Simple Present or Present Continuous?
Grammar Rule Examples I play tennis every Sunday. I ’m playing hockey now. She eats fruit every day. She ’s eating an apple now. Remember! We use the present simple to talk about routines – what you do every day or every week. " I watch cartoons every day ." We use the present continuous to talk about things you are doing now. "I ’m watching a film now" Be careful! For the present simple, add ‘s’ or ‘es’ for he/she/it. Make the negative with ‘don’t’ or ‘doesn’t’. For the present continuous, use the verb ‘to be’ and ‘-ing’. Add ‘not’ to make the negative. My dad makes dinner every evening. He doesn’t make lunch. We are studying English now. We aren’t studying maths. We say... We don’t say... I wake up every morning at 7:00. (NOT I am waking up every morning at 7:00.) She is talking on the phone now. (NOT She talks on the p...