B1 present simple vs. present continuous review

to talk about repeated actions we use...

• Present Simple

• Present Continuous

we use the Present Continuous tense to talk about

• long actions in progress at the moment of speaking

• temporary situations

• repeated actions

• permanent situations

Match the following

• -ing form

• S + ___+ Ving

• -s/es

• S + am+ V

• am/is/are

• S + V

• -o (basic form)

• S + V

• don't/doesn't

• S + ___ + Vo

Molly is planning the trip to Barbados now.

• repeated action

• action in progress now

• temporary situation

• permanent situation

We never have eight lessons on Thursdays.

• temporary situation

• permanent situation

• action in progress now

• repeated situation

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Present Simple

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(b) Present Continuous

• Look, Mona is trying to clean the shell from the sand.

• I live in Egypt.

• I'm hanging out with friends right now.

• Is the dog barking?

• My sister and I aren't doing the photoshop course this month.

• Do you understand the homework?

• My friend believes in God.

• Johnny doesn't remember his teacher's name.

• Our parents are saving for our summer trip to Turkey.

choose the INCORRECT sentence

• We are prefering to stay in this hotel.

• I'm learning the state verbs at the moment.

• Does she always forget her phone at home?

• I study French at school.

Organize these signal words into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Present Simple

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(b) Present Continuous

• at the moment

• usually

• right now

• this (month/year etc.)

• often

• sometimes

• currently

• hardly ever

• rarely

• always

• now

• never

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) state verbs

,

(b) action verbs

• understand

• see

• write

• know

• watch

• prefer

• work

• guess

• do

• need

• cost

• laugh

• hear