(Br.E) PRESENT CONTINUOUS / PRESENT PROGRESSIVE (Am.

E)

It is an action which you do in the moment or it is happening right now. (Just in this moment)

AFFIRMATIVE

Subject To be Verb in Gerund Keywords

(Personal pronouns) (auxiliary) (-ing)

I am verb+ing now /right now / today /

You / We / They are verb+ing Look! / listen! / at the moment /

He / She / It is verb+ing this…/at this moment

Example: Jean is cooking (cook) dinner in this moment with his mother. Karla and Lucca are playing (play) outside.

(Br.E) PRESENT CONTINUOUS / PRESENT PROGRESSIVE (Am.E)

It is an action which you do in the moment or it is happening right now. (Just in this moment)

NEGATIVE

Subject To be negative Gerund Keywords

(Personal pronouns) (auxiliary) (-ing)

I am not ( ‘m not ) verb+ing now /right now / today /

You / We / They are not ( aren’t ) verb+ing Look! / listen! / at the moment /

He / She / It is not ( isn’t ) verb+ing this…/at this moment

Jean isn’t cooking (cook) dinner in this moment with his mother. Karla and Lucca aren’t playing (play) outside.
 (Br.E) PRESENT CONTINUOUS / PRESENT PROGRESSIVE (Am.E)

It is an action which you do in the moment or it is happening right now. (Just in this moment)

QUESTION

To be Subject Gerund Keywords

(auxiliary) (Personal (-ing)
pronouns)

Am I verb+ing now /right now / today /

Are You / We / They verb+ing Look! / listen! / at the moment /

Is He / She / It verb+ing this…/at this moment

Are you drinking coffee? Yes, I am. / No, I am not.

Is your sister playing video games? Yes, she is. / No, she isn’t.

Are your parents cooking the dinner? Yes, they are. / No, they aren’t.
Harold Black's a famous pianist. He gives (9: give) two or three concerts every week. He is traveling (10:
travel) a lot and this week he's in New York. He is staying(11: stay) at an expensive hotel. He's at his hotel
now. He is having (12: have) his breakfast in the dining-room. He is drinking (13: drink) a cup of coffee and
he is reading (14: read) a newspaper. Harold's always very busy.

He_plays_(15: play) the piano regularly. He__practises__(16: practise) for four hours every day.
He__goes__(17: go) to bed late and he always __gets up__(18: get up) early. But he sometimes ___gets___(19:
get) dressed too quickly, and this morning he is wearing (20: wear) one blue sock and one red one!

Simple Present Tense

 When do we use the simple present? : Daily actions, routines

SUBJECT
(PERSONAL PRONOUN)
AFFIRMATIVE VERB
I / You / We / They (S) + verb + complement Base form verb: do / fix/watch/wash/miss

He / She / It (S) + verb + complement +s / +es / +ies

With the third singular person (he, she, it): If the verb ends in: -o-x-ch-sh-ss … +es: do-does/fix-fixes/watch-watches/ wash-
washes/miss-misses

With the third singular person (he, she, it): If the verb ends in:CONSONANT + Y … drop the Y and ADD: -ies try-tries / cry-cries
If the verb does not follow these rules, we just add “S”.