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Present simple vs present continuous

The document explains the use of the present simple tense for habits, permanent situations, and scheduled future events, along with examples and adverbs of frequency. It also describes the present continuous tense for actions happening now and temporary situations, providing relevant expressions of time. Additionally, it includes notes on the formation of both tenses.

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Present simple vs present continuous

The document explains the use of the present simple tense for habits, permanent situations, and scheduled future events, along with examples and adverbs of frequency. It also describes the present continuous tense for actions happening now and temporary situations, providing relevant expressions of time. Additionally, it includes notes on the formation of both tenses.

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Present simple use

We use the present simple to talk about…

1. Habits or situations that happen regularly:


− I wash my hair every day.
− I never go to the library.
− I sometimes go to the library.
2. Permanent situations or things that are usually or often true:
− I don’t drink coffee.
− She’s very tall.
− I have two brothers.
− Water boils at 100 degrees.
− I like soup.
Adverbs of frequency used: always, sometimes, once every three months, twice a
week, every other day, etc… They go in mid position (before the main verb or after
be).
She doesn’t often eat hamburgers.
He usually gets up very early.
I am never late.
Expressions of frequency used: They go at the end of the sentence:
We go to the cinema once a month.
I buy clothes twice a year.

3. Future events that are scheduled or timetabled:


− The train leaves at 4.
− Shops close at 6.
− My yoga class is tomorrow at 10.

Present simple formation:


Present continuous use
We use the present continuous to talk about…

1. Actions happening now (at the moment of speaking):


− ‘What are you doing?’ ‘I‘m watching TV.’

2. Temporary things that are happening around now (not at the moment of
speaking but these days or weeks, etc):
− I‘m reading a very good book at the moment. (=I’m not reading it at the
moment I’m speaking, but I’m reading it these days.)
− What TV series are you watching these days? (=You are not watching it at the
moment of speaking, but these days.)
Expressions of time used (that mean now or around now): now, at the moment, at
present, today, these days, this week, etc.

Present continuous formation:

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