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Present continuous vs. present simple – Exercise 197

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Present Simple or Present Continuous — reference

Present Simple	Present Continuous
REGULARLY Actions on a regular basis — general facts, habits, preferences, abilities. # I read three or four books every month. # Kate speaks three foreign languages.	NOW Actions that are happening now, at the moment of speaking. # I'm reading a very interesting book now. # Kate is speaking to her colleague now.
Verbs that express thoughts and feelings: like, love, hate, want, need, know, think, understand, remember, depend, prefer. # A: Do you want to go out? B: No, not now. # What are you saying? I don't understand you.

Present Simple

Present Continuous

REGULARLY

Actions on a regular basis — general facts, habits, preferences, abilities.

# I read three or four books every month.

# Kate speaks three foreign languages.

NOW

Actions that are happening now, at the moment of speaking.

# I'm reading a very interesting book now.

# Kate is speaking to her colleague now.

Verbs that express thoughts and feelings: like, love, hate, want, need, know, think, understand, remember, depend, prefer.

# A: Do you want to go out? B: No, not now.

# What are you saying? I don't understand you.