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Present Simple
Afirrmative
I forget
You forget
He forgets
She forgets
It forgets
We forget
They forget
Negative
I don’t forget
You don’t forget
He doesn’t forget
Interrogative
Do I forget?
Do you forget?
Does he forget? etc.
Present Continuous
Affirmative
I am forgetting
You are forgetting
He is forgetting
She is forgetting
It is forgetting
We are forgetting
They are forgetting
Negative
I’m not forgetting
You aren’t forgetting
He isn’t forgetting, etc
Interrogative
Am I forgetting?
Are you forgetting?
Is he forgetting? etc
Present Simple in Use:
We use the Present Simple for:
1- permanent states, repeated actions and daily routines.
Mark lives in Paris. ( permanent states ).
He goes to work by taxi. ( repeated action ).
He gets up at six o’clock every day morning. ( daily routine ).
2- Scheduled actions, I.e. timetables of trains, buses, etc. or programmes.
The train to Rome leaves at 8.00 pm.
3- Likes and dislikes.
He likes horses.
4- General truths or laws of nature.
The sun rises in the east.
Present Continuous in Use
We use the Present Continuous for:
1- Actions happening now. at the moment of speaking.
The children are sleeping right now.
2- Temporary action, i.e. actions happening around the time of speaking.
The Greens are looking for a babysitter at the moment.
Actions we have already arranged to do in the near future especially when the time and place have been decided.
They’re flying to Canada at six o’clock this evening.
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Time Expressions we use with the present simple:
always usually, often, every day/ week/ month, etc. on Mondays/ Tuesdays, etc. In the morning/ afternoon/ evening, etc
Time Expressions we use with the present continuous:
now, at the moment, these days, at present, nowadays, still, etc.
State Verbs
State Verbs are verbs which do not normally have continuous tenses because they describe a state rether than action. these include:
1- Verbs expressing likes and dislikes: like, love, hate, dislike, can’t stand, don’t mind, prefer, enjoy, etc.
Sami likes jazz music.
Note: Verbs expressing likes/ dislikes take a noun or an -ing form after them.
She can’t stand cats.
He loves playing basketball.
2- Verbs of perception: believe, know, notice, remember, forget, etc.
I don’t understand the meaning of that word.
3- Verbs of the senses: see, hear, feel, taste. We often usa can or could with these verbs when we refer to what we see
