Present simple vs Present continuous

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Present simple vs Present continuous

Present Simple

What are you do?

Do you eat apple every day?

It is used to describe an action of long time and without change of plans

Example:I study engineering

Example:I live in Spain

Time expression used with the present simple tense.

- Always,often, generally,sometimes,never... - Once a day, twice a week, three times a month...

Used for regular habits or repeated actions.

Example:She goes to the school every day

Example:I don´t wath tv every often.

Used for facts or things that are always true or generally true.

Example:A cat has four legs

Example: It rains a lot in winter.

Present continuos

Questions example

What are you doing?

Are you eating eggs right now?

Used to talk about temporary situations

Example: It´s not raining right now

Time expression used with the present continuous tense.

- now, right now, at the moment, still

Used to talk about something that is happening around the time of speaking but not necessarily at this exact moment

Example:Luis isn´t reading a great book.

Example:He´s watching the great a serie.

Used for an action happening right now at the moment of speaking.

Example:She´s not walking her dog.

Example: I´m studying a maths lesson.