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Present continuous and present simple

Compare:

Present Continuous

Present Simple

We use the present continuous to talk about something that is in progress at or around the moment of speaking.

Are you working now?

We use the present simple to talk about repeated actions or habits, and things which are generally true.

Do you work every Saturday afternoon?

We use the present continuous for temporary situations and the present simple for permanent situations. Compare:

I’m sleeping on a sofa these days because my bed is broken.

I always sleep eight hours every night.

Exercises

1. Choose the correct form.

Example: Look outside! It’s snowing / it snows.

1. It’s snowing / It snows quite often in Britain during the winter.

2. I’m going / I go to bed now. Goodnight.

3. Normally, I’m going / I go to bed at around 11.30 every night.

4. Where’s Simon? He’s cooking / He cooks the dinner.

5. There is something wrong with Lynne’s car at the moment so she’s going / she goes to work by bus this week.

6. The River Thames is flowing / flows through London.

7. Sarah has got an exam soon, so she’s working / she works very hard at the moment.

2. Put one of the following auxiliaries into each gap.

am is are do does

A. Hello. 778954.

B. Hello. Is that Rita?

A. Yes. Who (a) _________ calling?

B. This is Gary, from New York. (b) ___________ you remember me?

A. Of course I do. What (c) _________ you doing in England?

B. I (d) ________ having a holiday.

A. Are you on your own?

B. No. I’m here with my wife. I’m married now.

A. Oh! What (e) _________ your wife do?

B. She’s a dentist.

A. How interesting!

B. Anyway. How are you?

A. I’m fine. I (f) ________ still studying. Listen. Where are you?

B. Well, we (g) ______ staying in a hotel very near (to) you. It’s (called) The Mayfair. (h) _______ you know it?

A. Yes, of course. It’s a lovely hotel – very expensive! (i) ______ your wife like it?

B. Yes, she does. Rita, what (j) _________ you doing tonight? Are you free? We’d like you to have dinner with us, here in the hotel.

A. That’s lovely! What time?

B. About 8.00?

A. That’s fine. See you at 8 o’clock. Bye, Gary.

B. Bye, Rita.

3. Put the verbs in the correct form, Present Simple or Present Continuous.

A. What (a) ___________ (you / do)?

B. I (b) __________ (pack) my suitcase. I (c) ___________ (leave) you and this house.

A. But I (d) ________ (not / understand). Where (e) _________ (you / go)?

B. I (f) __________ (not / know). The only thing I (g) ________ (know) is that Peter (h) _______ (meet) me at the airport at six o’clock.

4. Complete the pairs of sentences with the verb. Use the Present Simple for one and the Present Continuous for the other.

a) think

I _____________ of learning how to fly a plane.

I _____________ that’s a good idea.

b) see

__________ you __________ what I mean?

What time ________ you ________ the bank manager?

c) have

She __________ a wonderful suntan.

She __________ a wonderful time in Spain.