TIME TO REVIEW

PRESENT SIMPLE &

PRESENT
CONTINUOUS,
ADVERBS OF
FREQUENCY, STATE
VERBS
 PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Routines – Regular habits Temporary actions
Actions regularly

Always true It is not always true

Adverbs of frequency *Adverbs of frequency* Annoys the

speaker

STRUCTURE: STRUCTURE:
+ I go to school everyday + I am staying at home
S+V+C
- I don’t go to school everyday - I am not staying at home
S + don’t + V + C
? Do you play the guitar? ? Am I staying at home?
Do + S + V + C
• Am (I)
• Are (you, we, they)
• Is (he, she, it )
Can you tell which ones are in present simple and
which ones are in present continuous?
1. routines and habits.
2. things that are always or generally true.
3. scientific facts.
4. actions that are happening now or near the moment of speaking.
5. actions that are temporary or not a normal routine.
6. actions that happen very often and annoy the speaker.
7. changing situations.
 Always 100%
Usually
Occasionally
Often
Frequently
Sometimes 50%
Seldom
Rarely
Never 0%
Normally
Forever
 Am doing

Sometimes spends

Is always taking

Am writing

Usually enjoy

Is studying
Feeling & Liking Thinking Senses Possession

Love Know Smell

Like
Think
Have
Don’t
believe
Looks