Present Tenses 2

• English

Present Simple

vs

Present Continuous 

Wat weet je al van de
present simple?

Present simple vorm

SHIT-regel!

See; he, she and it: +s

Wat weet je al van de
present continuous?

Present Continuous

We form the Present Continuous as follows:

am/is/are + verb + -ing

John is cooking dinner now.

Messi is playing football.
(right now)

Messi plays football.
(but NOT at the moment)

Present simple vs present continuous

SIMPLE!

I work every day

She never eats pizza

Do you read often?
They don't play tennis ever!

CONTINUOUS

I am working today

She is eating spaghetti right now

Are you reading books at this moment?

They are not playing tennis now.

The Present Simple

What is the present simple?

In a sentence, you know if it is a fact or routine by looking at signal words. 

Words like everyday, never, always, every Wednesday  tell you it is about a routine. It happens often.

If there are no signal words, the sentence tells you a fact.

The Present Simple

Questions

To make a present simple question, you have to put the verb do in front of the sentence:

    I like ice cream.     becomes      Do I like ice cream?

If the subject is a he, she or it, you have to use does. Also, look at what happens with the +s of the original verb.

Bob plays football.   becomes   Does Bob play football?

The old man always sits in his chair.

the old man always

in his chair?

Turn the normal present simple sentence into a question

Do

Does

Is

sits

sit

sitting

Did

She is my best friend.

she 

my best friend?

Do

Does

Is

Be

Am

Are

Did

They are at the club every Tuesday evening.

they

at the club every Tuesday evening?

Do

Does

Is

Be

Am

Are

Did

My sister likes everything pink.

my sister

everything pink?

Do

Does

Is

Be

likes

like

Did

The Present Simple

Negations

So you make a negation by adding don't or doesn't to the sentence. Think about the SHIT Rule!

So not like this:

                                    I like not cookies. 

But like this:

                                       I don't like cookies 

The Present Simple

Negations

Look at what happens to the verb in this sentence when we turn it into a negation:

                                 He plays video games every day.

                        He doesn't play video games every day.

The +s disappears after doesn't. The same happened with the questions!

Present simple 

Signaalwoorden:

always

often

ever

sometimes

every day

never

usually

every week

Present simple

always

just

recently

often

on the weekend

not yet

on Saturdays

lately

a day ago

never

the other day

every morning

yesterday

Present continuous

Signaalwoorden:

now

at the moment

as we speak

look!/listen!

right now

currently

at present

shut up!

Present simple
I never ....... (to wear) this dress to school.

1. wear
2. wears

Present simple
They ...... (to visit) us every summer.

1. visit
2. visits

1. I like scary movies.

2. He is walking the dog.

3. We danced all night long.

4. She plays the piano.

5. They are my parents.

Present Simple

Not Present Simple

1

2

3

4

5

Present Continuous

We form the Present Continuous as follows:

am/is/are + verb + -ing

John is cooking dinner now.

You're the reason why I .... in the mirror,
.... in the shower.

present continuous-1

Listen and fill in the gaps:
'Cause today I swear I ... anything.

present continuous-2

Listen and fill in the gaps:
... and so are you.

present continuous-3

Listen and fill in the gaps:
... at me. ... , wonderin' what she's thinking

present continuous-4

How many times do I have to tell you? Even when ...
you are beautiful too.

present continuous-5

4. the man is looking at a mine.

What to do now?

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