The Present Simple Tense The Present Continuous Tense
Use: Use:
For an action that repeats from time For an action happening at the
to time. moment of speaking.
Form Form
Positive Negative Question Positive Negative Question
Singular Singular Singular Singular Singular Singular
I play I don’t play Do I play? I am playing I’m not playing Am I playing?
You play You don’t play Do you play? You are playing You aren’t playing Are you playing?
He/she/ it plays He/she/it doesn’t Does he/she/it He/she/it is He/she/it isn’t Is he/she/it
Plural play play? playing playing playing?
We play Plural Plural Plural Plural Plural
You play We don’t play Do we play? We are playing We aren’t playing Are we playing?
They play You don’t play Do you play? You are playing You aren’t playing Are you playing?
They don’t play Do they play? They are playing They aren’t Are they playing?
playing
Spelling rules for 3rd person Spelling rules
singular
1.If a verb ends in a consonant, just add -s. 1.If a verb ends in a consonant, just add –ing.
Eat-eats Swim-swims play-playing join-joining work-working
2.If a verb ends in y,and before it is a vowel, just add -s. 2.If a verb ends in E, drop it and add –ing.
Say-says Pay-pays take-taking drive-driving make-making
3. If a verb ends in y, but before it is a consonant, change y 3.If a verb ends in IE, you change it to Y and add –ing.
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to i and -es. tie=tying die=dying
Study-studies Hurry-hurries 4.If it is a short verb and it ends in a consonant, in some
4.If a verb ends in o,x,ch,sh,ss, add es. cases you double the last consonant.
run+n+ing=running swim+m+ing=swimming
Watch-watches Wash-washes Go-goes Mix- You double the last consonant, because the order of
mixes letters is: consonant,vowel,consonant.Example
Pass-passes run+n+ing=running
CV C
You DON’T double if it’s some other letter order. And you
NEVER double W, Y and X.
eat+ing=eating pay+ing=paying buy+ing=buying
mow+ing=mowing fax+ing=faxing
5.If the verb has two or more syllables and the last one is
stressed, you also apply the rule.
admit+t+ing=admitting begin+n+ing=beginning
Time expressions: Time expressions:
Every day/ week/month Now, at the moment, today
On Mondays/ Thursdays Listen! Look! What?! etc.
At weekends
Adverbs of frequency:
Often, sometimes, always, never, usually, rarely etc.
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