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Present simple and present

continuous

Ican use the present simple and the present continuous tenses.

*1 o 1 3.1 Circle the correct option. Listen and
check.

Present simple

Bob has breakfast at 8 a.m. Then he cycles to
school. 1 JoshQoves)/ is loving sport. He 1plays/ 's playing
football.
and he 2plays / 's playing
Present continuous basketball and he 2plaus / 's plauinq football.
Right now he 3plays / 's playing football.
It's 8 a.m. now. He's having breakfast. He isn't
cycling.

2 My dad's a teacher. He 4teaches / 's teaching
Present simple
Science.Today's Saturday. He 5doesn't teach /
Ella studies maths at university.
isn't teaching now - he6reads / 's reading the
Present continuous newspaper.

She isn't studying at the moment.She's
sleeping.

We use the present simple to talk about things that
are always true, and habits and routines.We use it
with 'state'verbs, for example like,love and hote.

We often use the present simple in expressions
with every day/week and with days of the week
+ on, for example on Mondays/Tuesdays.
We use the present continuous to talk about things
in progress now.We often use it with now or ot the 3 17like / 'm liking reading. I8read / 'm reading a
moment. lot of books. I9don't read/ 'm not reading at the
moment.110watch/ 'm watching TV.

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