PRESENT SIMPLE vs CONTINUOUS checkout

Simple Present is used for

• actions that happen at the moment.

• habits, facts and routines.

• future plans with indefinite time.

Simple Present uses these auxiliary for negative and interrogative forms:

• was, were

• am not, isn't, aren't

• do, does

Verbs used with Simple Present

• are stative verbs

• are action verbs

• are emotional verbs

• are both action and stative verbs

Present Continuous is formed:

• am, is, are + verb ING

• was, were + verb ING

• verb + S, ES, IES

For Present continuous tense we never use DO and DOES.

• CORRECT

• INCORRECT

Stative verbs are NOT used in ING form.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The adverbs in Simple Present refer to routines or frequency of actions.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Examples of stative verbs are:

• go, dance, cook

• think, understand, like

• live, need, teach

Examples of action verbs are:

• need, think, prefer

• redo, collect, clean

• think, dance, drive