A BIT OF GRAMMAR: PRESENTS

PRESENT SIMPLE OR PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT CONTINUOUS FORM( AT THE TIME OF SPEAKING)

TO BE ( AM-IS – ARE) + MAIN VERB-ING

SHE IS READING A COMIC.        SHE IS  NOT READING A COMIC.     IS SHE READING A COMIC?

	PRESENT SIMPLE FORM (HABITS AND ROUTINES)
+	SUBJECT+ VERB FORM -  I THINK, YOU THINK…   + S/ES ( 3RD PERSON HE, SHE, IT) HE THINKS, SHE THINKS…
-	SUBJECT+ DO +NOT+ VERB FORM- I DON´T THINK  + DOES + NOT+VERB FORM ( 3RD PERSON HE SHE IT) HE DOESN´T THINK
?	DO+ SUBJECT+VERB FORM? DO YOU THINK..? DOES+SUBJECT+VERB FORM? ( 3RD PERSON) DOES SHE THINK…?

 Complete the sentences. Use the present simple or the present continuous of the verbs in brackets.

1.     I usually ____________ (go) swimming on Saturdays.

2.    Mila _______________ (send) an email to Miss Esther at the moment.

3.    People in China never _______________ (eat) with a knife and fork.

4.    The teacher always _______________ (turn on) the the smart board immediately.

5.    Alvaro’s on the phone. He ___________________ (talk) to Jorge right now.

6.    We sometimes _____________________ (play) 

football after school.

7.    I ____________________ (do) my homework 

right now.

8.    We rarely _______________ (make) birthday party at school.

9.    They always ________________ (eat) breakfast in the playground.

10. Today Guillermo _________________ (run) in a race.