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Two presents: present continuous, present simple

PRESENT CONTINUOUS (BE + -ING) vs PRESENT SIMPLEPRESENT (BE + -ING) PRESENT SIMPLE

Main useAction which is being doneat the same moment Permanent situations; regular habitsand daily routine; feelings

Affirmative

AUXILIARY BE + verbending in -INGeg: I am playing, you are

playing, he/she/it isplaying, we are playing,

you are playing, they are

playing

In the positive form, add an 's' to

the base form of the 3rd personsingular.

eg : I play, you play, he/she/itplays, we play, you play, they play

Exceptions

1) If the verb ends in '-e',

remove the '-e': smoke ->

he is smoking2) If the verb has onesyllable AND if it ends in

'consonant-vowel-

consonant', double thefinal consonant: run ->

running

1) If the verb ends in 'ch', 's', 'sh',

'x', 'z', 'o', add '-es' to the baseforme of the 3rd p sg: she goes, hecatches

2) If the verb ends in -y preceded by

a consonant, change the '-y' to '-ies': study -> he studies.

NegativeUse NOT

eg: I am not playingUse DO NOT / DON'T or DOES NOT /

DOESN'T (3rd p sg)eg: I don't play, she doesn't play

QuestionsAuxiliary BE at thebeginning of the question

eg: Are you playingfootball?

Auxiliary DO or DOES at thebeginning of the question

eg: Do you play football? Does heplay football?

Shortanswers

Use BEeg: Yes, I am. No, he isn't. Use DO or DOESeg: Yes, I do. No, he doesn't.

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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 (play) music!

is playing Listen! Sandra * (2. On Sundays, I always

(play) football with my friends.

play On Sundays, I al3. I (not/like) carrots.

don't like I * (not/like) carro4. She (hate) westerns.

hates She * (hate) w es5. Can you help Peter? He

(do) his homework.

is doing Can you help Pet6. What (you/watch) on

TV? Is it interesting?

are you w atchin What * (you/w atc7. When I (go) back home,

I will phone my girlfriend.

go When I * (go) bac Dans les proposi8. We usually (take) a taxi

to go to work.

take We usually * (tak9. They (not/travel) a lot.

don't travel They * (not/travel10. She (not/come). She is

looking after her little sister.

isn't coming

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