Present: Simple or Continuous?

Present: Simple or Continuous?

by Natalia Oróstica

​Simple present is...

​For daily routines and typical habits

• ​I, You, We, They + normal verb + Complement

• ​She, He, It + Verb + S + Complement

​For Negatives:

• ​I, You, We, They + don't + normal verb

• ​she, he, it + doesn't + normal verb

​For Questions:

• ​(WH) + Do/Does + subject + normal verb + complement + ?

​Present Continuous is...

​For actions happening at the moment

• ​I + am + verb + ing

• ​you, we, they + are + verb + ing

• ​she, he, it + is + verb + ing

​For Negative:

• ​I'm not + verb + ing

• ​you, we, they + aren't + verb + ing

• ​she, he, it + isn't + verb + ing

​For Questions:

• ​(WH) + is/am/are + subject + verb + ing + complement + ?

Multiple Select

What two sentences are present simple?

• I love pizza

• She isn't eating lunch with us

• They aren't eating in the cafeteria

• I eat breakfast at 7:00

Multiple Select

What two sentences are present continuous? 

• She isn't coming to my party

• He loves that music

• Mark and Kevin don't dance

• We are looking for the correct answers

Poll

When do we use present continuous?

• When we want to talk about rutines

• When we need to talk about our everyday activities

• When we need to talk about something happening now

• When we need to talk about scientific facts

Multiple Choice

I always _____ my hair before going to bed.

• Brush

• Brushes

• am brushing

• brushing

Multiple Choice

He ________ football with his friends at the moment.

• is playing

• plays

• play

• playing

Multiple Choice

Where __ you __, in an office or at home?

• 1. Do

  2. Working

• 1. Does

  2. Work

• 1. Do

  2. Work

• 1. Does

  2. Working

Fill in the Blank

She is _____ (dance) with her friends now.

Fill in the Blank

She ____ (dance) at the academy every friday

Open Ended

Write one activity you do very rarely.

Open Ended

Write one activity you are doing right now.