PRESENT SIMPLE:	PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Things that are always true. Things that happen all the time, repeatedly, often, sometimes, never, etc	Things that are happening now. Things that are happening around now.
Examples: The sun rises in the east. She often wears blue. I play football.	Examples: The sun is not shinning today. She's wearing a blue dress. I'm playing a lot of tennis these days.

1. 
   Look at the pictures read the clues and write sentences with often and now.

( play football / skate) ( go out / study) ( listen music/ watch TV) ( run/ swim)

He often plays football, ________________ ____________________ ___________

but now he is skating ________________ ____________________ ___________

(Write /read) (bath / shower) (teach/ paint)

_________________ _____________________ ___________________

_________________ _____________________ ___________________

2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense (present simple or present continuous).

Ginny is a swimmer. She ___________ (go) swimming four or five days a week. She usually __________ (get up) early and ___________ (practice) before school.

At weekend she often __________ (swim) in competitions. Her dad ____________ (take) her in the car, and she _________ (not get) home until late.

Today it's Saturday, But Ginny _____________ (not swim). She's at a party. Her friends ____________ (laugh). They ___________ (eat) sandwiches at the table. But Ginny _________ (not sit) with her friends. She ___________ (dance) with a new boy. It's a good party.

3. Choose one of these verbs from the box to complete each sentence. Use the present simple or the present continuous.

• My children ______________ very hard because they have an exam at school tomorrow.

• Look at that skirt that Lizzie ____________. Isn't it beautiful?

• ________________ (you) in the notebooks during the class?

• Don't disturb John. He_______________ a big football game on TV:

• Compaq is an American Company. They __________ computers.

• ______________(he) that I am suitable for the job?

• 
  Things are really great. Our business _______________.

• Arthur must be really tired. Look! He ___________ like a baby on the sofa.

• I _____________ very well with my new boss.

• HP _____________ a new advance type of printer.

PRESENT SIMPLE vs PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Wear sleep make study develop watch think write boom not get on

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