Asignatura: Ingles III UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA SAN FRANCISCO Docente: Luz Marina Zubizarreta Agüero
Present Simple vs Present Continuous
Present simple use To talk about habits and routines Eg: She usually works at home. They always walk to school. I never eat meat.
Present continuos use To talk about something that is happening at the moment, now. Eg: I am paying attention to the teacher. I am talking to my classmate.
Clues to identify Present Simple The use of words such as: Often, always, never, usually, seldom, every weekend/day/Sunday etc. Eg: I always go to school. I clean my room every Sunday.
Clues to identify Present Continuous The use of words such as: at the moment, now, right now, today, etc. Eg: I am studying English now.
Present Simple Affirmative: I have a big house. she/ he/ it has a car. you/we/they study at university. Negative: I do not walk. she/he/ it does not have a house. you/we/they do not work.
Present Simple Interrogative(question) Do I come from Mexico? Does she/he/it play chess? Do you/we/they speak Italian?
Present Continuous Affirmative: I am walking she/ he/ it is walking you/we/they are walking Negative: I am not walking she/he/ it is not walking you/we/they are not walking
Present Continuous Interrogative(question) Am I walking? Is she/he/it walking? Are you/we/they walking?
Question using What What am I doing? What are you/we/they doing? What is she/he/ it doing? Eg: a)What are you doing? b) I am watching tv.
What is she doing?
What is he doing?
What are they doing?
What is it doing?