♦️SIMPLE PRESENT VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS♦️

SIMPLE PRESENT

 Subject + verb + complement 

If the subject is in third person, remember to change the verb

We use simple present to 

• describe routines and permanent situations.
• for general facts
• schedule events and habits 
• explaining procedures
• giving instructions
• review artistic works such as books, plays and movies.

For example:

Don’t be fooled by the straightforward title of the lively new book “Video/Art: The First Fifty Years.” A better description of Barbara London’s indispensable and enticingly personal history arrives two pages in, when she writes, “This book describes the madcap trajectory of a pliable medium.” (review of Andrea K. Scott for the book Video/Art: The First Fifty Years)

You can see in this review the use of present simple.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS 

Subject + verb to be conjugated (is/are/am) + verb in -ing form + complement

The present continuous describes

• things that are temporary 
• describe actions in progress
• definitive plans or arrangements for the future, especially when a time or a place is mentioned

For example:

She is leaving Canada next week.
Scientists are researching for the cure of Covid-19 

There are some verbs that are not usually used in continuous tenses:

believe                  mean

have                      own

hope                      remember

know                     seem

like                        understand

love                       want