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FOR TEFL, TESOL AND ESOL STUDENT
, The present tense…
Present simple Present continuous
Form: Subject + Infinitive verb Form: Subject + Auxiliary verb
• E.g. She always cooks delicious be) + infinitive verb + ing
food. • E.g. I am staying in a hotel.
• Timeline: • Timeline:
• Uses: • Uses:
1. When something happens regularly,
sometimes, never or always.
1. Something happening temporaril
2. As a fact or certainty. 2. Something that is happening righ
3. Timetables and schedules. 3. A plan for the near future