Present Simple vs Present Continuous

PRESENT SIMPLE & PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Index

4. PRESENT SIMPLE PRACTICE

3. PRESENT SIMPLE VIDEO

2. PRESENT SIMPLE

8. PR. SIMPLE VS PR. CONTINUOUS

7. PRESENT CONTINUOUS PRACTICE

1. THEORY

6. PRESENT CONTINUOUS VIDEO

5. PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT SIMPLE

VERB TENSESTHEORY

PAST

PRESENT

FUTURE

examples

rules

use

The train leaves at 10.30.

Timetables

Does he work at the bank? Yes, he does.

Permanent states or situations.

First, I wash the potatoes, then I slice them.

Step by step instructions

They read the newspaper every morning.

Habits or daily routines

In winter, it snows in the mountains.

PRESENT SIMPLE

General truths or laws of nature

PRESENT SIMPLE

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EX. 2

EX. 1

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examples

rules

use

Our friends are coming tomorrow from Paris

To express future arrangements with the time of the action

We usually go to work by bus, but today we are going by car

To express a temporary/ untypical action

The sun is shining in the sky now.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

To express an action in progress at the moment of speaking

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

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EX. 2

EX. 1

LET'S PRACTICE!

It is used to express temporary action, in the moment of speaking or a future plan.

It is used to express general or usual actions; universal truth or timetables.

PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT SIMPLE

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

EX. 2

EX. 1

LET'S PRACTICE!

Prof.ssa Cuniberti

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