PRESENT SIMPLE VERSUS PRESENT CONTINUOUS.

PRESENT SIMPLE

CHARATERISTICS S.PRESNT

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY: ALWAYS , USUALLY, HARDLY EVER, OFTEN, SOMETIMES, EVERYDAY....

usage:HABITS OR ACTIONS HAPPENING REGULARLY.

Negative and interrogative sentences need an auxiliary verb:be, have or do.

ENDING S/ES3RD PERSON SINGILAR

SENTENCE STRUCTURE

AFFIRMATIVE

NEGATIVE

INTERROGATIVE

HE DOESN´T DRAW WELL. SUBJ+DOESN´/ DON´T+INF+OBJECT

DOES HE DRAW WELL ? . AUX.VERB+SUBJECT+INF+OBJECT?

HE DRAWS GREAT. SUBJECT+ VERB+ OBJECT

DON´T FORGET:NEGATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES NEED IN ENGLISH AND AUXILIARY VERB: BE/ DO does he work hard? No, he doesn´t work hard. He isn´t a hard-working person .

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

CHARACERISTICS

ADVERBS : NOW, TODAY, AT THE MOMENT.

usage:ACTIONS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

ACTIONS TAKING PLACE IN THE FUTURE.HE IS COMING tomorrow.

TO BE+ING

SENTENCE STRUCTURE

AFFIRMATIVE

INTERROGATIVE

NEGATIVE

IS HE LISTENING TO ME ? - TO BE+SUBJECT+ING+OBJECT?

HE ISN´T LISTENING TO ME.. . SUB+ISN´T/AREN´T+ING+OBJECT

HE IS LISTENING TO ME. SUBJECT+ TO BE+ING+ OBJECT

COMBINING S.PRESENT/PRESENT CONTINUOUS. .

HE USUALLY WAKES UP EARLY BUT TODAY HE IS READING IN BED. .

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