This is a regular action or habit

Present Simple
E.g. I wear fur This is an action happening now, or around now.

Present Continuous
E.g. I am wearing fur

This is a fact or general truth

This is a trend (i.e. a changing situation).

Exercise 4b in Lebeau and Rees (2008), Language Leader Coursebook and CD-ROM, Pre-Intermediate, Pearson Longman, p. 7.

Positive SUBJECT + VERB

E.g. I wear fur in winter. He wears fur in winter.

Negative DO or DOES + NOT or NT + VERB E.g. I do not like the cold, I dont like the cold She does not like the cold, She doesnt like the cold Note some exceptions in these primary verbs: Be Have Do Say

I
You / We / They He / She / It

am
are is

have
have has

do
do does

say
say says

Leech, G. , Cruickshank, B. and Ivanic, R. (2005), An A-Z of English Grammar & Usage, Pearson Education Limited, p. 422.

Positive AUXILIARY BE + -ING FORM OF VERB E.g. I am (Im) wearing winter clothes. He is (Hes) wearing winter clothes. We are (Were) wearing winter clothes.

Negative AUXILIARY BE + NOT on NT + -ING FORM OF VERB

E.g. I am (Im) not wearing winter clothes.

He is (Hes) not wearing winter clothes. We are (Were) not wearing winter clothes.

Leech, G. , Cruickshank, B. and Ivanic, R. (2005), An A-Z of English Grammar & Usage, Pearson Education Limited, p. 421.

Question form USE AM / IS / ARE BEFORE THE SUBJECT E.g. Is it really cold? Are you really cold? AUXILIARY DO or DOES + SUBJECT + INFINITIVE OF VERB E.g. Do you like the cold? Does she like the cold?

Question form AUXILIARY BE + -ING FORM OF VERB E.g. Is the climate changing? Are winters getting warmer?

Lebeau and Rees (2008), Language Leader Coursebook and CD-ROM, Pre-Intermediate, Pearson Longman, p. 126.

GRAMMAR NOTE FOR PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS QUESTION FORM

When be is the main verb, we make present simple questions When the main verb isnt be, we make present simple questions

With the auxiliary verb do/does + subject + infinitive of the main verb With the auxiliary verb am / is / are + subject + -ing form of the main verb

We make present continuous questions

With am / is / are before the subject.

Ex 4b in Lebeau and Rees (2008), Language Leader Coursebook and CD-ROM, Pre- Intermediate, Pearson Longman, p. 9.

Question Word What When Where Which Who

Function Information about something Asking about time Asking about place Asking about choice Asking about person/people

Why How
How + adj/adv How much How many How far How slow etc.

Asking about reasons Asking about condition/quality

Amount/Quantity