Present Simple VS Present Continuous

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Present Simple
or
Present Continuous

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I teach English.





This is my job.

I am teaching English.




This is what I am doing at the moment. I am teaching you English.

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Let’s continue with some more examples.....

They live in the USA.

I am studying for the exams these days.

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What’s the difference?
They live in the USA.

means that they live in the USA all the time. It is a permanent state.

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What’s the difference?
I am studying for the exams these days.

means that I am studying only these several days. The action is taking place only for a short period of time.

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How do we form PRESENT SIMPLE?
I
YOU HE
WE live but SHE lives
THEY IT

I live in the USA.
She studies architecture.

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The verb BE
Remember the forms of the verb BE for the Present Simple tense:

I AM
HE,SHE, IT IS
WE, YOU, THEY ARE

I am a teacher and you are students.

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Negative forms
For all verbs (EXCEPT BE) use:
don’t
+ verb
doesn’t

I live in the USA.  I don’t live in the USA.
(do not)

She studies architecture.  She doesn’t study architecture. (does not)

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Negative BE
For the verb BE simply add the word NOT after the verb

I am tired.  I am not tired.
She is rich.  She is not rich.
They are here.  They are not here.

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Questions and short answers
We form questions by putting auxiliary do or does or any form of the verb BE before the subject:
Do you live in the USA? Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.
Does she study medicine? Yes, she does. / No, she doesn’t.
Are they friends? Yes, they are. /No they aren’t.

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We use PRESENT SIMPLE…

For facts or things that are always or generally true.

Water boils at 100 C.
It rains a lot in Lithuania.
The sky is blue.

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We use PRESENT SIMPLE…
2. For situations that are (more or less) permanent.

I live in New York.
John works in a bank.
Lisa studies architecture.

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We use PRESENT SIMPLE…
3. For things we do regularly: hobbies, habits and routines.

Every day I get up at 7:30.
I have a shower and eat breakfast.
Then I take the train to work.
Every Thursday I play basketball.

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We use PRESENT SIMPLE…
4. For actions that are scheduled.

The train leaves at 9 p.m.
The lessons start at 8 o’clock in the morning.

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Adverbs of frequency and time phrases
Always Once a week
Often Twice a month
Usually Every day
Sometimes Four times a year
Rarely Every Tuesday
Never

I never go to the cinema alone.
My grandmother sees her doctor twice a month.

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How do we form PRESENT CONTINUOUS?

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Negative forms and questions

Are you eating? I am not eating.
Is she singing? She is not singing.
Are they reading? They are not reading.

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We use PRESENT CONTINUOUS…
For actions happening now, at the moment of speaking.

It is raining outside.
He can’t pick up the phone. He is having a shower now.

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We use PRESENT CONTINUOUS…
2. For temporary actions

We are looking for a new house at the moment.
They are painting the fence.

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We use PRESENT CONTINUOUS…
3. For fixed arrangements (plans) in the near future.

I am going out with him tonight.
We are flying to Paris tomorrow morning.

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We use PRESENT CONTINUOUS…
4. For currently changing and developing situations.

The Earth is getting hotter and hotter.
The winters in Lithuania are becoming warmer and warmer.
The prices are increasing all the time.

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Time expressions we use with PRESENT CONTINUOUS


now, at the moment, at present,
these days, nowadays, today, tonight

My mother is cooking at the moment.
I am going dancing tonight.

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Let’s revise

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Practice
Choose the correct form Present Simple or Present Continuous:

I live/ am living in New York.
She is reading/ reads a book now.
I don’t like / am not liking football.
Every day we go/ are going to school.
It rains/ is raining outside.
Do you ride/ Are you riding a bicycle every morning?
I usually am going/ go to bed late.
He is staying/ stays at the hotel these days.
The Sun rises / is rising in the East.
We are traveling/ travel to London next week.

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Thank you for your attention!
Good luck with English Grammar !