Present Continuous and Simple Present

1.Present Continuous (I am doing something)

A - Example situation

• She is driving to work

B - I’m in the middle of doing it; I’ve started doing it and I haven’t finished yet;

• Are you enjoying the party?
• I am coding the Swift

C - You can use the present continuous with today/ thisweek/ this year(periods around now)

• You’re working hard today.
• It’s raining today

D - We use the present continuous when we talk about changes happening around now, especially with these verbs: (get,change,become,increase,rise,fall,grow,improve,begin,start)

• Is your English getting better?
• I want to change my enviroment

2.Simple Present (I do)

A - Example situation

• He drives a bus

B - We use the simple present to talk about things in general. We use it to say that something happens all the time or repeatedly, or that something is true in general:

• I usually leave for work at 8.am
• I study swift language at 10.am

C - We use do/does to make questions and negative sentences:

• What does this word mean?
• Does it work well?

D - We use the simple present to say how often we do things:

• I get up at 8:00 every morning

E - I promise/ I apologize

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3.Present Continuous and Simple Present (I am doing vs I do)

A - Compare

Present continuous ( I am doing ) <-> Simple present ( I do )

The water is boiling <-> Water boils at 1000 degrees Celcsius

I’m getting hungry <-> I always get hungryin the afternoon

B - I always do vs I always doing

I always drive to work = I do it every time

I’m always losing thing = I lose things very often