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LENGO · English (UK)Grammar lessons
Study “Present Simple or Continuous?”: read the rule, then use it to complete three sentences from the lesson.
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Each lesson explains the rule with examples, then you practice it in sentences.
Present Simple or Continuous?
Use the present simple for habits, routines, timetables and facts: She usually walks to work. Water boils at 100 degrees. Typical cues: usually, often, never, every day, once a month.
Use the present continuous (am / is / are + -ing) for actions happening now or around now: Look! It is snowing. Kate is learning Japanese at the moment. Typical cues: now, right now, at the moment, Look!, Listen!
State verbs describe thoughts, feelings and possession, not actions, so they stay in the present simple even right now:
- know, understand, remember, think (= believe)
- like, want, need, belong
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Try it yourself
Look! It (to snow).Show answer
Look! It is snowing.
I (to drink) coffee every morning.Show answer
I drink coffee every morning.
Listen! Someone (to sing) in the garden.Show answer
Listen! Someone is singing in the garden.