1. PRESENT SIMPLE/PRESENT CONTINUOUS

2. STRUCTURE: -S WITH HE/SHE/IT AM/IS/ARE´+ -ING
PRESENT SIMPLE
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
-S WITH HE/SHE/IT
AM/IS/ARE´+ -ING
AM NOT/ISN’T/AREN’T + -ING
DON’T /DOESN’T +infinitive
DO/DOES…+ subject + infinitive?
AM /IS/ARE +SUBJECT + -ING?

3. WE USE THEM: COMPLAINING TIMETABLES FACTS ROUTINES
ACTIONS HAPPENING NOW
FUTURE ARRANGEMENTS
STATE VERBS
PRESENT SIMPLE
PRESENT CONTINUOUS

4. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT PRESENT FORM
(Between sisters)
You …………………… (take) my clothes!
are always taking
COMPLAINING

5. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT PRESENT FORM
Water …………………… (boil) at 100ºC.
boils
FACT

6. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT PRESENT FORM
Ana…………………… (get married) this week.
is getting married
Future arrangement

7. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT PRESENT FORM
We…………………… ( BELIEVE) She thinks I broke her phone.
doesn’t believe
State verb

8. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT PRESENT FORM
Sancho and Iker …………………… ( not ride) their bike to school. They come walking.
don’t ride
routine

9. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT PRESENT FORM
…………… Aitana (come)to our party? Is
coming
Future arrangement

10. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT PRESENT FORM
School……………………….. (finish) at 2: 25.
finishes
Timetables

11. STATE VERBS They describe a state or permanent situation.
I don’t understand the difference between present simple and continuous (state of mind)
This ball belongs to me(possession)

12. Some common state verbs
Hate, like, love, need, prefer, want, wish, prefer, matter – personal choice
Believe, know, mean, realise, recognise, remember, suppose, understand – mental process
Belong, contain, depend, owe, possess- possession