Present Simple - Present Continuous

1. Present Simple
I study / I don't study
Present Continuous
I'm studying / I'm not studying
USE
3 Timetables
1 Actions happening
now
2 Future plans
TIME
EXPRESSIONS
FREQUENCY ADVERBS:
always, never, usually, ...
OTHER FREQUENCY EXP.:
once a week, twice a day, …
everyday, at the weekend, ...
1 now, at the moment,
today, this year, this term,
nowadays, ...
2 tomorrow, later,
nextyear,
in two weeks, next month,
the day after tomorrow
1 Habits and routines
2 Eternal truths

2. Some verbs DON'T USUALLY APPEAR
IN CONTINOUS TENSES. These are some of
the most common ones:
hate, like, love, need, prefer, want, wish
believe, think, imagine, know, mean, realize,
recognize, remember, suppose, understand
belong, consist, contain, depend,
involve, matter, need, owe, own, possess
appear, resemble, seem,
hear, see

3. Please, check the SPELLING RULES for Present Simple and
Present Continuous on page 134 in your Student's Book:
Present Simple - 3rd
person singular
Miss – misses
Push – pushes
Watch – watches
Fix – fixes
Do – does
Study – studies
Present Continuous – adding -ING
Take – taking
Run – running
Refer – referring
Travel – travelling
Lie – lying

4. CHOOSE the correct tense PRESENT SIMPLE / CONTINUOUS
4 The Moon goes / is going round the Earth.
2 Can you hear those people? What do they talk / are they talking about?
3 Do you believe / Are you believing in God?.
1 Look! Somebody climbs / is climbing up that tree over there.
5 I think / am thinking it would be a good idea to leave early.
6 The government is worried because the number of people wihout jobs
increases / is increasing this year again.
Eternal truth
7 I usually go / am usually going to work by car.