Present Simple vs Present Progressive

Present Simple vs Present Progressive Present Progressive (short-term)1) We use the present progressive for things that are happening now.- Jack is speaking to his dad on the phone right now.2) and for things that are happening around now, but not perhaps at the exact moment.- We are buying a new house at the moment.3) and how life is slowly changing (+trends)- Children are living at home longer these days. Signal words pnow, this weekmonthyear, at the moment, these days, nowadays, still,...p We normally use the present simple for things that are long-term and the present progressive for things that are temporary or different from our normal lives.- Every week, John writes about football. At the moment, he is writing a book on "Great American Golfers" too. Signal words poften, always, every dayweekmonthyear, sometimes, on Tuesdays, in the morningafternoonevening, at 9:30 pm,...p Sortiere die Ereignisse nach Ihrer Reihenfolge! Die Eizelle wird befruchtet. Die Eizelle teilt sich. Die befruchtete Eizelle nistet sich in der Gebärmutter ein. Das Herz des Fötus beginnt zu schlagen. Der Embryo bewegt Arme und Beine. Der Embryo dreht sich im Mutterleib und rutscht in das Becken. Das Baby wird geboren. Present Simple (long-term)1) We use the present simple for facts:- Sally speaks French and German.- Water boils at 100° degrees.2) and to talk about our hobbies, timetables and things we do regularly.- We study maths on Monday morning.- I often go swimming.- The bus leaves at 4pm.3) We usually use it with like, love, hate, want, know, think, understand.- Do you like the film?- Yes, but I don't understand the story. Adverbs of frequency pshow us how often something happens. We often use adverbs of frequency with the strongpresent simplestrong. Do you always drive to work? ppWe use adverbs of frequency:pp strongbefore the main verbstrong Penny never reads the paper on her way to work.pp strongafter the auxiliary verbsstrong embe, have, doem and strongmodal verbsstrong such as emcan, will, must, etcem. Frank is uoftenu at the gym in the afternoon. You can ualwaysu count on me.p

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