Презентация на тему Simple Present Vs. Present Continuous. What’s the difference?

facts and specific routines or habits, and with adverbs

of frequency.

past present future
I walk to school every day.
Jane likes to play soccer.
We want to play baseball.
***REMEMBER*** VERB + “S” OR “ES”

state verbs such as think, feel, believe, know, seem,

appear, like, consist, have and belong.
E.g. Some believe that smiling is an individual act.
but in some cases
E.g. I think she is busy with her papers (an opinion).
I am thinking about buying a new flat (the process of thinking)

to describe events shown in a picture, to make

them seem more immediate and alive. For the same reason, we usually use the
present simple in news headlines

E.g. A bowler smiles at her friends.
E.g. And Fedorov moves the puck to Ovechkin - who scores on the powerplay!

in some expressions Here come(s)
... and There go(es)....

E.g.There goes

Mike, looking as cheerful as usual.

like promise, agree, assure and demand, which are used

to perform the act they describe.
E.g. I promise I won’t be late. (I am using these words to make a promise.)

a permanent situation

E.g. Tom lives in Rome. He works

as a lawyer for a big Italian company.

instructions, we use the present simple to describe the

shorter actions and the present continuous to describe the longer situations or background activity.
E.g. First, you fry the onion in a little oil. While the onion’s cooking, you chop the vegetables.

happening now/around now

past present future

Ex. I am walking to school.

Ex. They are swimming.
Ex. I am eating ice-cream.

***REMEMBER*** AM/IS/ARE + VERB + “ING”

indefinite adverbs of frequency (e.g. always, constantly, forever) to

refer to regular behaviour which is typical, habitual and predictable.
E.g. Psychologists are forever arguing about Freud’s theory.
We can use PC to criticizee or express disapproval.
E.g. Sally’s always losing things. She should be more careful.

changes.

E.g. The sky is grey. It is getting cold

temporary situation.


E.g. Paul is living in Rome at the

moment. She is working as an English teacher. (She is in Rome temporarily, e.g. for one year.)