Adverb for using with present continuous tense:

• now
• this week(end)
• tomorrow
• at the moment
• at night
• at five p.m.

Verbs with we can´t make preset continuous:

• agree
• believe
• forgot
• hate
• hear
• know
• like
• love
• mind
• need
• own
• prefer
• promise
• remember
• seem
• sight
• smell
• taste
• touch
• understand
• want

Affirmative present continuous sentece we make with TO BE (am, is, are) + BASE FORM with ING.

• I am reading.
• Baby is sleeping.
• You are watching television.

• We can shorten I am=I´m, he is=he’s, we are=we’re and baby is=baby’s.

If we have short word (sit, cut, swim…) we write last consonant double.

• I am sitting.
• Hairdresser is cutting my hair.
• They are swimming.

• With word TRAVEL we write last consonant double to.
  • She is travelling to England now. (NOT traveling)

If we have verb, that they ends on –E, we delite this letter and then we add ING.

• HAVE = I’m having breakfast. (NOT haveing)
• COME = My dad is coming home. (NOT comeing)

If we have verb, that they ends on –Y, we only add ING.

• PLAY = My brother is playing football.
• CRY = Baby is crying.

Negative present continuous sentence we make with TO BE NOT (am not, is not, are not) + BASE FORM with ING.

• I am not reading.
• Baby is not sleeping.
• You are not watching television.

• We can shorten is not=isn’t, are not=aren’t.

Present continuous question we make, that we change the position of TO BE and BASE FORM + ING.

• What are you doing at the moment?
• What is the hairdresser doing?
• What are they doing at five p.m.?
  • I’m reading a book.
  • Hairdresser is cutting my hair.
  • They are swimming.

With question without WHAT, WHERE, WHY… we can answer only yes or no.
 

• Are you watching TV?
• Are they learning?
• Is he doing his homework?

• Yes, I do./No, I don’t.
• Yes, they are./ No, they aren’t.
• Yes, he is./ No, he isn’t.

                                                  Present Simple   

Use:  

The present tense is the base form of the verb: I work in London.

But the third person (she/he/it) adds an -s: She works in London.

We use the present tense to talk about:

• something that is true in the present:

He lives in Ostrava.

• something that happens again and again in the present:

I play badminton every Saturday.

We use words like sometimes, often. always, and never (adverbs of frequency)

I sometimes read a book.

She never plays hockey.

• something that is always true:

The adult human body contains 206 bones.

 

Question  

With the present tense, we use do and does to make questions.

We use words like where, what and why:

Where do you live?

Do you play the guitar?

Negative

We use don’t or doesn’t(in third person)

They don’t play tennis on Monday.

She doesn’t like mushrooms.