Present simple - Present Continuous

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PRESENT SIMPLE

- A routine

e.g. we get up early every morning

- A repeated action

e.g. I often call my parents.

- A permanent fact or a state

e.g. The Statue of Liberty is in New York.

Present continuous

• Something happening now. (We are in the middle of an action.)

e.g. Now she is reading.

• A temporary action.

e.g. They are living in the camp for two weeks.

1. Complete the sentences with the Present Continuous or Simple:

1. I _________ (not/listen) to the radio very often.

2. How often ____________ (you/read) sport magazines?

3. Turn off the T.V. You ______________ (not/watch) it.

4. It`s very late. I __________ (go) home now. ____________ (you/came) with me?

5. She ____________ (phone) her grandmother. She ___________(phone) her everyday.

6. My mother usually __________ (drive) to work, but today she ________(go) by bus.

7. That photographer ___________ (take) very good photos. Look! He _______

_______(take) a photo now.

8. It always _____________ (rain) at the weekend, but today the sun __________(shine).