The document provides a comparison between the present continuous and simple present tenses in English, detailing their usage, examples, and key adverbs. It explains that the present simple tense is used for habitual activities, while the present continuous tense describes actions in progress. Additionally, it includes exercises for practice to reinforce the understanding of these tenses.

1. Contrast of Present
Continuous and Simple
Present Tense
Revision & Exercises

2. Form
Simple Present Present Continuous
 Dan sometimes wears a suit.
He doesn’t usually wear a hat.
Does he wear a hat?
When does he wear a hat?
 Who wears a hat?
 He is wearing jeans now.
He isn’t wearing a belt.
 Is he wearing a T-shirt?
 What is he wearing?
 Who is wearing a shirt?

3. PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE

4. Examples:
 Dan writes in his diary once a day.
 She never drinks milk at night.
 They always eat dinner together.

5.  We use Present Simple Tense to talk about
habitual activities = the things we do repeatedly.
 We use the adverbs of frequency (always, usually,
sometimes, never …) with this tense.
Usage

6. Time adverbs of The Present Simple Tense
• Every moring/evening/night/day/week…
• Once /twice/three times.. a day/week/year
• All the time
Frequency adverbs of The Present Simple Tense
• Never
• Rarely
• Sometimes
• Often
• Usually
• Always

7. PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

8. Examples:
 Dan is writing in his diary now.
 The children are drinking milk at the moment.
 Look! It is raining.
 Technology is developing fast these days.

9. Usage
 We use the Present Continuous Tense to talk about
actions that are in progress in the present = actions that
are happening at the moment of speaking.
 We also use it to describe a changing situation.
 We generally don’t use the adverbs of frequency with
this tense. We use time expressions like now, at the
moment, right now...

10. Time adverbs of The Present Continuous
Tense
• Now
• Right now
• At the moment
• Today/tonight
• This term/year/week…

11. BE CAREFUL!
With state verbs like “want”, “need” ,“like”,
“understand” and “know”, we use Present Simple Tense.
I need some money.

12. PRESENT SIMPLE-
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
EXERCISE

13. Exercise 1: Choose the best option to have a
meaningful and grammatically correct sentence.

14. 1. Look! Elizabeth ………………………… (sing)
again. She often …………………….. (sing) this
song.
a. is singing/sings
b. is sing/sings
c. sings/sings
d. sings/sing

15. 2. My father ………………………………(have) a lot of
work to do every weekend.
a. have
b. had
c. has
d. having

16. 3. The boys ………………………….. (not / talk) now.
All of them ………………………… (watch) a film.
a. do not talk/watches
b. do not talk/are watching
c. is not talking/are watching
d. are not talking/are watching

17. 4. …………………… you …………………….. (like)
watching TV?
a. Does/like
b. Do/like
c. Are/likes
d. Do/likes

18. 5. He …………………………………….. (usually / go) at
8:00 o’clock, but this morning he
………………………………….. (be) late.
a. usually goes/ is
b. is usually going /is
c. goes usually/ is
d. usually go/is

19. Exercise 2: Fill in the gaps with present
continuous or present simple tense by using the
verbs in parentheses.

20. Harold Black is a famous pianist. He________________(6.
give) two or three concerts every week. He
________________(7. travel) a lot and this week he's in New
York. He________________(8. stay) at an expensive hotel.
He's at his hotel now.
gives
travels
is staying

21. He often________________(9. drink) a cup of coffee
and he________________(10. read) a newspaper.
He________________(11. go) to bed late and he
always ________________(12. get up) early, but he
sometimes________________(13. get) dressed too
quickly, and this morning he________________(14.
wear) one blue sock and one red one!
drinks
reads
goes
gets
gets
is wearing

22. 15. I usually am drinking/drink coffee in the
mornings, but today I want to drink/ am
wanting to drink tea.

23. T: Hi, Alicia.
A: Hi, Teresa. What 1.___________________ (you/do) here?
T: I 2._________________ (look) for a book. What about you?
A: I 3.____________________ (return) a book. Listen,
4._____________________ (you/want) to go for a cup of coffee?
T: I can’t. I 5.____________________ (wait) for my friend. We
6.__________________ (work) on a project for our history class, and
we 7._______________________ (need) to finish it.
A: 8.____________________ (you/like) your history class?
are you doing
am looking for
am returning
Do you want
am waiting
are working
need
Do you like

24. T: Yes, I especially 9._________________ (like) the teacher, Bob. He’s
a handsome man. He always 10.__________________ (wear) jeans to
class. He 11._______________________ (have) an earring.
A: Wow, that 12._____________________ (be) interesting.
T: Yes, it 13._____________________ (be). Oh, I see my friend. She
14.__________________________ (walk) toward us. I have to go.
A: OK, good luck on your project.
T: Thanks. Bye.
like
wears
has
is
is
is walking

25. Exercise 3: Find the mistakes with the
underlined words. Not every sentence has a
mistake. Some sentences may be correct.

26. 1. I’m usually going home after class.
2. Does she has any children?
3. He’s wearing a suit now.
4. The baby sleeping now.
5. What kind of toys do you have?
usually go
have
is