3. Present simple ( SB, p.105) USES Hard-working students study regularly 1. Habits and routines 2. Facts and general truths Top models wear trendy clothes The Yamamba girls speak their own slang 3. Permanent situations
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5. Present continuous ( SB, p.106) USES You are listening to me and I’m telling you about the verb tenses 1. For actions which are happening now 2. For temporary actions that are going on around now Joan is studying phonetics at UCL at the moment Are you coming with us tomorrow? 3. To talk about arrangements and fixed plans for the future , especially when time or place have been decided. 4. To describe monotonous and repetitive actions You are always talking when I speak!