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1 Day-to-Day

Grammar 2 Present continuous Present continuous vs Present simple

Use: Present simple
Use the present continuous tense for actions 1. For things that are always true.
happening now. 2. For your everyday routines.
I’m studying at the moment. 3. For future schedules.
Joe is talking to his brother.
Uses phrases such as:
Form: Positive & Negative sentences always, never, sometimes, every day
Present continuous
am/’m
I For things happening now.
’m not
Uses phrases such as:
You are/’re at the moment, (right/just) now
We
They aren’t/’re not Verb + ing

He
is/’s
She isn’t/’s not
It

Form: Questions

Am I

you
Are we
they Verb + ing A. For each pair, write one present simple
sentence and one present continuous
he
Is she sentence.
it 1. study
a. Anna maths at university.
Spelling Rules
b. Tom for his maths exam at
• Verbs ending in e, delete e:
come I’m coming. the moment.
have He’s having lunch. 2. have
a. I can’t talk now. I lunch.
• Verbs ending in one vowel and one
consonant (not y and x) double the b. Dan an important exam
consonant: tomorrow.
put putting 3. play
get getting a. Look, there’s Jeff. He
basketball.
b. Jeff sometimes basketball
after school.
Correct the sentences. 4. talk
1. John is phoneing his mother. a. Emma to someone right
2. My friends isn’t studying at the moment. now.
3. What you are doing? b. I to my dad on video chat
every day.

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