Lesson 7 :Present Simple or Present Continuous

Compare the Present Simple and the Present Continuous:

1. Kita menggunakan Present Simple untuk mengatakan tentang fakta (sesuatu yang benar selamanya):     Anna speaks good Spanish.     Journalists write newspaper articles.     I come from Norway (= I am Norwegian). 2. Kita menggunakan Present Simple untuk situasi yang terjadi setiap waktu, dan untuk tindakan yang diulang (e.g. kebiasaan orang, atau jadwal sebuah kegiatan):    Mike works for an advertising company.    He lives in Paris. (= His home is in Paris.)    Jane travels a lot in her job.    I do a lot of sport. Kita bisa menggunakan kata-kata seperti: usually, often, every:     We usually go out to dinner at weekends.     I often go to football matches on Sundays.     The buses leave every hour. 3. kita menggunakan Present Simple dengan thinking and feeling verbs (e.g. know, forget, notice, understand, recognise, remember, like, love, hate, want, prefer, need):      I don’t know which train to catch. 4. Kita menggunakan have di Simple Present untuk mengatakan tentang kepunyaan:     I have a new car. Kita menggunakan think di Simple Present untuk mengekspresikan pendapat:     I think she’s interesting.

Kita menggunakan Present Continuous untuk mengatakan tentang tindakan yang berlangsung pada saat pembicaraan:     Anna’s busy. She’s speaking on the phone.     What are you writing? ~ A letter to Jane.     Look! The bus is coming. Kita menggunakan Present Continuous untuk sesuatu yang berlangsung sementara (e.g. liburan, kunjungan, kerja sementara, kursus sekolah):     John is working in the USA for six months.     He's living in New York.     Jane’s travelling around Europe for a month.     I ’m doing a one-year course in tourism.     We're painting the flat. Kita biasanya tidak menggunakan Present Continuous dengan thinking and feeling verbs:     NOT I'm knowing someone who lives in-     Venice Kita menggunakan have dan think dalam Present Continuous untuk mengatakan tentang tindakan:     I’m having fun.     He can't come, he's having dinner at the-      moment.     I am thinking about my work.