The document covers the usage of present simple and present continuous tenses in English, including affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. It provides examples related to daily habits, routines, and actions happening at the moment, as well as spelling rules for verbs in these tenses. Additionally, it emphasizes the distinction between general facts and actions in progress.

1. Let’s Learn English Together!

2. Present Simple of be Unit 1

3. Statements or Affirmative Sentences I am He is You are I’m He’s You’re She is We are She’s We’re It is They are It’s They’re

4. Negative sentences I am not He is not You are not I’m not He isn’t You aren’t She is not We are not She isn’t We aren’t It is not They are not It isn’t They aren’t

5. Questions Am I…? Is he…? Are you…? Is she…? Are we…? Is it…? Are they…?

6. Examples With ages Carlos is fifteen. Anna is fourteen. With nationality words I ’m Spanish. She is Turkish. With jobs Jim is a teacher. Are you a student? With an adjective You ’re right. I ’m happy. It ’s easy.

7. More examples… With This/That This is my bike. Is that your seat? With question words: where, when, what, who, why, how old Where is Jim? When is the next lesson? What time is it? Who are you? Why are they here? How old are you?

8. Present Simple: Affirmative Frequency Adverbs Unit 2

9. We use the present simple to describe general facts, repeated actions and habits and things that are always true : General facts I like milk. They speak Turkish. Maria plays basketball. We live in Australia. Repeated actions and habits Harry often arrives late. I usually get up at 7.30. Things that are always true. The sun rises in the East. The earth goes round the sun.

10. Statements I walk to school every day. My brother usually walks with me. I walk He walk s You walk She walk s We walk It walk s They walk

11. Spelling G o  go es Mi ss  miss es Wat ch  watch es Wa sh  wash es Rela x  relax es

12. Always, usually, often, sometimes, never Always 100% Tim always wears jeans. Usually 80% I usually go to bed at 9.30 Often 60% Sue often goes to the cinema. Sometimes 40% Sam sometimes walks to school. Never 0% It never rains here in August. The frequency adverb goes between subject and verb. Monday always comes after Sunday. Subject adverb of frequency verb

13. Present Simple: negative and questions Unit 3

14. Negative sentences I do not walk. He does not walk. You do not walk. I don’t walk. He doesn’t walk. You don’t walk. She does not walk. We do not walk. She doesn’t walk. We don’t walk. It does not walk. They do not walk. It doesn’t walk. They don’t walk. Examples : I don’t drink coffee. They don’t speak Italian. Tom doesn’t play tennis. We don’t live in France.

15. Questions Do I walk? Do es he walk? Do you walk? Do es she walk? Do we walk? Do es it walk? Do they walk? Examples : Do you like ice-cream? Do they speak Italian? Does Ana play basketball? Do you live in Australia? Does Harry often arrive later? Do you usually get up at 7.30?

16. Careful! I walk, you walk, we walk BUT He walk s , she walk s , it walk s He walk s . Do es he walk?

17. Present Continuous: affirmative Unit 4

18. Statements or Affirmative sentences I am waiting. He is waiting. You are waiting. I’m waiting. He’s waiting. You’re waiting. You are waiting. She is waiting. We are waiting. You’re waiting. She’s waiting. We’re waiting. It is waiting. They are waiting. It’s waiting. They’re waiting. Examples : I’m studying English. My brother’s talking on the telephone now. We’re swimming in the sea. She’s reading a book at the moment.

19. Spelling Verbs ending in one consonant , add –ing. wai t  wait ing Verbs ending in e , drop e and add –ing. Mak e  mak ing writ e  writ ing Verbs ending with one consonant, one vowel and one consonant, double the consonant. Sit  sit t ing cut  cut t ing Verbs ending in ie, change ie to y. L ie  l y ing t ie  t y ing d ie  d y ing Verbs ending in a vowel and y, add –ing. St ay  stay ing pl ay  play ing s ay  say ing

20. Present Continuous: negative and questions Unit 5

21. Negative sentences I am not waiting. He is not waiting. You are not waiting. I’m not waiting. He isn’t waiting. You aren’t waiting. She is not waiting. We are not waiting. She isn’t waiting. We aren’t waiting. It is not waiting. They are not waiting. It isn’t waiting. They aren’t waiting. Examples : I ‘m not drinking milk. They aren’t playing football.

22. Questions Am I waiting? Is he waiting? Are you waiting? Is she waiting? Are we waiting? Is it waiting? Are they waiting? Examples : A: What are you doing? | A: Are you reading? B: I’m fixing my bike | B: No, I’m not reading.

23. Present Continuous and Present Simple Unit 6

24. Present Continuous To talk about things happening at the moment . Example : Jim is watching TV at the moment . Present Simple To talk about habits and routines . Things we do often, every day, every week. Things that always happen. Examples : I arrive at school at 8.30. The lesson finishes at 9.30.

25. Careful! Joe lives in New York. He lives there all the time. We are living near the station now . We want to move to another house soon.

26. Careful! Verbs usually used with the present simple: Cost This bike costs $200. Like Anna likes rap music. Know Do you know the answer? Understand I don’t understand this. Believe Do you believe me?

27. Careful! Some verbs have one meaning in the simple form, but a different meaning in the continuous form. Do you have a bike? = Do you own a bike? (in general) I’m having a great time! = It’s a great party! (at the moment) I think this film is great! = I like this film a lot. (in general) Quiet! I’m thinking . = I’m doing a difficult exercise. (at the moment)