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Inglês Present simple & Present continuous

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Present simple & present continuous
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Present simple
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Nurses look after patients in hospitals.
We use the present simple to talk abut things in general:
Petar works at Pliva
Mladen likes Marija
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We use it to say something happens all the time or repeatedly
The earth goes around the sun.
I usually go away at weekends.
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Where do you come from?
We use do or does to make negative sentences:
I come from Canada.
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We use present simple when we say how often we do things:
I get up at 6 o’clock every morning.
Silvija drinks tea twice a day.
In summer, John usually plays tennis once a week.
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Present continuous
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We use present continuous for action that is happening at the time of speaking
She is driving to work (at this moment)
He is washing his hands.
I am going to bed now.
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Sometimes the action is not happening at the time of speaking
I am reading an interesting book at the moment.
Some friends of mine are building their own home. They hope it will be finished before next summer.
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We use the present continuous when we talk about things happening in a period around now (today / this week/ this evening, etc.)
You are working hard today.
I am going out this evening.
I am living with some friends until I find a flat.
You are working hard today.
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The present continuous is usually used with doing verbs (verbs of action) not with verbs of state. The following verbs are not used in the continuous form: 
Conditions: belong, cost, need, own, seem
Feelings: like, love, hate, want, wish
Beliefs: believe, feel, know, mean, remember think understand
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Summary:
Present continuous is used for something that is happening at or around the time of speaking
Present simple is used for things in general or things that happen repeatedly

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