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SIMPLE PRESENT VS PRESENT CONTINUOS - Coggle Diagram
SIMPLE PRESENT
VS
PRESENT CONTINUOS
Form
Affirmative
Subject+Verb+Object
Negative
Subject+Don't/Doesn't+Verb+Object
Question
Do/Does+Subject+Verb+Object?
Use
Repeated actions
Mention things that are usually carried
Habits
Hobbies
Daily events
"We always go to school"
Facts or generalizations
Indicates a fact
True or false in the
Past
Present
Future
About people or things
Scheduled events in the near future
"Immunology class starts at 3 o’clock"
"The bus arrives at 7 AM"
Now (Non-continuous verbs)
Action is
Happening now
"He is here now"
Not happening now
Example verbs
State: Be, cost, mean, fit
Possesion: Belong, have
Senses: Feel, hear
Feelings: Hate, hope, like, love
Brain work: Believe, know, think
Introductory clauses for direct speech
Third person
Simple form + S
For
He
He sings
She
It
Add -ES
For verbs ending in
S, Z, SH, CH, X, O
Use
Has
Simple form
I
You
We
They
Frequency adverbs
Telling us when something happens
Subject+Adverb+Main verb
"He normally goes to park"
Subject+To be+Adverb
"Karla is occasionally punctual at school"
Subject+Auxiliary+Adverb+Main verb
"She can sometimes beat me in a race"
Expressions
First, The, Every, Often, Never
Form
Affirmative
Subject+To be+Verb-ing+Object
Negative
Subject+To be/Not+Verb-ing+Object
Question
To be+Subject+Verb-ing?
Use
Situations happening right now
Something is
Happening now at this very moment
"I'm studying in this moment"
Not happening now
Longer actions in progress now or around now actions
Express along action that's is in progress
"I'm driving to become a racing driver"
Near future arrangements
Examples
I'm going to study after school
I am eating at 3:00 pm
Repetition and irritation with “always” or “constantly”
Examples
They are always handing in assignments late
He is constantly bothering his parents
Dynamic verbs
Example verbs
Be, Think
Have
"I'm having a party"
Taste
See
"I'm seeing Robert tomorrow"
Time expressions
At the/this moment
Today
Right now
Listen!
Look!
