Present Continuous and Simple Present : I am doing and I do
Present Continuous and Simple Present : I am doing and I do
A :
He is not playing the guitar.
But Jim has a guitar.
He play it often, and he play very well.
Jim plays the guitar, but he's not playing the guitar now.
Is he playing the guitar? No, he isn't. (present continuous)
Does he play the guitar? Yes, he does. (simple present)
B : Present continuous (I am doing) = now, at the time of speaking
- Tom is taking a shower right now.
- Take an umbrella with you. It's raining.
- You can turn off the television. I'm not watching it.
- Why are you under the table? What are you doing?
C : Simple present (I do) = in general, all the time or some times
- Tom take a shower every morning.
- It rains a lot in the winter.
- I don't watch television very often.
- What do you usually do on weekends?
D : We do not use this verbs in the present continuous ( I am -ing) :
like love want know understand remember depend
prefer hate need mean believe forget
Use only the simple present ( I want / do you like ? etc.) with these verbs.
- I'm tried. I want to go home. ( not I'm waning)
- "Do you know that girl?" "Yes, I don't remember her name."
- I don't understand. What do you mean?
Reference : Basic Grammar in use
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