Dear Students, Would you please tell us about your daily habits or customs, using the present simple? Just write two sentences.
I usually drink pepsi while eating. I go to work everyday
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Dear Students, Some poor students don’t know the difference between simple present and present progressive. Can you explain to us the difference between them? Give us some examples. Please give us the question form, the negative form of each verb tense. What’s non-action verb?
We use the simple present : 1. For facts. Whales live in the ocean. Aconcagua is the highest mountain in Latin America. 2. For repeated or regular actions. Flights to Buenos Aires leave every hour. I eat breakfast at the table. 3. For habits. I brush my teeth three times a day. He only drinks Martinis. 4. For things that are generally true in the present time period: She is my girlfriend. We study English. We use the present progressive tense: 1. When somebody is doing something at this moment. Sarah is changing her clothes right now. 2. When something is happening at this moment. When the action has started but hasn't finished. It is snowing at the moment. 3. To talk about something that is happening around the time of speaking but not necessarily at that exact moment. I'm reading a great book. (not necessary right at this moment) Non-action verbs are the verbs that cannot be used in the progressive tenses. Non-action verbs are: dislike , hear , believe , hate , see , know , like , smell , think , love , taste , understand , need & want