SIMPLE PRESENT vs PRESENT

CONTINUOS

Cristo Rey – 2nd year - Miss Rodriguez

What do we use the Simple Present for???

1. Routines

• I get up at 6:00 A.M.

• My brother walks to school everyday.
2. Habits

• My dad smokes 10 cigarettes a

day.
• My boss drinks 5 cups of coffee
everyday.
3. Facts

• Peru celebrates
Independence Day on
July 28th.
• It rains in winter.
• That store opens around 10:00
A.M.
• The jacket costs 28 bucks.
 5. Use Frequency Adverbs

• My kids always buy

junk food.

• My friends usually wear

informal clothes.
 Compare…
I – you – we – they
• I have a beautiful house.
• They do homework at night.
• We eat lunch at 2:00 P.M.

he - she - it
• She has a handsome boyfriend.
• My dad does gardening every Sunday.
• Our dog sleeps outside.
 Checking the negative…

Attention!

• I – you – we – they + don’t + verb (base form)

• he - she - it + doesn’t + verb (base form)
• I drink water. I don’t
drink alcohol.

• My mom works out at

home. She doesn’t go
to the gym.

• My brother doesn’t
work on Saturdays. He
sleeps all day.
• The children don’t go to
school on weekends.

• The dogs eat special dog

food. They don’t eat
junk food.

• The theater doors close

at 6:00 P.M. They don’t
open until 9:00 P.M.
 Third-person singular –s endings
Characteristic Modification Example
Most verbs Add “s” takes plays
eats
Ends in _x, _sh, Add “es” passes
ch, _s, _o washes
goes
does
Ends in _y Erase “y” study – studies
(after consonant) Add “ies” fly - flies
Exception Total have - has
Modification
 Let’s practice…

• My sister watches (watch) TV everyday.

• Romulo paints (paint) modern pictures.
• They write (write) lots of emails.
• We read (read) the newspaper after breakfast.
• My teacher gets up (get up) at 6:00am.
• You play (play) the piano very well.
• I listen (listen) to the radio in the morning.
• My dog likes (like) ice cream.
 Let’s check the negatives…

1. I don’t play (not play) the guitar very well.

2. My kids don’t play (not play) computer games.
3. My friends don’t have (not have) a television.
4. My girlfriend doesn’t speak (not speak) English.
5. My mom and dad don’t like (not like) bananas.
6. My cat doesn’t drink (not drink) water.
7. I don’t get up (not get up) at 7.
8. Anna doesn’t study (not study) French.
 The Present Continuous Tense
I am
‘m
You are
We ‘re playing
They
He is
She ‘s
It
 The Present Continuous Tense

• I am not Am I
‘m not
You are not Are you
playing playing?
We aren’t we
They they
He is not Is he
She isn’t she
It it
 Make –ing forms of each verb given.

beginning getting
running use - using
listening staying
lie - lying trying
swimming decide - deciding
studying come - coming
happening putting
These days the majority
of people are using the
internet to get the
latest information.
 These days
people are
contacting
their friends
by email, on
the internet.
 Today many
teenagers are
spending
more time
with their
friends than
their parents.
 KEY WORDS
in the Present Continuous

NOW, RIGHT NOW, IN THIS MOMENT

TODAY, NOWADAYS, THESE DAYS
 1. We use present continuous for actions
happening now .

• Mr. Gomez is concentrating now

because he wants to learn the class.

• Mr. Bedregal isn’t bothering right now

because she is paying attention to Miss
Rodriguez.
2.We use present continuous for changing
situations and trends
• These days the majority of people are using the
internet to get the latest information.

• Nowadays more and more teenagers are spending

their money on phone cards.

• Today many teenagers are spending more time

with their friends than their parents.
3. For annoying habits. A frequency
adverb is neccesary (always).

You are always

borrowing money
from me!
4. A repeated temporary event. A time
expression is necessary.

Look! The camel is

drinking coke
again!
These days human activity is destroying
the environment little by little.
Many teenagers in the USA are working part –
time these days.
Nowadays many teenagers are studying English
because they want to get better oppotunities
for their future.
Nowadays more and more teenagers are spending
money on phone cards.
 ATTENTION!

The present continuous is not

used with these verbs: belong,
cost, need, like, love, hate, want,
wish, believe, feel, know, mean,
remember, think, understand.