Smart ways to use the PRESENT SIMPLE and CONTINUOUS in IELTS Speaking | Keith's Grammar Guides

***** Hello my friends and welcome! So I am starting a series of videos about grammar, and today we are going to be looking at 4 grammatical tenses, I am going to show you how to form them and how you can use them in the IELTS speaking test. So, did you know that written grammar and spoken grammar are a little bit different? in this video we will look at 4 different present tenses are all the present time; We are going to look at the Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect Simple and the Present Perfect Continuous. This video is actually in 2 parts. Here in part 1, we look at how to use the PRESENT SIMPLE tense and PRESENT CONTINUOUS tense in IELTS Speaking ***** Topics covered in this video: 00:00:00 Welcome 00:01:17 Understanding grammar 00:03:13 My Zoom Shirt 00:04:20 Present Simple (States) 00:07:30 Present Simple (Routines) 00:08:36 Present Simple (Habits) 00:09:53 Present Simple (Stories) 00:10:57 Present Simple Continuous (Temporary States) 00:16:51 Present Simple Continuous (New Habits) 00:18:39 Present Simple Continuous (Annoying Habits) ***** Practice speaking on italki: ***** My 2 recommended grammar books ***** Follow me on social media #IELTSpreparation ***** If you have your test soon, Stay calm, Good luck! Keith Note: As an Amazon Associate I earn a commission from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you.