This document provides information about spelling and usage rules for the present simple and present continuous tenses in English. For the present simple, it outlines rules for adding -s, -es, and -ies endings for verbs. It also lists examples of how the present simple is used for habitual actions, general facts, and permanent situations. For the present continuous, it provides rules for verb endings and examples of how it expresses actions happening now or temporarily, as well as cases where it is not used such as with feelings, thoughts, possession, and senses.

1. PRESENT SIMPLE
SPELLING
1.-Ask-asks
2.S, X, SH, CH –ES
Pass-passes, fax-faxes, finish-finishes, watch-watches
3.-O-OES
do-does, go-goes
4.- Y-IES If there is a consonant before Try-tries, Worry-worries; stay-stays
USAGE
1.-HABITUAL ACTIONS
Carol goes to work by train everyday
2.-GENERAL FACTS
The Nile flows into the Mediterranean
3.-PERMANENT SITUATIONS
My parents live in the South of France
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
SPELLING
1.-Watch-watching
2.-Come-coming
3.-stop-stopping/listen-listening/prefer-preferring
4.-lie-lying
5.-travel-travelling or traveling
USAGE
1.-Actions happening now
She is watching the TV now
2.-Actions that are happening temporarily
She is studying law this year
3.-Not with:
FEELINGS: hate, prefer, like, dislike, love, want
THOUGHT: think, understand, mean, believe, remember
POSSESSION: belong, have, own, possess
SENSES: hear, see, smell, taste, touch with CAN
Need, seem
THINK, SEE