present simple or present continuous
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Form and Uses
Present simple or present continuous?
Present continuous form
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
Affirmative
I'm sleeping You're sleeping
He's sleeping She's sleepingIt's sleeping
We're sleepingYou're sleepingThey're sleeping
Negative
I'm not sleepingYou aren't sleeping
He isn't sleepingShe isn't sleepingIt isn't sleeping
We aren't sleepingYou aren't sleepingThey aren't sleeping
Interrogative
Am I sleeping?Are you sleeping?
Is he sleeping?Is she sleeping?Is it sleepingl?
Are we sleeping?Are you sleeping?Are they sleeping
Subject + V. To be (present) + V -ing
Presente continuous uses
Uses Examples Actions that are happening nowAdverbs (now, at the moment, today, etc)
What are you doing?I am watching T.V
Actions that are happening at present, but not necessarily at this moment(these days, this year, etc)
I'm studying French at the school this year
Future arrangements Tonight we are going to the cinema.
Present simple formPresent simple form
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
Affirmative
I play You play
He playsShe playsIt plays
We playYou playThey play
Negative
I don’t playYou don’t play
He doesn’t playShe doesn’t playIt doesn’t play
We don’t playYou don’t playThey don’t play
Interrogative
Do I play?Do you play?
Does he play?Does she play?Does it play?
Do we play?Do you play?Do they play?
Present simple uses
Uses Examples
repeated actions He plays tennis every week.
things in general The sun rises in the East.
fixed arrangements, scheduled events
The plane flies to Manchester every Saturday.
actions in the present - one follows after the
other
First I get up, then I have breakfast.
Instructions Open your books at page 55.
with special verbs I like pizza.
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