Present Simple & Present Continuous

1. Present Simple & Present Continuous

Present Simple &
Present
Continuous
DIFFERENCES

2. What tense is it and why?

•She is running home.
•They are driving a car.
•Ștefan and Dragoș like to play football.
•I go to school.
•I am drinking orange juice.
•I am making homework.
•The bike is red.
•They are playing badminton.

3. Present Simple

•We use it to show an action in the present and a habit.
•Present simple can be used with adverbs like: always,
often, usually, sometimes, never, every day, every week,
every year, etc
• Ex. I always go to school.
• Ex. Robert plays football every day.
• Ex. We like to eat cookies.
Form: Verb + “s” or “es”

4. Present Continuous

•We use it to show that an action is happening now, at the
moment of speaking
•Present continuous can be used with words like: Look!;
Listen!
•E.g. I am walking to school.
•E.g. Listen! She is singing.
•E.g. I am eating ice-cream now.
Form: am/is/are + Verb + “ing”

5. Now you try!

play
drink
run
swim make
go

6. What is happening in the picture? Use both present simple and present continuous!

In the picture we/I can see
In the picture there is/are
On the left/right
In the background/foreground
I think she/he/it is…
I think they are…

7.

In the picture we/I can see / In the picture there is/are / On the left/right we can see /
In the background/foreground / I think she/he/it is… / I think they are…

8.

In the picture we/I can see / In the picture there is/are / On the left/right we can see /
In the background/foreground / I think she/he/it is… / I think they are…

9.

In the picture we/I can see / In the picture there is/are / On the left/right we can see /
In the background/foreground / I think she/he/it is… / I think they are…

10.

In the picture we/I can see / In the picture there is/are / On the left/right we can see /
In the background/foreground / I think she/he/it is… / I think they are…

11.

Simple – fact
Continuous - process

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