Present Tenses

Present Tenses

by Alexia Ioannidou

I don't go
You don't go
He/she/it doesn't go
We/you/they don't go

Do I go?
Do you go?
Does he/she/it go?
Do we/you/they go?

I go
You go
He/she/it goes
We/you/they go

​Form

Present Simple

​Uses

1. To express habits or repeated actions

2. To express general truths or unchanging situations.

3. To give instructions or directions.

4. To express fixed arrangements, present or future.

I'm not going
You aren't going
He/she/it isn't going
We/you/they aren't going

Am I going?
Are you going?
Is he/she/it going?
Are we/you/they going?

I am going
You are going
He/she/it is going
We/you/they are going

​Form

Present Continuous

​Uses

1. To describe an action in progress at the moment of speaking.

2. To describe a temporary event or situation.

3. To describe an action or event in the future, which has already been planned or prepared.

4. With ''always, constantly, forever'', to describe and emphasize a continuing series of repeated actions.

Quiz Time!

Multiple Choice

This song is terrible! I ….. to listen to it.

• don’t want

• am not wanting

• not want

Multiple Choice

‘How often ….. a holiday?’’

‘‘About twice a year I think.’’

• does she take

• is she taking

• she takes

Multiple Choice

David ….. late, even though he is likely to lose his job.

• always has arrived

• arrives always

• always arrives

Multiple Choice

I .... to the cinema tonight.

• are going

• am going

• go

Multiple Choice

He usually plays the drums, but he .... the guitar tonight.

• plays

• is playing

• has played

The End