Title: present

PRESENT SIMPLE and PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Use the present simple

- to describe what someone regularly or always does (He works for a bank.)
- for general facts (The sun rises in the east.)

Use the present continuous

- to describe what's happening now, at this time (I'm watching a film.)

e.g. In the photograph, you can see a café. A man is sitting at a table on the terrace. He is sitting opposite a woman but they aren't talkng to each other. They come here every day. He usually drinks tea and she drinks coffee; she doesn't like tea. Today they are both drinking champagne - they must be celebrating!

Attention!

There are some verbs that aren't normally used in the continuous form. Stative verbs describe a state rather than an action. Here are the most common:

like - want - know - dislike - wish - prefer - love - hate - understand