Present Tense: Habitual actions, permanent actions and general truths, not necessarily now Express eternal truth:

Man is mortal, The sun rises in the east. Permanent, habit, always, usually To describe events, one after another To ask and give information (How do I get to?, you walk straight on for two blocks, then turn right..)

Present Continuous Real present = now at this moment Immediate future: I am travelling to Santiago tomorrow, I am coming soon. Temporary, just around now, just at this moment, these days but not for very long. For changing and developing situations (The climate is getting warmer, the child is growing bigger every day. We do not use the Present continuous with the following verbs: Like, love, want, know, understand, remember, depend, prefer, hate, need, mean, believe, forget.

Complete the sentences with the correct tense. 1.- Trains__________ (travel) from Stgo. to Talca in 3 hours. 2.- John __________(travel) to England tomorrow. 3.- Look, a man ________(run) after the bus. He _______(want) to catch it. 4.- What you (read) when you are on holiday? ________________________ I________ (read) detective stories. Now I (read) The shut door by Ivor Lock. 5.- You (understand) the present tense now?_________________________ I ____________(do) an exercise on it at this moment and I _______(think) that I __________(know) how to use it now.