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We use the Present Continuous to talk about an action that is happening now - at the exact moment of speaking. The action is not permanent and not complete.
We use the Present Continuous to talk about something that is happening in our lives in the present time generally. It may or may not be happening now - at the exact moment of speaking.
The action is not permanent and not complete.
Note: If the action continues for long enough, we will see it as a habit and must then use the Present Simple to talk about it.
The action is not happening now.
The action is happening now.
We use the Present Continuous to talk about changing or developing situations - slowly or quickly and perhaps over a long period.
The action began before now, it is happening in the general present (including now), and it may (or may not) come to an end in the future.
The action is not permanent and not complete.
We use the Present Continuous to talk about something that we have already PLANNED or ARRANGED to do in the future. In other words, everything is ready for something that will happen - we planned the action in the past, we talk about it now, and we will do the action in the future.
An expression of future time - the time, date or place of the action - is always said or understood.
When there are two actions in the present - but not a sequence of actions (i.e. not one action after the other) - we use the Present Continuous for the action that begins, continues through, and (often) ends after the other (Simple Present) action.
The Simple Present action can happen at any time during the Present Continuous action, and the two actions can both happen at exactly the same time - parallel actions.
We can also use the Present Continuous to talk about what is happening at a particular time we are thinking of.
We can use the Present Continuous for the background situation when we tell stories or jokes or we give summaries of plays, books and films, and in commentaries, demonstrations and instructions.
We use the Present Simple for the actions that happen one after the other in the story.
This use of the two Present Tenses can make stories sound more dramatic, and makes the listeners feel that they are experiencing the story as we tell it.
We can use the Present Continuous with always, forever, and constantly for actions that happen but are not planned. There is usually quite a strong emotion connected to this use - surprise, interest, pleasure, annoyance.
There are a number of verbs (sometimes called 'State Verbs') that are normally used in the Present Simple - not the Present Continuous - even when we are talking about an action the moment of speaking.
We also use the Present Continuous to talk about the future (instead of the Simple Future) after question words and relative pronouns.
The Present Continuous can be used in newspaper headlines for future actions. In normal spoken or written language we would usually use a full future verb form.
Newspaper headlines
Spoken/Written language
We also use Present Continious in sentences with “never … again”
· I am never seeing him again!
· I am never smoking again!
With the verb “to be”
PRESENT SIMPLE
to talk about regular or repeated actions or habits that we (always, sometimes, often, never) do
to talk about 'permanent' situations in our life
to talk about facts and things that are general truths
to talk about the future for an event that happens as part of a fixed timetable, programme, itinerary or calendar
to talk about the future (instead of the Future Simple) after certain expressions of time and condition
to talk about the future (instead of the Future Simple) after question words and relative pronouns
for actions that happen one after the other when we tell stories or jokes or give summaries of plays, books and films
verbs that are normally used in the Present Simple - not the Present Continuous - even when we are talking about the present moment
choosing between the Present Simple and the Present Continuous
in newspaper headlines for past actions
quoting from letters, books etc
in formal letter writing
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