Simple present and present progressive tenses

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Write each sentence in the following structures: affirmative, negative, yes/no question, short answer, and informational question in both the simple present and present progressive tenses. Use the following table to review each grammatical structure.

Grammatical Structures	Simple Present		Present Progressive
Affirmative	(I, You, They, We) + verb (She, He, It) + verb-s		(I) + am + verb-ing (You, They, We) + are + verb-ing (She, He, It) + is + verb-ing
Negative	(I, You, They, We) + do not + verb (She, He, It) + does not + verb		(I) + am not + verb-ing (You, They, We) + are not + verb-ing (She, He, It) + is not + verb-ing
Yes/No Questions and Short Answers	Do + (I, You, They, We) + verb? Yes, (I, You, They, We) + do No, (I, You, They, We) + do not Does + (She, He, It) + verb? Yes, (She, He, It) + does No, (She, He, It) + does not		Am + (I) + verb-ing? Yes, I + am / No, I + am not Are + (You, They, We) + verb-ing? Yes, (You, They, We) + are No, (You, They, We) + are not Is + (She, He, It) + verb-ing? Yes, (She, He, It) + is No, (She, He, It) + is not
Informational Questions (open-ended)	What Where When Who Why	do + (I, You, They, We) + verb? does + (She, He, It) + verb?	What Where When Who Why	am + (I) + verb-ing? is + (She, He, It) + verb-ing? are + (You, They, We) + verb-ing?

1. Fill in the table with the correct grammatical structure. Use the following exercises from the textbook to complete this assignment (1 pt. for each answer):
Lachance, J. (2009). Practice makes perfect: Basic English. New York: McGraw-Hill.

· Chapter 30: page 99 (exercises 1–5)

Ex#	Grammatical Structures	Simple Present	Present Progressive
1.	Affirmative	The Wolf howls at the moon.	The wolf is howling at the moon.
	Negative	The wolf does not howl at the moon	The wolf is not howling at the moon.
	Yes/No Question	Does the wolf howl at the moon?	Is the wolf howling at the moon?
	Short Answer	Yes, it does.	No, is not.
	Open-ended Question	What does the wolf howl at?	What is the wolf howling at?
2.	Affirmative	Sheila is now worried because her daughter is late.	Sheila is worrying now because her daughter is late.
	Negative	Sheila is not worried because her daughter is late.
	Yes/No Question
	Short Answer
	Open-ended Question
3.	Affirmative	It is cold. They shiver and have goose bumps.	It is cold. We are shivering and have goose bumps.
	Negative
	Yes/No Question
	Short Answer
	Open-ended Question
4.	Affirmative	They cross the lake in a canoe.	They are crossing the lake in a canoe.
	Negative		They are not crossing the lake in a canoe.
	Yes/No Question		Are they crossing the lake in a canoe?
	Short Answer
	Open-ended Question
5.	Affirmative	The Mayor discusses the enormous potholes in the road.	The mayor is discussing the enormous potholes in the road.
	Negative
	Yes/No Question
	Short Answer
	Open-ended Question		What is the mayor discussing?

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