1. PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS

2. PRESENT SIMPLE We use the present simple to talk about:
Facts which are always true.
e.g. The sun rises in the east.
Actions or situations that are generally or usually true.
e.g. Liz plays in the school basketball team.

3. Routines or habitual actions.
e.g. I usually get up at 7.30.
Timetables, programmes, etc. (for example, for public transport, cinema, etc)
e.g. The train leaves Buenos Aires at tomorrow morning.

4. POSITIVE
Who?
Examples I
You We
They
play in the park every day.
He/She/It
plays in the park every day.
NEGATIVE
Who?
Examples I
You We
They
do not play in the park every day.
He/She/It
does not play in the park every day.

5. INTERROGATIVE
Who?
Examples Do I
you we
they
play in the park every day?
Does
He/she/ it

6. SIGNAL WORDS

7. FREQUENCY ADVERBS
They explain how often someone does an action or something happens. always often/ frequently usually/ normally sometimes/ occasionally + + rarely/ seldom/ hardly ever + never -

8. Frequency adverbs come after the verb to be, modal verbs and auxiliaries.
e.g. He is always at home in the evening.
You must never forget to lock the door.
Frequency adverbs come before other verbs.
e.g. Liz usually gets home at 7 p.m.
They rarely eat out on weekdays.

9. STATE VERBS
This type of verbs are NOT usually used in any continuous form.
Senses: appear, hear, see, look like, taste
Feeling: like, hate, love, prefer, want, wish
Thinking: believe, know, understand, think
Possession: have, own, belong to
Being: be, exist
Other: cost, need, mean

10. PRESENT CONTINUOUS We use the present continuous to talk about:
Actions in progress at the present moment.
e.g. Sorry, I can’t speak to you, I’m washing my hair.
Actions happening “around now” but not at the moment of speaking.
e.g. Liz is reading The Hobbit at school.

11. Temporary actions.
e.g. We are using our notebooks for a few days.
A fixed future arrangement.
e.g. Paul is leaving early tomorrow morning.

12. POSITIVE
Who?
Examples I am
reading in the garden.
sleeping on the sofa.
You/ We/ They
are
He/ She/ It is
NEGATIVE
Who?
Examples I
am not
reading in the garden.
sleeping on the sofa.
You/ We/ They
are not
He/ She/ It
is not

13. INTERROGATIVE
Who?
Examples Am I
reading in the garden?
sleeping on the sofa?
Are
we, you, they Is
he/ she/ it

14. SIGNAL WORDS