present continuous and present simple

PRESENT CONTINUOUS AND PRESENT SIMPLE

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Present continuous: (BE + Verb-ING)

* action en cours de déroulement: "I am reading. What are you doing?"

* futur proche: "Nothing, but I'm going to start working now."

Present simple. (attention à la troisième personne: I know/he knows; you do/he does)

* présent d'habitude, décrivant un état, et présent de vérité générale:

"Water boils at 100°C. What other major laws of physics do you know?"

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If you have any doubts, you might want to watch this video:

Present continuous

Use the present continuous (BE +Verb-ING) to describe this picture:

present simple or continuous?

lesson and exercise

lesson and exercise 2

to practise:

Exercises on Simple Present and Present Progressive

• Exercise 1, Exercise 2, Exercise 3, Exercise 4, Exercise 5, Exercise 6

• Exercise 7, Exercise 8

• Exercise 9, Exercise 10, Exercise 11, Exercise 12

• exercise 13

  • exercise 14

    • exercise 15

    • exercise 16

    • exercise 17

    • exercise 18

Tests on Simple Present and Present Progressive

• Test 1

• Test 2

• Test 3