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Chapter 3 : Present Continuous Tense

Present Continuous 
Active & Passive Voice 
Active Voice 
S + V to be (is, am, are) + V1 ing

He is writing a letter to his friend. 

Passive Voice
S + V to be (is, am, are) + being + V3

A letter is being written (by him).

Present Continuous Negative Form 
Active & Passive Voice 
Active Voice 
S + V to be (is, am, are) + not + V1 ing

He isn't writing a letter to his friend. 

Passive Voice
S + V to be (is, am, are) + not + being + V3

A letter isn't being written (by him).

Present Continuous Question Form 
Active & Passive Voice 
Active Voice 
V to be (is, am, are) + S + V1 ing

Is he writing a letter to his friend. 

Passive Voice
V to be (is, am, are) + S +  being + V3

Is a letter being written (by him).

Present Continuous Usage
Present Continuous used to express that something is happening now, at this very moment, will or will not happen in the near future.

Happening now:
I'm just putting the kettle on.
They're watching TV.

Planned future arrangements:
Helen's studying later tonight.
I'm playing football with my friends on Saturday.

Keyword to identify Present Continuous Tense:
Englishไทย
now/right nowตอนนี้
at presentขณะนี้
at the/these momentขณะนี้
at these very moment (emphasis)ขณะนี้
any longerจากนี้ไป
stillยังคง
still nowยังคง.....ณ ตอนนี้
even nowถึงแม้ตอนนี้
any moreไม่แล้ว

Present Continuous in the videos:

Here are the video that teaches present continuous tense


Here are the cartoon version of present continuous tense


Chapter 1 : Present Simple Tense

Present Simple
Active & Passive Voice 
Active Voice 
S + V1 (*singular S V+ s or es)

He writes a letter to his friend

Passive Voice
S + V to be (is, am, are) + V3 (+ by someone)

A letter is written (by him).

Present Simple Nagative Form
Active & Passive Voice 
Active Voice 
 S +V to do (do, does) + not + V1

He doesn't writes a letter to his friend. 

Passive Voice
 S + V to be (is, am, are) + not +V3 (+ by someone)

A letter isn't written (by him)?

Present Simple Question Form
Active & Passive Voice 
Active Voice 
V to do (do, does) + S + V1?

Does he writes a letter to his friend? 

Passive Voice
V to be (is, am, are) + S + V3 (+ by someone)?

Is a letter written (by him)?

Present simple tense used to express habits, facts, states, thoughts, believe and feelings. It is used with general statements and actions that happen sometimes, always, usually, everyday, every week, every month, every years....

Present simple tense ใช้เมื่อพูดถึงเหตุการที่เป็น สิ่งที่ทำเป็นนิสัย หรือความจริง ตามธรรมชาติหรือหลักวิทยาศาตร์ หรือ พูดถึงเหตุการที่เกิดขึ้นซำ้ๆ เป็นปกติ เช่นทุกวัน ทุกเดือน ทุกนาที

Present Simple Tense Keyword:

Englishไทย
alwaysเสมอๆ
oftenบ่อยๆ
usuallyมักจะ
generallyทั่วๆไป
normallyโดยปกติแล้ว
everydayทุกๆวัน
every night/week/month/...ทุกๆคืน/อาทิตย์/สัปดาห์/เดือน/....
every other day/week/month/...ทุกๆสอง วัน/อาทิตย์/สัปดาห์/เดือน/....
once a day/a week/a month/year...วัน/สัปดาห์/เดือน/ปี ละครั้ง
daily/weekly/monthly/yearly/anuallyวัน/สัปดาห์/เดือน/ปี ละครั้ง
twice a day/a week/a month/...วัน/สัปดาห์/เดือน ละสองครั้ง
three time a day/a week/a month/...วัน/สัปดาห์/เดือน ละสามครั้ง
sometimesบางครั้ง
everเคย (คำถาม)
hardlyแทบจะไม่
seldomนานๆที
rarelyเกือบจะไม่
neverไม่เคย

Usually when we use the following verb we use them in present simple form:
คำต่ำไปนี้โดยปกติเราใช้ในรูปของ  present simple

see, hear, feel, taste, smell, know, believe, remember, understand, seem, appear, doubt, want, hope, love, like, dislike, hate, desire, have own, own, belong, weigh, measure, equal, cost, comprise, consist, contain

*When S (subject) is a singular noun, verb need to be in singular form that is adding s or es at the end of verb. Here are the rules of adding s and es.
เมือประธานของประโยคอยู่รูปของเอกพจน์ กรอยาของประโยคก็ต้องอยู่ในรูปของ  เอกพจน์เช่นกัน นั่นก็คือ  เติม s  หรือ es ต่อท้ายของ กริยา ซึ่งวิธีการเพิ่ม s หรือ es ให้ดูกฏดังนี้
  1. Add s at the end of the base verbs except those fall into rules 2, 3, 4 and 5.
    เติม s หลังกริยา ยกเว้น กรณีที่ 2, 3 , 4 และ 5
  2. Add s at the end of the base verbs ending with e
    เพิ่ม s ในกรณีที่ กริยาลงท้ายด้วย e
  3. Add es at the end of the base verbs when word verb ending with o
    เพิ่ม es ในกรณีที่ กริยาลงท้ายด้วย o.
  4. Add es at the end of the base verbs when word verb ends in ss, sh, (t)ch, zz, and x.
    เพิ่ม es ในกรณีที่ กริยาลงท้ายด้วย ss, sh, (t)ch,  zz, และ x
  5. When verb ending with y, change y to i and add es at the end of the word.
    เพิ่ม es ในกรณีที่ กริยาลงท้ายด้วย y โดยที่เปลี่ยน y เป็น i แล้วค่อยเพิ่ม es ต่อท่ายกริยา


Example:

Habits:
We give Helen the rent every month.
She always wakes up at 6 o'clock everyday.
John usually does not go to school.

Facts:
The sun rises in the east.
The sun sets in the west.
Bangkok is the capital of Thailand.
The water does not flow upstream. It always flows downstream.
There are 24 hours in a day.

States:
They live in Bangkok.
She doesn't work in a hospital.

Others:
I always love the way she talks to me.
Don't talk to me that way. I don't like it.
We celebrate Loy Krathong (a floating basket, buoyant) festival annually.

Reference: Irregular Verbs

VDO Section:


VDO Teaches Simple Present Tense.

Present Simple - Daily routines:


ENG1002 - Couse Outline

ENG1002 (EN102) - Sentences and Vocabulary in General Use 
ประโยคและศัพท์ทั่วไป


CONTENT
Chapter 1 Present Simple Tense
Chapter 2 Past Simple Tense
Chapter 3 Present Continuous Tense
Chapter 4 Past Continuous Tense
Chapter 5 Present Perfect Tense
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Chapter 6 Past Perfect Tense
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Chapter 7 Future Simple Tense
Future Continuous Tense
Future Perfect Tense
Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Chapter 8 Conditional Clauses
Chapter 9 Subjunctive Clauses
Chapter 10 Passive Constructions
Chapter 11 Question Forms
Question Tag
Chapter 12 Indirect Speech/Reported Speech

The course introduces how to construct sentences started by the very basic of 12 forms of tense. Then how to apply them in different situations, structures and forms such as if clauses, passive voice, Indirected speech and also how to form the question (interrogative sentence). Along with every chapters, there are vocabularies listed with their meaning and their synonym and different forms in parts of speech (noun, verb, adjective and adverb).

The examination is composed of 2 parts with 120 questions.

  1. Structure - 75 questions (question 1-75)
  2. Vocabulary - 45 questions (question 76-120)