PRESENT SIMPLE Vs. PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Present Simple

Present Continuous

For actions that occur in the present

To describe daily events, events, or to narrate contemporary events.

For temporary actions and to describe what happens at the moment of speech

It is built from the verb in its infinitive form. An "s" is added to the third person singular

*I work in Madrid

*She starts to work at 8 a.m

Third person conjugations. If the verb ends in "ss", "sh", "ch", "o" or "x", it is added "es"

*She kisses her boyfriend

*He fishes at sea

*She watches a film every night

*He goes to the office every day

*She fixes her car

If the verb ends in «y» after a consonant, it is replaced by an «i» and «es» is added

He studies English and French.

It is constructed from the present of the verb to be and the –ing (gerund) form of a verb that is the one that develops the action.

I am going to the cinema

She is listening to music

Verbs that end in -e, remove the -e before adding -ing. If they end in -ee, they gerund normally.

PRESENT SIMPLE ADVERBS

Hourly, daily, weekly, yearly, on Mondays, every minute, every day. once an hour, once a week, twice a month, quarterly, once, twice, therre times, often, usually, never, how often, alwayas

love - loving

come - coming

see - seeing

Single-syllable verbs that have only one vowel and end in a consonant double that consonant before adding —ing.

run - running

win - winning

sit - sitting

Two-syllable verbs with the accentuation on the second syllable also double the consonant

begin - beginning

prefer - preferring

admit - admitting

Verbs ending in -y make the gerund normally.

play - playing

study - studying

carry - carrying

PRESENT CONTINUOUS ADVERBS

Today, at the moment, at this moment, right now, now, these days, these weeks

STRUCTURE

SUBJECT + INFINITIVE + (S)

STRUCTURE

SUBJECT + AM/IS/ARE + INFINITIVE + ING