PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS

We use the present simple to talk about routines, what you do every day or every week. Example: I watch cartoons every day.

We use the present continuous to talk about things we are doing now.
Example: I’m watching a film now.   

Be careful!

For the present simple, add ‘s’ or ‘es’ for he/she/it and make the negative form with ‘do not’ (don’t’) or ‘does not´ (‘doesn’t’).

Examples:
My dad makes dinner every evening.
He doesn’t make lunch.

For the present continuous, use the verb ‘to be’ and ‘-ing’ and add ‘not’ to make the negative form.

Example:
We are studying English now.
We aren’t studying maths.

We say... We don’t say...

I wake up every morning at 7:00. (NOT I am waking up every morning at 7:00.)

She is talking on the phone now. (NOT She talks on the phone now.)

They aren’t reading a book now. (NOT They don’t reading a book now.)