Present Simple or Present Continuous
Grammar, activities, games…
Grammar
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Simple Present |
Present Progressive |
| in general (regularly, often, never)Colin plays football every Tuesday.present actions happening one after another
First Colin plays football, then he watches TV. |
right nowLook! Colin is playing football now.also for several actions happening at the same time
Colin is playing football and Anne is watching. |
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| Note: The following verbs are usually only used in Simple Present: be, have, hear, know, like, love, see, smell, think, want |
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More on this grammar and exercises:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro
Games and exercises
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-games/present-simple-and-present-continuous
http://www.eslgamesplus.com/present-progressive-continuous-esl-grammar-fun-game-online/
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Very interesting exercise. It compares Present Simple and Present Continuous tenses. Very useful, indeed!