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    Present Simple Present Continuous

    USE USE

    We use the P. Simple to talk about: We use the P. Continuous to talk


    1) Habits and Routines about:
    2) Descriptions 1) Things happening now
    3) True facts (at the moment of speaking)
    4) To give instructions/ 2) Repeated actions (that boy
    directions is
    5) To tell stories kicking the back of my chair)
    3) Ongoing changes (you are
    getting/ becoming)
    4) Planned events in the
    future.

    FORM FORM

    AFFIRMATIVES NEGATIVES QUESTIONS AFFIRMATIVES NEGATIVES QUESTIONS


    We add an -S to the verbs We add the auxiliary DO We use the auxiliaries and We use the verb TO BE as We add NOT after the verb We change the order of the
    in the 3rd person singular. and the negative NOT. change the order of the an auxiliary and add -ING to TO BE. sentence.
    sentence. the verb.
    I am not working/ reading Am I working/ reading?
    I work/ read... I do not (dont) work Do I work? I am working/ reading You are not (arent) Are you working/
    You work/ read... You do not (dont) work Do you work? You are working/ reading working/ reading reading?
    He/ She/ It works/ reads... He/ She/ It does not Does he/ she/ it work? He/ She/ It is working/ He/ She/ It is not (isnt) Is He/ She/ It working/
    We/ You/ They work/ (doesnt) work Do we/ you/ they work? reading working/ reading reading?
    read... We/ You/ They do not We/ You/ They are We/ You/ They are not Are we/ you/ they working/
    (dont) work working/ reading (arent) working/ reading reading?

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