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English Present Tense Guide

A short presentation of the differences between Present Tense Simple and The Present Tense Continuous with the specific adverbs used for each of them

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English Present Tense Guide

A short presentation of the differences between Present Tense Simple and The Present Tense Continuous with the specific adverbs used for each of them

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Present Tense Simple

Forms:
(+) I / you/ we/ you/they work
He/she/it works
(-) I/you/we/you/they dont work
He/she doesnt work
(?) Do I/you/we/you/they work?
Does he/she/it work?

Present Tense Continuous (present


progressive)
Forms: TO BE in the Present Simple + vb-ing
(+) Im working
Youre working
He/she/it is working
We/you/they are working
(-) Im not working
You arent working
He/she/it isnt working
We/you/they arent working

(?) Am I working?
Irregularities for the third person singular when Are you working?
adding s:
Is he/she/it working?
1) Consonant +y= ies
Are we/you/they working?
To fly= he flies
2) Vowel+y = ys
X
To pay= he pays
Irregularities when adding ing:
3) Ending in ss,ch, sh, x= ES
1) Short verbs ending in consonants:
To pass= he passes
To swim= swimming
To fix= he fixes
To cancel= cancelling
To push= he pushes
2) To lie= lying
4) To do, to go = he does, he goes
3) Verbs ending in e
To live= living

Key-Words: Adv. of frequency:


-never
- rarely/seldom
-sometimes
-usually
-often
- always
-frequently
Etc.
Other key-words:
-Every Monday/week/ year etc.
-on Sundays/weekends etc.
- in the morning/evening/summer etc.
-the evenings/days/afternoons etc.

Key-words:
-Now
-at this moment/at the moment
-currently
-these days/times etc.
-this week, month/year/period/ day and age etc.
- today/tonight etc.

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