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Present Simple Vs Present Continuous

The document summarizes the difference between the present simple and present continuous tenses. The present simple is used to describe things that are always or generally true, that happen regularly or often, while the present continuous describes things that are happening now or around now. Examples are provided of sentences using each tense. The document then provides 20 sentences where the verb needs to be changed to either the present simple or present continuous form.

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Present Simple Vs Present Continuous

The document summarizes the difference between the present simple and present continuous tenses. The present simple is used to describe things that are always or generally true, that happen regularly or often, while the present continuous describes things that are happening now or around now. Examples are provided of sentences using each tense. The document then provides 20 sentences where the verb needs to be changed to either the present simple or present continuous form.

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Present Simple

vs Present
Continuous
Present Simple Present Continuous
Things that are always true. Things that are happening
Things that happen all the now.
time, repeatedly, often, Things that are happening
sometimes, never, etc. around now.

Examples: Examples:
The sun rises in the east. The sun is not shining
She often wears blue. today.
I play football. She´s wearing blue
jeans.
I´m playing a lot of
tennis these days.

Put the verb into the correct form -


Present Simple or Present Continuous.

1 - "Don’t talk so loudly!" — "I ................... (not / to talk) loudly".


2 - He................... (to know) all about the film.
3 - Jane ................... (to talk) to a friend at the moment.
4 - He ................... (not / to work) on Sundays.
5 - Margaret ................... (to love) music and dancing.
6 - The dog ................... (to sleep) under the table at the moment.
7 - He................... ( not / to like) his job.
8- I ................... (to think) she ................... (to be) very pretty.
9 - I ................... (always / to go) to bed very early.
10 - How often a day ................... (you / to eat) ice-cream?
11 - She ................... (often / to clean) the house on Saturdays.
12 - ................... (they / to go) to the pub every evening?
13 - They ................... (now / to learn) to treat animals.
14 - He ................... (to sit) on an armchair, ................... (to smoke) a
pipe.
15 - Good students ................... (always / to study) hard.
16 - It ................... (never / to rain) in Summer but it ......... (now / to
rain).
17 - They ................... (generally / to arrive) early but today they
................... (to come) late.
18 - Teachers ................... (to teach).
19 - Why ................... (you / to fix) it later?
20 - Why ................... (you / to fix) it this morning?

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