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Present tense (mind the exceptions!)
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Present Simple - Formation:
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Present Progressive - Formation:
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person + 1st form of the verb
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person + present form of “to be” + infinitive + “-ing”
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Present Simple - Conjugation:
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Present Progressive - Conjugation:
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I exercise
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I am exercising
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You exercise
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You are exercising
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He, she, it exercises
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He, she, it is exercising
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We exercise
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We are exercising
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You exercise
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You are exercising
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They exercise
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They are exercising
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Present Simple - Usage:
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Present Progressive - Usage:
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· When something happens regularly or
· is a permanent situation or
· to show a schedule or fixed timetable in the future (present simple with a future
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· For actions happening at or around the moment of speaking or
· for a longer action which is currently in progress or
· for individual plans already in place
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