Present Simple and Present Continuous

Present Continuous Verb Tense

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  Use to talk about something that is happening these days, but not necessarily right now
  

She is studying at MiraCostaCollege.

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  Use the following form when you speak:
  
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Subject + to be + verb+ing

Examples:
She is sleeping.
They are eating.


Present Simple

1. 
   Use the Present Simple to express the idea that an action is repeated or usual. The action can be a habit, a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled event or something that often happens. It can also be something a person often forgets or usually does not do.
   
2. 
   The Present Simple can also indicate the speaker believes that a fact was true before, is true now, and will be true in the future. It is not important if the speaker is correct about the fact. It is also used to make generalizations about people or things.
   

Subject + (Verb) + (s, es) + Object

I play tennis.

She plays tennis.

Ex 1. Fill in the sentences with appropriateforms of the verbs.
1. Knowledge never (to earn)_______ by hunks but gained by bits.
2. English (to become)________ a single international communicative tool.
3. I (to prepare)_________ all necessary examples before coming.
4. Interest of foreign tourists for ancient cities in Uzbekistan (to increase)_________ recently.
5. Esperanto (to promote)________ as an alternative international language.
6. Shakhista (to make)__________ a lunch when her husband Alijon burst into the kitchen.
7. Jasur (to attend)_______ several training courses before he eventually found the one he needed.
8. Ravshan_______ attentively (to explore)________ possibilities when it finely came to a turn.
9. In 2020,___________(celebrate) 20th anniversary of our wedding.
10. Experts (to go) _________ to finish the task by May 1.
11. Next year, on this very day, our family (to celebrate) my daughter’s wedding party.
12. Next year Nodir______ his new house (to finish).