The present continuous in its negative form is used to denies that something is happening now. You can also confirm something in Affirmative form and ask something in Interrogative form. If you want to speak about something that often repeats or happens all the time, you can use the present simple. At A2 level, you can learn more about present But: “He is not playing golf now”” = He is not playing golf at this moment. For example “Can he come to the phone or is he playing golf?” “No, he isn’t playing golf. I will get him for you.” Do/Does play” is the simple present tense and describes routines or general facts. As you watch the video, look at the examples of the present simple. They are in red in the subtitles. Then read the conversation below to learn more. Finally, do the grammar exercises to check you understand, and can use, the present simple tense. CBSE Class 7 English Grammar Tenses. 1. Read the following sentences carefully : Birds fly in the air. My brother flew to England last week. I shall fly a kite on Sunday. In the first sentence the Verb ‘fly* refers to the action in Present time, in the second sentence the Verb ‘flew’ refers to the action in the Past, while the Verb in the .

simple present continuous tense with examples