Present Simple X Present Continuous

Simple Present x Present Continuous

A: OK, can you all sit down, please? The pizza is ready.
B: Mm. You always make lovely pizzas, Jill.
A: Thanks, Ann. Red wine or white wine with it?
B: Usually I drink white, but today I’d like red.
A: OK. And you, Tom?
B: Water for him! He is driving tonight!




Simple Present

O Simple Present descreve 1) processos regulares e repetitivos que formam determinada situação; 2) estados permanentes.

• Fatos irrefutáveis:
  • I come from Germany.
• Hábitos:
  • I don’t eat much chocolate.
• Processos regulares:
  • The cinema shows a lot of foreign films.
• Costumes:
  • People don’t celebrate Christmas in Japan.
• Indicação de profissão:
  • She’s a writer. She writes detective stories.
• Indicação de passatempos:
  • Don plays a lot of tennis.

Present Continuous

O Present Continuous é utilizado para descrever 1) um único processo que está acontecendo no momento e ainda não acabou; 2) uma situação passageira.

• Processos momentâneos
  • Hello, Ann. I‘m phoning from London.
  • What are you doing on the floor?
  • He isn’t reading. Look, his eyes are shut.
  • We‘re waiting for Don. He has the key.
• Situações passageiras
  • Shall I meet you at your hotel? – No. I‘m not staying at a hotel this time. I‘m staying with friends.
  • The weather is so nice that I‘m cycling to work this week.
  • Phil is playing a lot of tennis at the moment because he‘s trying to get fit again.