Two presents: present continuous, present simple

PRESENT CONTINUOUS (BE + -ING) vs PRESENT SIMPLE

PRESENT (BE + -ING) Main use Action which is being done at the same moment AUXILIARY BE + verb ending in -ING Affirmative eg: I am playing, you are playing, he/she/it is playing, we are playing, you are playing, they are playing 1) If the verb ends in '-e', remove the '-e': smoke -> he is smoking 2) If the verb has one syllable AND if it ends in 'consonant-vowelconsonant', double the final consonant: run -> running Use NOT eg: I am not playing Auxiliary BE at the beginning of the question eg: Are you playing football? Use BE eg: Yes, I am. No, he isn't. PRESENT SIMPLE Permanent situations; regular habits and daily routine; feelings In the positive form, add an 's' to the base form of the 3rd person singular. eg : I play, you play, he/she/it plays, we play, you play, they play

Exceptions

1) If the verb ends in 'ch', 's', 'sh', 'x', 'z', 'o', add '-es' to the base forme of the 3rd p sg: she goes, he catches 2) If the verb ends in -y preceded by a consonant, change the '-y' to 'ies': study -> he studies. Use DO NOT / DON'T or DOES NOT / DOESN'T (3rd p sg) eg: I don't play, she doesn't play Auxiliary DO or DOES at the beginning of the question eg: Do you play football? Does he play football? Use DO or DOES eg: Yes, I do. No, he doesn't.

Negative

Questions

Short answers

Conjugate the verbs between brackets. Use the present simple or the present continuous. Warning: only NEGATIVE contracted forms are accepted. Examples: we don't accept ''They're playing'' (write: They are playing) BUT we accept ''They aren't playing''.

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1. Listen! Sandra
is playing Listen! Sandra * (

(play) music! 2. On Sundays, I always 3. I 4. She (not/like) carrots. (hate) westerns.

(play) football with my friends.

play On Sundays, I alw

don't like
hates

I * (not/like) carro
She * (hate) w es

5. Can you help Peter? He 6. What 7. When I

Dans les proposit

(do) his homework.

is doing Can you help Pete

(you/watch) on (go) back home, (take) a taxi (not/travel) a lot. (not/come). She is

TV? Is it interesting?
are you w atching What * (you/w atc

I will phone my girlfriend.

go When I * (go) bac

8. We usually 9. They 10. She

to go to work.
take
don't travel

We usually * (take
They * (not/travel

looking after her little sister.

isn't coming