PresentContinuous and Present Simple (1) ( I am doing and ) (ĐœĐ°ŃŃĐŸŃŃДД ĐżŃĐŸĐŽĐŸĐ»Đ¶Đ”ĐœĐœĐŸĐ” Đž ĐżŃĐŸŃŃĐŸĐ” ĐœĐ°ŃŃĐŸŃŃДД ĐČŃĐ”ĐŒĐ”ĐœĐ° I) Study the explanations and compare the examples: Present continuous (I am doing) Use the continuous for something that is. happening at or around the time of speaking. The action is not Jack is watching television. He is not playing Jack has a guitar. He often plays it and he plays very plays the guitar. But he is not playing the guitar he playing the guitar? No, he isn't. present continuous.Does he play the guitar? Yes, he does. present simple.______________________________________________Present continuous I am doing = now, at the time of speaking. I'm Doing Past Now * Please be quiet. I'm working not I work * Tom is having a shower at the moment. not Tom has. * Take an umbrella with you. It's raining. * You can turn off the television. I'm not watching it. * Why are you under the table? What are you doing?________________________________________________Present simple I do = in general, all the time or sometimes;Past Now * I work every day from 9 o'clock to * Tom has a shower every morning. * It rains a lot in winter. * I don't watch TV very often. * What do you usually do at weekends?.We do not use these verbs in the present continuous I am -ing Use only the present simple with these verbs I want / do you like? etc * I'm tired. I want to go home. not I'm wanting. * Do you know that girl? Yes, but I don't remember her name. * I don't understand. What do you mean?_________________________________________________________ Questions and answers 1. Does he take photographs? = Yes, he does. 2. Is he taking a photograph? = No, he isn't. 3. What is he doing? = He's having a Is she driving a bus? = Yes, she Does she drive a bus? = No, she isn' What is she doing? = She is playing a piano. 1. Does he clean windows? = Yes, he does. 2. Is he cleaning a window? = Yes, he does. 3. What is he doing? = He's cleaning a Are the teaching? = No, they aren' Do they teach? = Yes, they What do they do? = They Use sentences with am / is / are Or do / don't / does / doesn't. 1. Excuse me, do you speak English? 2. Where's Kate? I don't know. 3. What's funny? Why do you laughing. 4. What is your sister do? She's a dentist. 5. It raining. I don't want to go out in the rain. 6. Where are you come from? Canada. 7. How much does it cost to stay at this hotel? Is it expensive? 8. Steve is a good tennis player, but he doesn't play very verb in the present continuous I am doing Or the present simple I do 1. Excuse me, do you speak English? 2. Where's Tom? He's having a shower. 3. I don't watch TV very often. 4. Listen! Somebody He's singing. 5. Sarah is tired. She wants to go home now. 6. How often You use your car? Every day? 7. Excuse me, but You are sitting in my seat. Oh, I'm sorry. 8. I'm sorry I don't understand. Can you speak more slowly? 9. It's late. I'm going home now do you come with me? 10. What time do your father finish work every day? 11. You can turn off the radio. I don't listen to it. 12. Where's Paul? In the kitchen. He's cooking something. 13. Mark isn't usually drive to work. He is usually walking. 14. Sue isn't like coffee. She prefers tea.
Weuse the present continuous if we talk about changes happening now. I'm beginning my exercises, now. The situation is changing, he is working hard. The cat is falling from the window! Your English is getting better, you're working hard! The population of United Kingdom is increasing slowly. Oh, it's starting to rain. Where is my umbrella?
As we have already seen, Present Continuous is generally used to indicate that something is happening at the time of speaking. On the other hand, Simple Present is used for things that are generally true, things that repeat, or for things that happen sometimes/all the time. We can also look at the difference between Present Continuous and Simple Present by considering âI am doingâ Present Continuous versus âI doâ Simple Present. Examples Iâm doing the laundry. right now I do the laundry every Monday. repeating event Sam is washing the car. right now Sam washes the car every week. repeating event Mary is watching TV. right now Mary watches TV whenever sheâs bored. generally true Note Certain words do not generally use a Present Continuous form believe depend forget hate know like love mean need prefer remember understand want Exercises In the following sentences, determine whether you should use Present Continuous or Simple Present form. Remember that the Present Continuous needs the correct form of âbeâ. If the sentence is a question, remember to include the correct form of âdoâ for question formation. Example _____ tomatoes? you / like ==> Do you like tomatoes? Please be quiet â _____ now. the baby / sleep ==> Please be quiet â the baby is sleeping now. 1. _____ a sweater for her cousinâs birthday. Susan / knit 2. _____ broccoli for dinner, but _____ that vegetable. Mother / cook, Steve / hate 3. _____ so hard I canât see across the street. it / snow 4. _____ your first day of school as a child? you / remember 5. Tonight _____ about rattlesnakes. the lecturer / speak 6. _____ lectures about rattlesnakes all over the country. he / give 7. Where _____? you / go 8. _____ tea over coffee. she / prefer 9. _____ three languages. Paul / speak 10. _____ in ghosts? you / believe 11. _____ always _____ my cousinâs birthday, so _____ it down on my calendar. I / forget, I / write 12. _____ fast whenever heâs mad. Jim / drive 13. _____ in a golf tournament this weekend. Tim / play 14. _____ in tournaments every chance he gets. he / play 15. _____ a book for her literature class. Karen / read 16. _____ so much that the city park by the river is now flooded. it / rain 17. Why didnât Bill study for his test? _____ better than that! he / know 18. After school _____ to the library. he / go 19. _____ to the movies tonight after dinner. we / go 20. _____ a letter to my nephew. I / write GoogleTheaction is not finished. Am/is/are ~ing is the present continuous: I am (= I'm) driving. he/she/it is (he's etc.) working. we/you/they are (we're etc.) doing etc. I am doing something = I'm in the middle of doing something; I've started doing it and I haven't finished yet. Often the action is happening at the time of speaking:
