Revision present simple vs present continuous

Present simple vs present continuous

Present simple

Read the example sentences.

Sven usually plays ice-hockey on Saturday morning.

An ice hockey match takes 60 minutes.

Monica takes a shower each morning.

She uses lots of water.

Multiple Select

When do we use the present simple?

• habits & routines

• personal arrangements

• general truths

• to talk about something that is going on for a while

Present continuous

Read the example sentences.

I'm sitting on the grass now.

The sun is shining.

Me and my friends are going to the zoo this weekend.

We are meeting up for lunch before going to the zoo.

Multiple Select

When do we use the present continuous?

• habits & routines

• personal arrangements

• general truths

• to talk about something that is going on for a while

We are doing

you are doing

They are doing

to do:
I am doing

You are doing

He/she/it is doing

​to be + ing form

How to write the present continuous

We are moving

you are moving

They are moving

to move:
I am moving

You are moving

He/she/it is moving

​When the verb ends in -e, remove the -e, add -ing

How to write the present continuous

We are travelling

you are travelling

They are travelling

to travel:
I am travelling

You are travelling

He/she/it is travelling

​When the verb ends in a vowel + L, we double the L

How to write the present continuous

We are committing

you are committing

They are committing

to commit:
I am committing

You are committing

He/she/it is committing

How to write the present continuous

​When the verb ends in a vowel followed by a single consonant and if the last syllable is stressed, then the consonant is doubled.

-> am working
-> are driving


-> is travelling


-> are planning

• to be + -ing form

• verbs ends in -e, remove -e, add -ing

• verb ends in vowel + L, double the L

• verb ends in a vowel followed by a single consonant and the last syllable is stressed, then double the consonant.
  
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How to write the present continuous

Overview of the rules: