PRESENT SIMPLE VS. PRESENT CONTINUOUS QUIZ

We DO NOT use present simple to refer to:

• routines

• facts

• actions that are happening at the moment of speaking

• permanent situations

A time expression we normally use with present continuous is:

• now

• every week

• usually

• twice a month

For short answers in present simple we use:

• is / isn't

  are / aren't

• do / does

  don't / doesn't

• am / am not

• do / don't

To transform an affirmative sentence into a negative sentence in present continuous we:

• add 'DON'T' or 'DOESN'T' after the verb

• add 'NOT' to the verb

• add 'DON'T' or 'DOESN'T' before the verb

• add 'NOT' to the verb to be

A time expression we DO NOT use in present simple is:

• at the moment

• everyday

• on Mondays

• never

In third person singular, present continuous verbs:

• are formed by a form of the verb to be and an 'ING' action

• are formed by IS / ISN'T and an 'ING' action

• take a final 'S', 'ES' or 'IES'

• don't change

In first person plural affirmative sentences, present simple verbs:

• don't change

• take a final 'S'

• take an 'ING' ending

• need 'DON'T'

In second person (singular or plural) negative sentences, present simple verbs:

• need 'DON'T'

• need 'AREN'T'

• need 'DOESN'T'

• need 'RE NOT'

To start present continuous questions we use:

• 'DO' or 'DOES'

• an '-ING' verb

• the verb to be

• a verb with final '-S'

We would use present continuous to describe:

• what we rarely do

• what we often do

• what we do in this class right now

• what we do every year