PRESENT SIMPLE & PRESENT CONTINUOUS

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Present Continuous Present Simple

e
at th nt ne
e
mom routi
t
habi

Carla is working in the lab. Carla works in the lab from

Monday to Saturday.
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Present Continuous Present Simple

e
at th nt
mom
e
w s how
It shoften a
o
tion
situa ens
happ

Tim is waking up.

Tim always wakes up at 6 a.m.
Tim wakes up at 6 a.m. every day.

Time markers: now, right now, Frequency adverbs: always, usually, often,
at the moment, at present. sometimes, seldom, never.
Expressions of frequency: every…, once
a…/twice a…/three times a…, etc.
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Present Continuous Present Simple

Beth is riding to work this week.

Beth always drives to work.
Beth is riding to work these days.
Beth is riding to work today.
po rary
tem tions ent
Time markers for temporary situations: situa a n
permations
this, these, today, tonight, for. situ
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Present Continuous Present Simple

Mike isn’t understanding Mike doesn’t understand

the Math problem. the Math problem.

UNDERSTAND is a STATIVE VERB

(non-action verb)
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Present Continuous Present Simple

S (N ON-
E V ERB RBS)
IV E
STAT CTION V y used in
A
no rmall s form.
ot ou s,
are n continu emotion
the scribe: ntal
h e y de gs, me sions.
T n s
feeli s, posse
esse
proc

Henry is loving pizza. Henry loves pizza.

Oscar is hating spinach. Oscar hates spinach.

Verbs that show likes/dislikes: like, love, hate, enjoy.
Verbs that show possession: have, belong, own.
Verbs that show abstract ideas, mental processes or states: understand, know, want, need,
believe, remember, promise, mean, realize, suppose .
Verbs that describe senses: taste, smell
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Present Continuous Present Simple

i nd icate S,
To SSION
E
POSSuse HAVE
we HAS.
or

Eddie is having a guitar. Eddie has a guitar.

BUT
James is having a shower at home.
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Present Continuous Present Simple

The sock is smelling bad. The sock smells bad.

linking verbs
be
feel
look (appear)
smell
se verbs y
The t usuall sound
o
are n sed in taste
u uous
n
conti ses. verbs to indicate possession
ten
have
own
belong
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