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the two present tenses: the difference

SIMPLE PRESENT: / work etc PRESENT PROGRESSIVE: I'm working etc

• things that are always true • things that are happening now
• things that happen all the time, • things that are happening around now
repeatedly, often, sometimes, never etc
The sun rises in the east. The sun is not shining today.
She often wears red. She's wearing a blue dress.
1 play tennis. I'm playing a lot of tennis these days.

Q Put the expressions in the correct places.

everyday/ just now nearly always n o w / on Fridays these days
this afternoon today very often when I'm tired

simp l e PRESENT: / work etc PRESENT PROGRESSIVE: I'm working etc
every dn _ l/UOW

0 Use the verbs in the box to complete the sentences.

chase/ chase drive eat fly play play rain sell speak work write

Cats ..fity??.?....... mice. Cows....................grass. Planes.......................... It often
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But thus cat
iA/Ot ch a s > i v w i c t . now.

Luke......................hard. Ann...................tennis. John..................English. Bill........................ a bus.
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But .............................. But

This shop Carol...... Simon........................... Dogs
books. the piano. poetry. cats.
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But But .............................. But this

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