Simple Present

In general or right now?
Do you want to express that something happens in general or that something is happening right now?
Simple Present Present Progressive
in general (regularly, often, never)Colin plays football every Tuesday.
present actions happening one after another
First Colin plays football, then he watches TV. right now
Look! Colin is playing football now.
also for severalactions happening at the same time
Colin is playing football and Anne is watching.
Signal words
• always
• every ...
• often
• normally
• usually
• sometimes
• seldom
• never
• first• then • at the moment
• at this moment
• today
• now
• right now
• Listen!
• Look!
Note: The following verbs are usually only used in Simple Present:
be, hear, know, like, love, smell, want,need

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present progressive)
1. Look! He (leave) the house.
2. Quiet please! I (write) a test.
3. She usually (walk) to school.
4. Butlook! Today she (go) by bike.
5. Every Sunday we (go) to see my grandparents.
6. He often (go) to the cinema.
7. We (play) Monopoly at the moment.
8. The child sometimes (cry) .
9. I(not / do) anything at the moment.
10. (watch / he) the news regularly?
11. This (be) Marc.
12. He (wear) a t-shirt and shorts today.
13. He (eat) an apple at the moment.
14. Marc (like)fruits and vegetables.
15. He (eat) some fruits every day.
16. Marc (know) that apples (be) good for his health.
17. Joe (practice) tennis with his father every weekend, but Dennis (not /play) very often.
18. Jeff (hold) a book right now, he (read) a story to Linda.

Complete the story with simple present and present continuous:
19. Look! Jenny (go) to school.
20. She (wear)a raincoat and she (carry) an umbrella.
21. Jenny usually (cycle) to school, but today she (take) the bus because it (rain) .
22. The bus (leave) at 7.35 and (arrive) at Jenny's school...