USE
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We use Present Simple for
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We use Present Continuous for
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| 1. | regular activities: routines / repeated actions / habits | things which are happening now or around now |
| 2. | permanent actions / facts / laws of nature | temporary situations |
| 3. | reviews / sports commentaries / narrations | changing situations |
| 4. | timetables / programmes (future meaning) | fixed arrangements (in the near future) |
| 5. | non-continuous (state or stative) verbs | repeated actions expressing annoyance |
TIME EXPRESSIONS (or KEY WORDS)
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Present Simple
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Present Continuous
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every day
every other day
in the mornings
on Mondays
at night
at seven o'clock
at weekends
in (the) winter
once a day
all the time
from time to time
always
usually
regularly
often
sometimes
rarely
seldom
hardly ever
never
etc.
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(right) now
at the moment
at present
these days
today/ tonight
this morning
Look!
Listen!
etc.
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Revise the USE and TIME EXPRESSIONS of Present Simple.
Revise the USE and TIME EXPRESSIONS of Present Continuous.
| Present Simple | Present Continuous |
| V / Vs | am / is / are + Ving |
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V — Verb (the infinitive of the verb without "to"/ Present Simple verb (for I, we, you, they). E.g. write, go, listen, etc.Vs — Present Simple verb (for he, she, it). E.g. writes, goes, listens, etc. Revise how to add "s" to a verb here.
Ving — Verb ending in "-ing" (Present Participle). E.g. writing, going, listening, etc. Revise how to add "ing" to a verb here.
