The document compares and contrasts the present simple and present continuous tenses in English. The present simple is used to describe habitual or repeated actions, while the present continuous describes actions that are happening now or around now. It provides examples of sentences using each tense, noting that the present simple uses the base verb form while the present continuous uses the verb form ending in "-ing" along with forms of "to be" as the auxiliary verb.

1. PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS

2. PRESENT SIMPLE
I GO TO SCHOOL BY CAR
I LIVE IN A HOUSE/FLAT
I PLAY THE PIANO
STRUCTURE: SUBJECT+VERB+COMPLEMENTS
PRESENT
PAST FUTURE

3. PRESENT CONTINUOUS
I AM WATCHING A FILM NOW
I AM PAINTING MY HOUSE
I AM COOKING A DELICIOUS PLATE
STRUCTURE: SUBJECT+TO BE VERB+VERB-ING+COMPLEMENTS

4. I AM
YOU ARE
HE/SHE/IT IS
+ VERB-ING + COMPLEMENTS
WE ARE
YOU ARE
THEY ARE
SHE IS WATCHING TV
PRESENT CONTINUOUS

5. I AM
YOU ARE
HE/SHE/IT IS
+ VERB-ING + COMPLEMENTS
WE ARE
YOU ARE
THEY ARE
SHE IS DRIVING A CAR
PRESENT CONTINUOUS

6. I AM
YOU ARE
HE/SHE/IT IS
+ VERB-ING + COMPLEMENTS
WE ARE
YOU ARE
THEY ARE
HE IS COOKING
PRESENT CONTINUOUS

7. I AM
YOU ARE
HE/SHE/IT IS
+ VERB-ING + COMPLEMENTS
WE ARE
YOU ARE
THEY ARE
THEY ARE RIDING THEIR BIKES
PRESENT CONTINUOUS