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Hello everyone, this video is to revise the present simple and the present continuous.

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You can watch it as many times as you want as a revision of the explanations given in class

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and then you will have to complete some exercises regarding these two tenses.

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We use tenses or verbs to refer to actions or situations in the present, in the past and in the future.

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In this lesson, we are going to revise two tenses that are used to refer to actions in the present.

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The present simple and the present continuous.

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Now let's get started.

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I'm going to show you when to use the present simple and when to use the present continuous.

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Let's have a look at these sentences.

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I never cook dinner. He is cooking dinner.

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The first sentence is in the present simple tense.

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The second sentence is in the present continuous tense.

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First, we're going to have a look at how to form a present simple and how to form a present continuous.

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For the present simple, we use the infinitive form of the verb.

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For the present continuous, we need the auxiliary verb to be plus the infinitive form of the verb, followed by ing.

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So this would be a gerund, the verb ending in ing.

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An example for the present simple is, in affirmative, we walk to school every day.

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With the present simple, we need to pay extra attention to the third person singular, he, she and it,

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because in conjugating that verb, we add an S.

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For example, he plays the guitar, she likes dancing.

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Let's have a look at two more examples in the negative form

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and two more examples in the interrogative form.

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In the negative form, we use the auxiliary don't or doesn't

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for the third person singular plus the infinitive.

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I don't walk to school, she doesn't like dancing

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in the interverbative form we use

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the auxiliary do or does for the third person singular

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plus the subject followed by the infinitive

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do they walk to school, does she like dancing

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now regarding the present continuous

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we form it with the auxiliary verb of the to be

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as I said before, am, is or are

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followed by the verb ending in ing here you have an example in the affirmative

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form they are walking home now in the present continuous negative we use the

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negative form of the verb to be I'm not isn't aren't followed by the verb ending

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in ing you aren't listening to me she isn't dancing right now in the

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interrogative form of the present continuous we use the auxiliary am is or

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are followed by the subject plus the verb ending in ing are you listening to

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me are they coming to the party now when do we use each of these tenses we use a

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present simple for habits or routines when something happens always regularly

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sometimes, never, etc. We use a present continuous for a temporary activity. An

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example of the present simple here is I always do my homework in my bedroom. An

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example of the present continuous here is today I'm doing my homework in the

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kitchen. The present simple is also used when talking about facts and the present

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continuous is also used when something is happening right now. An example of the

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present simple here is water boils at 100 degrees Celsius and an example of

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the present continuous here could be the water is boiling. Finally we use the

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present simple for timetables and schedules for example the train arrives

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at 930 and we use the present continuous to refer to a plan for the near future

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for example I'm taking the train tomorrow we know when it's going to

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happen now it's time for some practice you're going to do three exercises so

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stop the video and take notes of the answers in your notebook in exercise one

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you have to choose the correct option as in the example we always celebrate or we

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always are celebrating Christmas at my grandparents house the right option is

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we always celebrate Christmas at my grandparents house so do the same for

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number one number two number three number four number five in exercise two

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you have to put the verb in brackets in the correct tense either the present

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simple or the present continuous as in the example I really love Christmas we

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don't say I am really loving Christmas and finally in exercise 3 you have to

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complete these sentences using a verb from the box

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snow stay and get we will check all the answers in class well this is all for

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now thanks for watching the video and stay tuned for more lessons