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SECTION 2 present tenses

grammar summary

simp l e pr es en t : / work, she works, he doesn't work etc
pr es en t pr o g r es s iv e: / am working, she is working, he isn't working etc

English has two 'present' tenses.
• We use the simple present mostly to talk about things that are always true, and things
that happen repeatedly.
Dogs eat meat. My grandmother lives in Brighton. I work every Saturday.

• We use the present progressive (or'present continuous') to talk about things that are happening
just around the time when we speak.
Look! The dog's eating your shoe. I'm working hard these days.
• We can also use the present progressive to talk about the future (see page 38).
I'm seeing Lucy tomorrow.

Some old songs

1like myself She loves me

I believe in love She loves you

She's leaving home I'm crying

Am I asking too much? I'm flying

Is she really going out with him? Why do I love you?

Where are you going? Why do fools fall in love?

Smoke gets in your eyes Why do lovers break each
other's hearts?

1love Paris in the springtime
I don't want to do it

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