Present simple and present continuous: structure and examples

SIMPLE

(routines)

PRESENT

CONTINUOUS

(in the moment)

Examples

Structure

Structure

Examples

+ Subject + verb + complement

- Subject + do/does + not + verb + complement

? Do/ Does + Subject + verb + complement + ?

+ She calls Juan.

She reads a book every nigth.

- They don't study French.

He doesn´t eat meat

? Does she go to the gym?

Do you play chess?

+ Subject + verb to be + verb + ing + complement

- Subject + verb to be + "not" + verb + ing + complement

?​​​​​​verb to be +subject + verb + ing + complement

+ James is travelling around Australia.

I am writing now.

​​​​- He is not speaking.

They are not sleeping

? Are they talking?

Is she listening music?

REMEMBER

in positive: when the sentence has she/ he / it, to the verb is added an S, ES, IES depends of the verb

​​​​​​use ​do: for you, we and they

use does: for she, he and it

REMEMBER:

Verb To Be

am: used to "I"

is: use to "she, he, it"

are: use to "are, you, they"

temporal markers:

at the moment, now, just now, right now, Listen!, Look