This page will help you if you canât remember the difference between the Present Continuous tense âI am doingâ, and the Present Simple tense âI doâ. Which tense you use depends on how you see the state or action. If you use the Present Simple âI doâ, you think something is permanent. This means we often use the Present Simple to talk about general and scientific facts, our routines or habits, to give definitions and to describe things. The Present Continuous âI am doingâ means the action is happening now or around now, is unfinished, or temporary. We use it to talk about trends and changes, or about situations happening now that are different from normal. âI live in London.â This is my home. âI am living with my parents.â A temporary situation until I buy my own house. âHot air rises.â A scientific fact. âHouse prices are rising.â A trend happening now. âI drive to work every day.â My routine or habit. âI am walking to work this week.â My car is being repaired. âAt work I write letters to customers.â My job routine. âIm writing a difficult letter.â This is what I am doing right now and I havenât finished yet. So the most important rule is that you use the Present Simple âI doâ for permanent states and the Present Continuous âI am doingâ for changes and trends. Some verbs cannot be used in the Present Continuous tense. This is because they already suggest permanence. These include Verbs of possession â own, have, belong. Although you can say âI am having a partyâ, it doesnât mean you own the party, it means you are hosting a party. Verbs of the mind â believe, know, think, forget. Verbs of emotion â love, hate, detest. Verbs of the senses â see, hear, smell, taste. âIâm seeing the doctor tomorrowâ means I am going to visit the doctor, but âI see the doctorâ means âthe doctor is standing in front of meâ. Verbs of geographical location â lie. âLondon lies on the River Thamesâ.
Construction Present Continuous: form of 'be' and verb + ing. = I am doing, you are doing, he is doing, etc . Present Simple: infinitive = I do, you do, we do, you do, they do. (3rd person singular: infinitive + 's') = He does, she does, it does. Exceptions: Present Continuous: Exceptions when adding 'ing' :
Learn about the present continuous and do the exercises to practise using it. Level beginner The present continuous is made from the present tense of the verb be and the âing form of a verb I am working You are playing He is talking She is living It is eating We are staying They are sleeping We use the present continuous to talk about activities at the moment of speaking I'm just leaving work. I'll be home in an hour. Please be quiet. The children are sleeping. Present continuous 1 Matching_MTYyNzM= Present continuous 2 GapFillTyping_MTYyNzQ= future plans or arrangements Mary is going to a new school next term. What are you doing next week? Present continuous 3 Plans for next month 2nd Sat. â my birthday. Party! 4th â day off 10th Sun. â flight OS462 11th, 12th, 13th â conference, Vienna 15th â dentist 3 22nd â Mum & Dad arrive, evening 23rd â Toni's Restaurant make reservation! 25th â Mum & Dad > home 29th â payday TrueOrFalse_MTYyNzU= Present continuous 4 GapFillTyping_MTYyNzY= Present continuous questions We make questions by putting am, is or are in front of the subject Are you listening?Are they coming to your party? When is she going home? What am I doing here? Present continuous questions 1 ReorderingHorizontal_MTYyNzg= Present continuous questions 2 GapFillTyping_MTYyNzk= Present continuous negatives We make negatives by putting not or n't after am, is or are I'm not doing that. You aren't listening. or You're not listening.They aren't coming to the party. or They're not coming to the party.She isn't going home until Monday. or She's not going home until Monday. Present continuous negatives 1 GapFillDragAndDrop_MTYyODA= Present continuous negatives 2 GapFillTyping_MTYyODE= Stative verbs We do not normally use the continuous with stative verbs. Stative verbs include verbs of thinking and feeling believe dislike know like love hate prefer realise recognise remember suppose think = believe understand want wish verbs of the senses appear feel look seem smell sound taste others agree be belong disagree need owe own possess We normally use the simple instead I understand you. NOT I am understanding you.This cake tastes wonderful. NOT This cake is tasting wonderful. Level intermediate We also use the present continuous to talk about something which is happening before and after a specific time At eight o'clock we are usually having breakfast. When I get home the children are doing their homework. something which we think is temporary Michael is at university. He's studying history. I'm working in London for the next two weeks. something which is new and contrasts with a previous state These days most people are using email instead of writing letters. What sort of clothes are teenagers wearing nowadays? What sort of music are they listening to? something which is changing, growing or developing The children are growing up quickly. The climate is changing rapidly. Your English is improving. something which happens again and again It's always raining in London. They are always arguing. George is great. He's always laughing. Note that we normally use always with this use. Present continuous 5 Matching_MTYyNzc= Level advanced We can use the present continuous to talk about the past when we are telling a story The other day I'm just walking down the street when suddenly this man comes up to me and asks me to lend him some money. Well, he's carrying a big stick and he looks a bit dangerous, so I'm wondering what to do ⊠summarising a book, film or play Harry Potter is a pupil at Hogwarts school. One day when he is playing Quidditch he sees a strange object in the sky. He wonders what is happening ⊠Do you need to improve your English grammar? Join thousands of learners from around the world who are improving their English grammar with our online courses.