.
 Simple Tense
➜Simple tenses usually refer to a single
action.

➜Simple tenses express facts and situations

that existed in the
~ past ~ present ~ future.
 Simple Present Tense: The Rules
➜Show an action happening right now

➜Use the infinitive (simplest) form of a verb.

➜For example
~ I read ~ You read ~ We read ~ They Play
 Simple Present Tense: The Rules
➜ When referring to the third person, the present tense (infinitive) verb has
an added –s.

HE PLAYS SHE PLAYS

*This only applies to regular verbs.

 SINGLE –VS- PLURAL
PRESENT
IS ARE
HE IS ALONE THEY ARE ALONE
 Progressive Tenses
➜Progressive tenses are also called continuous
tenses.

➜We use progressive tenses to talk about

unfinished events.
 Progressive Tense: The Rules
➜ It is formed by combining the verb’s present participle
by adding –ing with a form of the verb ‘to be’.

➜ In present progressive sentences, we use is, am or are

before the –ing verb.
~ Joyce is hiding behind the door.