1. PRESENT TENSES
SIMPLE PRESENT PRESENT CONTINUOUS
a) Routines or everyday actions. a) Actions that take place in the
moment of speaking.
Mark always wears T-shirts. Silence! We are watching a film.
b) Facts or general truths. b) Future arrangements.
It doesn’t usually snow in Zaragoza. Jane is taking an exam on Tuesday.
USEFUL ADVERBS
always usually sometimes
every day never twice a day
USEFUL ADVERBS
at the moment now
today these days

2. PRESENT TENSES
SIMPLE PRESENT
Affirmative:
SUBJECT VERB (+S) COMPLEMENTS
Negative:
SUBJECT DON’T
DOESN’T
VERB COMPLEMENTS
Interrogative:
DO
DOES
SUBJECT VERB COMPLEMENTS ?
Tom loves computer games.
We don’t wear school uniform.
Do they live in Oxford?

3. PRESENT TENSES
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
SUBJECT AM
IS
ARE
COMPLEMENTS
Affirmative:
Negative:
SUBJECT AM NOT
ISN’T
AREN’T
VERB (-ING) COMPLEMENTS
Interrogative:
AM
IS
ARE
SUBJECT VERB (–ING) COMPLEMENTS ?
Tom is writing an email.
We aren’t listening to music.
Are they playing football?
VERB (-ING)