Present simple:

We use the present simple to talk aboutthings that we do often.

Present simple

-s -- -do -- -does.

We add –es when the verb ends in ch, o,x or sh.

Example: He mixes the salad.

Present Continuous:We use the present continuous to talkabout things that we are doing now.

Example: She is making a cake.

Present Continuous.

Verb to be + verb + ing

Am.Is.Are.

Play.Run.Wash

Playing.Running.Washing.

What happen if the

verb ends in -e?

When the verb ends in –e, we say

bye bye to the -e and we add

only -ing.

Example; You live in Barcelona.

You are living in Barcelona.

When do we add –ing?

We add –ing only with thepresent continuous.

Examples: They are eatingsalad.

Verbs that we don´t

add –ing?

In some verbs we don´t add –ing likethe verbs:

Like, want, need, prefer, know, realise, suppose, mean, understand,

believe, remember, belong, fit, contain, consist, seem…

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