The Present Simple The Present Continuous

Used Used
 To talk about everyday routines (regular actions or events)  To describe the action happening right now, at the moment of
e.g. They wake up at 7.30 every morning. speaking or close to it.
She wakes up at 10 o`clock at the weekends. e.g. I am chatting to my friends online at the moment.
 To talk about general facts or something that is always true. They are listening to music now.
e.g. The ice is cold. The water boils at 100*. He is reading an interesting book in the living room.
 Permanent state.
e.g. I live in Valka.
There are some verbs we don`t use in the present continuous (any continuous
tense)
!!!!! believe, hate, know, like, love, mean, need, know, prefer, understand,
want.

Signal words in the sentence: Signal words in the sentence:

Usually, always, every day (week, month, year, century) never, on Fridays Today, at the moment, tonight, at present, (right) now;
(meaning every Friday), hardly ever, rarely, often, occasionally. Look! Listen!

I / you / we/ they work hard every day. I am writing a letter now.
He / she/ it speaks Estonian every weekend. You/ we/they are writing a letter now.
He/she/it is writing a letter now.
I / you / we/ they do not (don`t) wash the dishes in the evenings.
I am (I`m) not writing a letter now.
He / she/ it does not (doesn`t) vacuum the carpets every day. You/ we/they are not (aren`t) writing a letter now.
He/she/it is not (isn`t) writing a letter now.
Do I / you / we/ they watch TV every evening?
Yes, I / you / we/ they do. Am I writing a letter now?
No, I / you / we/ they don`t. Yes, I am./No I`m not.
Are you/we/they writing a letter now?
Does he/she/it have lunch at school every schoolday? Yes, we are./ No , we aren`t.
Yes, he/she/it does. Is he/she/it writing a letter now?
No, he/she/it doesn`t. Yes, he is./ No she isn`t.