Present Simple

Present Continuous
 Present Simple
-When do we use it?-
• To talk about habits, routines, or regular repeated actions.
• I go to school every day. | We often play football at the weekend.
• To talk about ‘permanent’ situations.
• We live in Malgrat. | I work in the school.
• With state verbs.
• I love chocolate. | He owns a Tesla
• I am loving chocolate. | He is owning a Tesla.
 Present Simple
-Form-

SUBJECT MAIN VERB

Affirmative
Your dog eats bones.
SUBJECT AUX. VERB MAIN VERB
Negative
My dog doesn’t eat bones.
AUX. VERB SUBJECT MAIN VERB _____?
Interrogative
Does Your dog eat Bones ?
 Present Simple
-Adverbs of frequency-
He is often late for
After The verb BE work
Adverbs of
frequency
The MAIN
Before VERB I usually get up early.

After a NEGATIVE Goes at the end of the

Very often / All that often I don’t drink very often.
statement sentence

Sometimes we watch Netflix.

Sometimes / usually Can come at the beggining
and occasionally of a sentence.
We watch Netflix sometimes.
 Present Continuous
-When do we use it?-
• Actions happening at the moment of speaking.
• I am teaching English. | You are listening to me.
• Temporary situations that are happening around now.
• This year I am living in London. | This week they are reading Moby Dick.
• Changing or developing situations.
• The temperature is increasing due to climate change.
• Personal plans and arrangements in the FUTURE.
• We are playing football this Saturday.
 Present Continuous
-Form-

SUBJECT VERB TO BE VERB + -ing

Affirmative
My Friends are watching Stranger Things.
SUBJECT VERB TO BE + not VERB + -ing
Negative
They are not (aren’t) watching Elite.
VERB TO BE SUBJECT VERB + -ing _____?
Interrogative
Are they watching The Paw Patrol?
 What are State Verbs?

• State/Stative verbs are verbs that express a state rather than an action. They
usually relate to thoughts, emotions, relationships, senses, states of
being and measurements. These verbs are NOT usually used with
continuous tenses (-ing form) even though they may take on time
expressions such as now and at the moment. We use the simple tenses for
them.
e.g. be, belong, believe, have, depend, know, love, own, think, understand, want, hear,
love, see, smell, taste…