PRESENT: SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS

PRESENT
SIMPLE	CONTINUOUS
Ÿ describes permanent or regular situations ex. Fiona lives in Philadelphia.      They go to the beach every weekend.	Ÿ describes temporary situations or in progress ex. She’s watching the Doctors’ series.      I’m changing all my summer clothes and putting them in a loft.
Ÿ also describes states or actions a)      thoughts (know, remember, think (=believe), feel (=believe)),… b)      feelings       (love, like, hate, want, prefer,…) c)      senses       (smell, hear, taste, see, feel, touch,..) d)     possession (have, belong, own,…) e)      verb to be	Ÿ sometimes verbs think and feel appear in continues tense a)      think (=plan sth, solve problem, make a decision) b)      feel (=to experience sth physical or emotional) ex. I’m thinking about what to do in the gym.     He doesn’t want to visit the museum because he’s feeling bad.