Present Simple | Present Continuous |
Things which are always true:
| Things which are happening at the moment of speaking:
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Permanent situations (or nearly permanent; true for a few years at least):
| Temporary situations:
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Habits or things we do regularly:
| Temporary or new habits:
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Future events which are part of a timetable:
| Definite future plans:
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To talk about what happens in books, plays and films:
| To talk about people in pictures and photos:
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Signal Words: Simple Present vs. Present Progressive. Signal words can help us to recognise which tense to use in a sentence. Below is a list of signal words for the simple present and present progressive tenses.
Remember:
- We use the present simple with stative verbs. We can't use any continuous tense (including the present continuous tense, of course) with stative verbs.
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Click here for more information about the present continuous tense
Click here for more information about the present continuous tense
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