Present simple and continuous contrast

Present contrast

simple and continuous

Present simple forms

Spellings rules

- Most verbs we add -s to the base form to make (third person singular) form: Examples: We come → She comes They travel → He travels - When the verb ends in -ch, -ss, -sh, -x or -zz, we add -es. Examples: watch → watches; miss → misses; wash → washes - When the verb ends in a consonant + -y we change y to i and add -es. Examples: hurry→ hurries; study → studies - But when the verb ends in a vowel + -y we just add -s. Examples: pay→ pays; enjoy→ enjoys - Have, go, do and be are irregular.

Present Simple use

1. Daily routines or habits. You usually find the adverbs of frequency
2. Universal truths
3. Future events which are part in a schedule
4. When we talk about what happens in films, books, etc.
5. Stative Verbs

Adverbs of frequency

I usually go swimming at the weekends

I sometimes eat icecream

I never go to school at the weekends

Stative verbs

A stative verb describes a condition or state.

Present continuous forms

Present Continuous use

1. Actions happening now. Usually you will find time expression "now"; "right now", "at the moment.
2. Used to talk about future plans.
3. To talk about people in pictures and photos