PRESENT SIMPLE vs.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT SIMPLE

AFFIRMATIVE INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE

I / you / we / they watch Do I / you / we / they watch? I / you / we / they don’t watch.
he / she / it watches Does he / she / it watch? he / she / it doesn’t watch.

Time expressions:
 every day / week / month / year / Saturday / morning / afternoon / night …
 on Saturdays
 always / usually / often / sometimes / never / rarely (seldom) / all the time

Examples:
 I sometimes watch TV when I am tired.
 She watches TV every Saturday. She doesn’t watch TV every night.
 Do you usually watch the news on TV?

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

AFFIRMATIVE INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE

I am watching / I’m watching Am I watching? I am not watching
he / she/ it is watching Is he / she / it watching? He / she / it is not (isn’t) watching
you / we / they are watching Are you / we / they watching? You / we / they are not (aren’t) watching

Time expressions:
 now / at the moment
 today / tonight / this week / this month

Examples:
 At the moment, Jake is watching a film on TV.
 Are you watching me?

PRESENT SIMPLE vs. PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1. At the moment, Jane is watching a film. She always watches films on Saturdays.
2. Why are you crying? I’m crying because I’m sad. I always cry when I’m sad.
3. Emma usually goes to work by bus, but today she is walking.
 PRESENT SIMPLE vs. PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Choose the correct verb form.

1 - I have / am having a great time on this holiday.

2 - She's Italian- she comes / is coming from Pisa.
3 - 'Are you enjoying / do you enjoy your meal?' 'Yes, it's very good.'
4 - This term, I study / am studying Latin.
5 - Do you come / are you coming to see us next month?
6 - Let me know when you receive / are receiving this letter.
8 - Water boils / is boiling at a hundred degrees.
10 - I make / am making a lot of progress at the moment.
11 - It worries / is worrying me a lot at the moment.
12 - I get / am getting up at seven o'clock on weekdays.

Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in simple present tense or present continuous
tense.

1. Right now I (watch) _____________ a movie. I (watch) _______ a lot of movies.

2. Rickie (be) _______ my friend. We (like) _______ to talk together. Right now we (talk)
______________ about school.
3. The police officer (wear) ________ a badge and a gun to work every day.
4. Jaime usually (eat) _______ cold cereal for breakfast, but today he (eat) ______ _________
oatmeal instead.
5. Alison and I (study) _______ _______ for the exam. We (not, want) _______ ______________
to fail it!
6. Jonas (sing) ________ in the band on Saturdays, and Veda (play) _______ the guitar.
7. My uncle (live) _______ in Tennessee. I (live) _______ in North Carolina.
8. My mom (cook) ______________ dinner tonight. (You, want) _____ _____ _________ to eat
with us?
9. Tiffany and Mark (travel) ______________ to Spain right now. They will stay in Madrid.
10. We (read) _______ the newspaper every morning.

Complete the text with the correct form of the verb in simple present tense or present continuous
tense.

1. My favourite aunt, Monica, ____________ (teach) archeology at the university. Right now she
____________ (give) a class on the art of ancient Egypt.
She ____________ (do) a lot of sports and ____________ (go) to the cinema regularly. This
month, she ____________ (learn) to hang glide. But she also ____________ (climb) mountains
every weekend and ____________ (do) scuba diving when she is on holidays.