Learn present simple and present continuous tense and grammar rules related to it to improve your English

1. Spoken English
Present Simple vs Present Continuous Tense
by
Ash Vyas

2. There are Types of Present Tense
•Present Simple Tense
•Present Continuous/Progressive Tense
•Present Perfect Continuous Tense
•Present Perfect Tense

3. We Will Learn
•Present Simple Tense
•Present Continuous/Progressive Tense

4. Present Simple Tense
Usage:
to talk about
•routines
•things that are always true
•general facts
•habits

5. Present Simple Tense Sentence Structure/syntax
Positive
I/You/We/They + verb
He/ She/It/3rd person + Verb(-s/-es/-ies)
Negative:
I/You/We/They + don’t + Verb
He/ She/ It/ 3rd person name + doesn’t + Verb

6. Present Simple Tense Examples
Positive sentences: Negative:
I live in India We don't like audio noise
I offer Digital Marketing Services He doesn’t make lunch
Maria works for a TV station I don’t wake up early
He plays football every Tuesday. Sun doesn’t rise in west

7. Present Simple Tense Notes:
•In a simple present sentence where he, she, it or a name is the subject, verbs can
end in -s or -es depending on the way the verb ends.
•For most words, just add -s to the end of the verb.
Example:
Play – Plays Eat – Eats Drink - Drinks

8. Present Simple Tense Notes:
Verb ends with -o, -sh, -ch, -tch, -x, -z, -ss; you need to add -es
For ex:
Go –Goes Do – Does Wash - Washes
Watch – watches Buzz – buzzes fix - fixes
splash - splashes

9. Present Simple Tense Notes:
Verb ends with consonant + y, change the -y to -ie and add s
Example:
Dry – dries Fly – flies Worry - worries

10. Present Simple Tense: Exception
Don’t add s, -es, -ies, when there is a modal verb in the sentence
Example:
He can Play
She may watch
Maria Must fly New York Tomorrow

11. Present Continuous/Progressive Tense
Usage:
to talk about actions which are happening at the present moment, but will soon
finish.

12. Present Continuous/Progressive Tense Structure
Positive
Subject + to be verb + main verb(ing)
Negative:
Subject + to be verb + not + main verb(ing)

13. Present Continuous/Progressive Tense
Examples
Positive sentences: Negative:
I am coming from Mexico We are not going to that event
I am teaching Business English He is not playing that game
Maria is helping him for a project I am not making tea for the guest
He is looking for a rented apartment It is not raining here

14. Present Continuous/Progressive Tense Notes:
We drop ‘e’ in the verbs which has silent –e at the end when we’re converting it
into the –ing verb form.
Example:
Come – Coming Make – Making
But
Agree – Agreeing (because here ‘-e’ is not silent)

15. After a short, stressed vowel, the final consonant is doubled. You can also say, the
verb with ‘one vowel + one consonant’ at the end, double the last letter.
Example:
Sit – sitting Put - Putting
Stop – Stopping Run - Running

16. Present Continuous/Progressive Tense Notes:
The verb ends with –ie; Drop -ie and change e to –y
Example:
Lie – lying Tie – Tying
Die - Dying

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