Present Simple vs.

Present Continuos

USE 1: daily habits, usual activities   

USE 2: Facts or Generalizations    

The Usages of the Present Simple

The Usages of the Present Simple

a) Peter eats lunch every day.

b) I usually study English on Monday.

daily habits,usual activities

c) Dogs bark. Lions roar general statements of fact

The Usages of the Present Simple

USE 2: Facts or Generalizations

The Present Simple can also indicate the speaker believes that a fact was true before, is true now, and will be true in the future. It is also used to make generalizations about people or things

USE1: Repeated ActionsUse the Present Simple to express the idea that an action is repeated or usual. The action can be a habit, a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled event or something that often happens. It can also be something a person often forgets or usually does not do.

Subject + (Verb) + (s, es) + Object

The Usages of the Present Simple

- Cats like milk.- Birds do not like milk.- Windows are made of

glass.- Windows are not made of

wood.

Present Simple, third person singularNote:

he, she, itin the third person singular the verb, always ends in : s

he wants she needs

A:

The Usages of the Present Simple

Some verbs change their spelling when s is added in the third person singular.

Bare Infinitive Third Person Singular  study   studies  fly   flies  carry   carries

a. Verbs ending in y

When a verb ends in y immediately preceded by a consonant, the y is changed to ie before the ending s is added. In each of the following examples, the consonant immediately preceding the final y is underlined.

However, when a verb ends in y immediately preceded by a vowel, the y is not changed before the ending s is added. In each of the following examples, the vowel immediately preceding the final y is underlined.

Bare Infinitive Third Person Singular say says enjoy enjoys buy buys

b. Verbs ending in oWhen a verb ends in o, the letter e is added before the s ending. For example:

Bare Infinitive Third Person Singular do does echo echoes go goes

c. Verbs ending in ch, s, sh, x or zWhen a verb ends in a sibilant sound such as ch, s, sh, x or z, the letter e is added before the s ending. For example:

Bare Infinitive Third Person Singular pass passes push pushes watch watches fix fixes buzz buzzes

§ Negative and question forms use DOES (=the third person of the auxiliary'DO') + the infinitive of the verb.He wants. Does he want? He does not want.

1.Third person singular with s or es

a. He goes to school every morning.b. She understands English.c. It mixes the sand and the water.d. He tries very hard.e. She enjoys playing the piano.

The present simple is used:

A.to express habits, general truths, repeated actions or unchanging

situations, emotions and wishes:I smoke (habit);

-He drinks tea at breakfast-She only eats fish.

-They watch television regularly

I work in London (unchanging situation);

London is a large city (general truth).

You walk for two hundred meters, then you turn left.

B. to give instructions or directions:

You take the No.6 bus to Watney and then the No.10 to Bedford.

Open the packet and pour the contents into hot water.

Your exam starts at 09:00.

c. to express fixed arrangements, present or future:

The bell rings at 8:00.

The bus arrives at 7:00

D.to express future time, after some conjunctions: after, when, before, as soon

as, until:He'll give it to you when you come next

Saturday His mother arrives tomorrow.

Our holiday starts on the 26th March.

She'll see you before she leaves.

Time expressions

1.Every day, every Friday, every week, every month, every summer, every month, every year, always, usually, etc. 2.All the time

There are time expressions that we use only with the Present Simple and they are:

I go to school every day.

He visits me, every summer.

I am reading

They are boxing

He is cooking

The Usages of the Present Progressive

When we talk about something that is happening right now, we use a special form called the present progressive (also called the present continuous).

For example, in the picture on the left, the man is playing soccer. He’s running and kicking the ball.

The Usages of the Present Progressive

The man is playing soccer. He’s running and kicking the ball.

Notice that we need two verbs to express this idea:

A form of BE: am is are

An -ing form of another verb: playing running kicking

The forms

In English, we can use the present progressive to talk about the future:

What are you doing this afternoon?

I’m working on my term paper.

The Usages of the Present Progressive

We form the present progressive with a present form of to be (am, is, are) and ing-verb:

Affirmative sentences:I am playing football You are playing footballI´m playing football You ´re playing football

Negative sentences:I am not playing football You are not playing footballI´m not playing football You ´re not playing football

Questions:Am I playing football?Are you playing football?

Present Progressive Form:

Basic rule: Just add – ing to the base verb:work workingplay playingassist assisting

Exception 1: If the base verb ends in consonant+ stressed vowel + consonant, double the last letter:

stop stoppingrun runningbegin beginning

Exception 2: If the base verb ends in ie, change the ie to y:lie lyingdie dying

Exception 3: If the base verb ends in vowel + consonant + e. omit the e:come comingmistake mistaking

Present Progressive Spelling

Now

Nowadays

Listen!

look

At the moment

Present Progressive Signal Words

It swims It is swimming

STATEMENT

Simple Present Present Progressive

They run they are running

STATEMENT

Simple Present

Present Progressive