Present simple and present continuous

Basically, we use present simple for: 

• things that are always true (The sun rises in the east.)

• things that happen all the time, repeatedly, often, sometimes, never… (She often wears red.)

• Some verbs are normally used in simple tenses: hate, know,like, love, need, prefer, seem understand, want... (I hate this music. /Do you understand?)

And we use present continuous for: 

• things that are happening now. (The sun is not shining today.)

• things that are happening around now (I’m  playing a lot of tennis these days.)

• plans for a fixed future time or place. (What are you doing this evening?)

You may find some extra practice in all these sites:

• Isabel Pérez  
• KiCo4U.de (Hot Potatoes exercise-choose the right tense)
• dl.dropbox.com (Gap filling exercise) 
• ICT for students of EFL 
• Printable sheet from Burlington books (look for ESO-4 activities or ask your teacher for a free copy)

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