Jerónimo's Lesson

Present tenses: simple and continuous

Mike usually drives to work.

Joe is flying to New York for a business meeting this week.

They are arriving at 10 o'clock tomorrow.

The restaurant opens at 8.

Daily routines

Repeated actions (adverbs of frequency)

Habits

Permanent states

Timetables/Schedules (future meaning) 

General truths and laws of nature

Reviews

Sports commentaries

Narrations

Actions happening now

Temporary situations

Actions around the time of speaking

Future arrangements

Time expressions

PRESENT SIMPLE

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

• Every day/ month /hour /summer /morning/evening, etc.
• Usually.
• Often.
• Sometimes.
• Always.

• Now/Today.
• At the moment.
• At present.
• Nowadays/These days.
• Tomorrow/Next month.

Present Simple

I - You - We - They WORK. Aux. DO/DON'T.

She - He - It WORKS. Aux. DOES/DOESN'T.

He always leaves the office early on Friday.

We don't have time for a quick drink.

She doesn't speak French.

Present Continuous

Verb to be (am/is/are) + main verb + -ING.

They aren't working on an important project

Joe is eating a sandwich at the moment.

We are getting a pay rise next month.