Present Simple SPELLING!!! wash - she washes (miss, fix, catch) habit (He gets up at 7 every day), permanent situation (He lives in Prague), a state (He looks like Peter) affirmative negative question I/you/we/they I play. I do not play. Do I play? he/she/it He plays. He does not play. Does he play? SPELLING!!! wash - she washes (miss, fix, catch) worry - he worries (fly) BUT: play - he plays
Present Continuos action happening at this moment (I am driving through Prague at the moment.) action happening in the present period but not at this moment (I am trying to give up smoking right now.) future arrangements (I´m meeting my friends tonight for my birthday party.) affirmative negative question I/you/we/they I am driving I am not driving. Are you driving? he/she/it He is driving He is not driving. Is he driving?
Present Simple x Present Continuous habit (He gets up at 7 every day.) permanent situation (He lives in Prague.) a state (He looks like Peter.) action happening at this moment, action happening in the present period but not at this moment future arrangements changing situation (He is getting tall.) temporary situation (He is staying with his aunt.) !!! State verbs: no –ing form hate, like, love, want, believe, know, prefer, understand, belong, cost, weight, hear, smell, sound, taste
Spelling wash - she washes (miss, fix, catch) worry - he worries (fly, hurry), BUT: play - he plays plan – he is planning (jog, stop, get) make – he is making (leave) lie – he is lying begin – he is beginning, forgetting (two syllables, vowel, stress on last syllable) travel – he is travelling (two syllables, end in –l) BUT: flying, hurrying