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21 Dec 2018
Polish
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What is the difference between present simple and present continuous?
Feel free to just provide example sentences.
Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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English (US)
Simple present = I go.
Continuous present = I am going.
Grammatically they mean the same thing. The difference is emphasis.
Continuous present = I am going.
Grammatically they mean the same thing. The difference is emphasis.
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Simple present can be used for many grammar situations.
"Sometimes I go to the store."
"I go to sleep at night."
"I eat hamburgers when I am hungry."
"Christmas comes once a year."
Continuous present is used for an action happening now and is not finished.
"I am going to the kitchen."
"She is eating a hamburger."
"Christmas is coming."
"Sometimes I go to the store."
"I go to sleep at night."
"I eat hamburgers when I am hungry."
"Christmas comes once a year."
Continuous present is used for an action happening now and is not finished.
"I am going to the kitchen."
"She is eating a hamburger."
"Christmas is coming."
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thank you
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