PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT SIMPLE (USE)

• HABITS, ROUTINES

• ACTION HAPPENING NOW

• TIMETABLES

• PERMANENT STATES

PRESENT CONTINUOUS (USE)

• HABITS, ROUTINES

• TEMPORARY ACTIONS

• ACTIONS HAPPENING NOW

• DEFINITE PLANS

PRESENT SIMPLE (SIGNAL WORDS)

• ALWAYS

• NOW

• TODAY

• EVERY SUMMER

• AT THE MOMENT

PRESENT CONTINUOUS (SIGNAL WORDS)

• SOMETIMES

• TODAY

• HARDLY EVER

• THIS YEAR

• AT THE MOMENT

STATIVE VERBS CAN BE USED IN THE PRESENT CONTIUOUS TENSE.

• RIGHT

• WRONG

TAP STATIVE VERBS

• LIKE

• WANT

• LOVE

• UNDERSTAND

• NEED

TAP NON STATIVE VERBS

• LOVE

• STUDY

• RUN

• HATE

• WRITE

I am understanding what you mean.

• RIGHT

• WRONG

All the students are in the corridor. What do they do?

• RIGHT

• WRONG

My father is a mechanic. What is your father doing?

• RIGHT

• WRONG