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4-5 The Simple Present Tense vs. the Present Progressive Tense

SIMPLE PRESENT PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
The simple present expresses habits or The present progressive expresses actions
usual activities. Common time words are that are happening right now, while the
every day, every year, every month, speaker is speaking. Common time words
often, sometimes, and never. The simple are now, right now, and today. The present
present uses do and does in negative progressive uses am, is, and are in negative
sentences and questions. sentences and questions.

STATEMENT I talk I am talking
You talk You are talking
He, She, It talks every day. He, She, It is talking now.
We talk We are talking
They talk They are talking

NEGATIVE I don’t talk. I am not talking.
You don’t talk. You are not talking.
He, She, It doesn’t talk. He, She, It is not talking.
We don’t talk. We are not talking.
They don’t talk. They are not talking.

QUESTION Do I talk? Am I talking?
Do you talk? Are you talking?
Does he, she, it talk? Is he, she, it talking?
Do we talk? Are we talking?
Do they talk? Are they talking?

EXERCISE 24 Looking at grammar. (Chart 4-5)
Choose the correct time words.

At a Pharmacy

1. Mari is working now. every day.

2. Mari works at a pharmacy now. every day.
3. A customer is getting a prescription right now. every day.

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