Zusammenfassung der Ressource
PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT
CONTINUOUS
- SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
- We use the simple present tense
when an action is happening
right now, or when it happens
regularly (or unceasingly, which
is why it’s sometimes called
present indefinite).
- GRAMMAR
(FORM)
- The infinite verb with the personal pronouns: I, you, we and
they (or with the plural form of nouns)
- the verb + s with the personal
pronouns he, she, it (or with the singular
form of nouns)
- NOTE
- Negative sentences and questions are formed
with the auxiliary verb 'do'.
- The 3rd person singular of 'do' is
'does'. This means that in negative
sentences and questions the 's' of the
main verb is placed behind 'do'.
- Example
- The other is to talk
about habitual actions or
occurrences.
- PRESENT CONTINUOS
- We use the present continuous:
- To talk about
events which are in
progress at the moment
of speaking
- To talk about
temporary states which are
true around the moment of
speaking
- To
describe actions
which are repeated
or regular, but which
we believe to be
temporary
- To talk
about a gradual
change
- With words like always, constantly, continually and
forever (adverbs of indefinite frequency) to describe
events which are regular but not planned, and often
not wanted
- to refer to the future when we talk about
plans and arrangements that have already
been made
- GRAMMAR
(FORM)
- Is formed from the present tense of
the verb be and the present participle
(-ing form) of a verb
- NOTE
- When the verb ends in -e, we take off
the -e and add -ing.
- When the verb ends in a vowel
followed by a single consonant and if
the last syllable is stressed, then the
consonant is doubled.
- When the verb ends in a vowel + l,
we double the consonant.