Present simple or present continuous 

Here is your English Lesson about Present simple or present continuous?.

1 Tick the correct sentence in each pair.

1 a I'm going to the club every evening.
   b I go to the club every evening.
2 a My father's got a good job. He's working for an international bank.
   b My father's got a good job. He works for an international bank.

We use the present simple to talk about:
• permanent states: I don't live near an underground station.
• regular habits: I play football most weekends.
• general truths: Garage mechanics repair cars.

We use the present continuous to talk about current actions or events that are unfinished:
• to describe what is happening at the time of speaking:
Can you switch the TV off? I'm not watching it.
• to describe temporary actions, often with today, this week, etc. to show the period of time:
I'm walking to school this month. It's good for me.
• to describe ongoing actions which are happening around this time but not necessarily at the time of speaking:
I'm learning English because I want to work in a travel agent's.

Answer key:
1.1 b
1.2 b

2 Complete the sentences with the present simple or present continuous form of play, read, wear and work.

1 Children in Britain usually ... school uniform.
2 I ... a book about the history of Rome. It's very interesting.
3 Some of the best footballers in the world ... for Real Madrid.
4 I ... my new shoes today.
5 My father ... travel books in his free time.
6 Lucia's in her bedroom. She ... a game on the computer.
7 I ... really hard this month.

Answer key:
2.1 wear
2.2 'm / am reading
2.3 play
2.4 'm / am wearing
2.5 reads
2.6 's / is playing
2.7 'm / am working