Present Simple and Present Continuous

Present Simple

• Actions thar happen always, usually, often, regurarly, every day/ week/ month/ year, etc, sometimes, rarely, never

She usually goes to bed at ten o'clock

• States

His hair is quite long at the moment.

• General truths and facts

Water freezes at 0º C

Present Continuous

We ue present continuous for:

• Actions happening at the momnet of speaking

Tracy is having a bath at the moment

• Tempory situations and ations in the present

This week we are learning about yhe present continuous.

BE CAREFUL!

• We can also use present continuous for repeated actions ( with always) to emphasise that action is annoying or unexpected

You are always complaining!

He is always giving me little surprise presents

• We can aslo use present continuous for changing situations ( usually with more and more, better and better, etc)

The weather is getting worse and worse evey day

Melisa Reyes