👨🏫 Use the simple present for actions that happen in general.
👨🏫 Use the present continuous for actions happening at the moment or current/temporary projects.
📌 EXAMPLE
She usually eats healthy food, but today she’s eating cake because it’s her birthday.
👨🏫 PRESENT SIMPLE & PRESENT CONTINUOUS
- I work from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM - I’m currently working on a new project.
- Mark studies English every day. - Mark is studying the present continuous at the moment.
- We usually go to Europe in the summer. - Right now, we’re going to the supermarket.
- They always talk to their boss in the morning. - They’re talking to him now.
- Does it usually rain in the winter? - No, but it’s raining now. Take an umbrella.
👨🏫 These words can help you know if the sentence needs simple present or present continuous:
👨🏫 SIMPLE PRESENT
- Always
- Usually
- Often
- Sometimes
- Never
- Every (day/night/year/summer/winter)
👨🏫 PRESENT CONTINUOUS
- Now
- Right now
- At the moment
- Currently
- This week/month/year
- Today
✍️ Write 2 sentences using Simple Present & Present Continuos