Difficulty
| (Low) | Medium | High | |||
| A1 | (A2) | B1 | B2 | C1 | C2 |
Differences between these two tenses:
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Present Simple |
Present Continuous |
| Used to express facts/permanent situation and habits/routines | Used to express an action that is happening now and a temporary situation |
| Examples: | |
| My best friend lives in London (fact) | A: what are you doing?B: I’m studying because tomorrow I’ve got an important test. (an action happening now) |
| I buy the newspaper every morning (routine) | Peter is working in a restaurant because he’s got school holidays at the moment. (temporary situation) |
Remember – Some verbs (called state verbs) are never used with the present continuous. e.g. need, want, love, like, know, understand, hate, remember etc.
created by Tess Giordmaina
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