PRESENT CONTINUOUS

• We use the Present Continuous tense to speak about things which are happening now or things which are temporary.

  I am not working now. I am on holiday.
  Sally is listening to a new CD.
  Who are you phoning?

• The Present Simple tense describes usual, repeated and permanent things – for example, always, usually, often, sometimes, never.

  I work as an accountant.
  John doesn’t know German.
  How often do you play tennis?

• Compare how these two tenses are used.

  Why are you walking to work? Don’t you usually go by bus?
  I live in Kharkiv, but now I am living in Moscow.
  Usually we have dinner at 7, but today we are having it at 9.