English Grammar - Lesson TWO - The Present Simple as questions and Present Continuous

lesson two sentences part one present

simple questions questions in the

present simple with 'be' are formed by

swapping the verb and subject for other

verbs the auxiliary verb do or does must

be added before the subject questions

with be in the present simple to form

questions in the present simple using B

reverse the order of the subject and the

verb for example you are Canadian are

you Canadian how to form present simple

questions you have the form of B am is

are you have the subject I he she it you

we they and the rest of the sentence

am i Canadian is he Canadian is she

Canadian is it Canadian are you Canadian

are we Canadian are they Canadian

further examples include am I on time is

he your brother where are we

am I on the list is it time to leave are

they friendly questions with do and does

for questions with verbs other than B

start the question with do or does don't

swap the subject and the main verb you

work in an office becomes do you work in

an office

she works in a school becomes does she

work in a school how to form this

sentence you have the form of do and

does you have the subject i you we they

he she it you have the base form of the

verb work the verb never takes S or ES

when you ask a question then you have

the rest of the sentence do I work in an

office do you work in an office do we

work in an office do they work in an

office does he work in an office does

she work in an office does it work in an

office further examples do they live in

Paris do you usually finish work at 4

p.m.

does Tom get up at 6 a.m. when does the

party start question words can be used

before do orders to form open questions

common mistakes forming present simple

questions never add

or es to the base form of the verb when

asking a question even in the third

person singular such as he she or it

does he finish work on time correct

does he finish his work on time

incorrect

part two the present continuous the

present continuous is used to talk about

continued actions that are happening in

the present moment it is formed with B

and a present participle an example of

the present continuous the present

continuous is used to describe a current

continued action Julie usually wears

jeans but today she is wearing a dress

the word wears is the present simple

it describes a repeated action or

situation she is this is the present

continuous use of the verb be wearing

this is the present continuous it

describes what is happening right now

how to form the present continuous you

have the subject she you have a form of

am is are is you have the verb ending

with I n G the present participle

for example wearing and then the rest of

the sentence a dress she is wearing a

dress further examples we are walking

the dog he is washing the dishes they

are talking on their phones they're

fighting with each other she's relaxing

at the moment it's raining a lot outside

present participle spelling rules the

present participle is formed by adding I

n G to the base form of the verb some

participles have slightly different

spelling rules for example where becomes

wearing

choose becomes choosing tie becomes

tying shop becomes shopping further

examples there opening the store next

week there is no need to double the last

letter because the final syllable is not

stressed Harry is always lying to his

mother I'm cutting some apples

my uncle is writing a novel

Thierry is mopping the floor

my mother is baking as a cake here is a

useful tip present participles follow

the same spelling rules as Juran's

common mistakes to staked verbs in

continuous tenses action verbs can be

used in simple and continuous form state

verbs are not usually used in continuous

forms in action

I read everyday correct I am reading

right now correct as a state I own two

cars correct I am owning two cars

incorrect questions in the present

continuous to ask questions and the

present continuous SWAT the subject and

the form of B he is playing tennis as a

question is he playing tennis he is the

subject this action is happening right

now is he playing tennis you are asking

if someone is doing a certain thing

right now

how to form the sentence you have the

form of am is our is you have the

subject he you have the verb plus ing

playing and then you have the rest of

the sentence tennis

further examples include are they going

to the park is he cycling to work is she

eating pizza are they working late where

are we going today are you coming to the

party what are you eating for dinner

is it raining outside question words

such as what where and how can be used

before the verb to form open questions

where are we going today this is an open

question the present continuous negative

he is wearing a tie but he is not

wearing a hat or you can say he is

wearing a tie but he isn't wearing a hat

how to form this sentence you have the

subject he you have the form of am is

are not is not you have the verb ending

with I ng wearing this is the present

participle

it doesn't change and the rest of the

sentence a hat further examples include

he isn't walking the dog

they aren't singing well today she isn't

cleaning up her bedroom they aren't

looking where they're going he isn't

playing football today we aren't taking

the bus today you aren't doing your job

James isn't reading his book we aren't

eating out this week you aren't doing

well at school this year

that is all for today

join me next time when once more I will

be asking how's your grammar

you