Grammar: Present Simple vs. Present Continuous
Gramatică: Present Simple și Continuous. Compară timpurile prezentului pentru a înțelege când să folosești acțiunile obișnuite și când activitățile de moment.
Грамматика: Present Simple и Continuous. Изучите правила использования двух времен для рутинных действий и временных задач, а также разберите типичные ошибки с глаголами состояния.

Present Simple vs. Present Continuous
- We use the present simple for routines, habits, and permanent situations. We use the present continuous for actions happening right now, or temporary projects around the present time.
- Tense
- Use
- Time Expressions
- Example
- Present Simple
- Routines, habits, and general facts
- always, usually, every day, often
- He updates the server every Friday.
- Present Continuous
- Actions happening right now, or temporary tasks
- now, at the moment, this week
- He is updating the server right now.
- Remember
- Use the present simple for regular routines and facts.
- Use the present continuous for things happening at the moment of speaking or temporary projects.
- Do not use the continuous form with state verbs like want, need, know, and like.
- Examples
- We always start our sprint on Monday morning.
- I am working on a major bug this week.
- Do you know the status of this priority ticket?
- Common mistakes
- I am wanting to fix this bug now.
- I want to fix this bug now.
- We work on a new feature this week.
- We are working on a new feature this week.
Complete the sentences
- Joe usually (to check) ____ his emails in the morning.
- Right now, Samantha (not to write) ____ code.
- We (to migrate) ____ the database to the cloud this week.
- Do you (to know) ____ how to fix this blocker?
- Currently, the QA engineer (to review) ____ my ticket.
- At the moment, I (not to update) ____ the system.
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Этот курс поможет вам уверенно обсуждать ежедневные задачи и статус проектов на английском языке. Вы изучите практическую разницу между Present Simple и Present Continuous на реальных IT-терминах.