What's the difference?

Present Simple and Present Continuous

Present Simple Present Continuous

Things which are always true:
Water boils at 100 degrees.
Permanent situations (or nearly
permanent; true for a few years at least)
(stari permanente; stari de existenta):
Julie lives in London.
Things which are happening at the
moment of speaking:
The water is boiling now, so you
can put in the pasta.
Temporary situations:
Julie is living in Paris for a few
months (usually she lives in
London).

Situations which are slowly changing:

I'm getting better and better at
speaking English.

Habits or things we do regularly (adica Temporary or new habits:

preferinte): I'm drinking too much coffee
I drink coffee every morning. these days because I'm so busy at
work.

Annoying habits (usually with 'always'):

Future events which are part of a
timetable (adica un adevar fixat
pt viitor):
My plane leaves at eight tonight.
My flatmate is always leaving the
kitchen in a mess!
Definite future plans (Aciuni care pot sau
nu se pot ntmpla n viitor):
I'm meeting John after class
today.

To talk about the future after certain

words ('when' 'until' 'after' 'before' 'as
soon as'):
I'll call you when I get home.
To talk about what happens in books, To talk about people in pictures and
plays and films: photos:
At the end of the book, the In this photo, my mother is
detective catches the killer. walking beside a lake.

Stative verbs (verbele statice) Dynamic verbs (verbe dinamice= in

miscare)

Remember:

We use the present simple with stative verbs. We can't use any continuous tense
(including the present continuous tense, of course) with stative verbs.

Stative verbs: is one that describes a state of being, in contrast to a dynamic

verb, which describes an action. (sunt verbele care descriu o stare de existen,
spre deosebire de un verb dinamic, care descrie o aciune.)
Stative verbs => stare de existenta
Verbele statice folosesc forma simpla (nu cea continuu). Acestea sunt verbele:

de perceptie, senzatie, activitate mentala - abhor, adore, astonish, believe,

desire, detest, dislike, doubt, feel, forgive, guess, hate, hear, imagine,
impress, intend, know, like, love, etc.
o I love fruits. - Iubesc (ador) fructele.
de relatie si posesie - be, belong to, concern, consist of, contain, cost, depend
on, deserve, equal, owe, etc.
o My brother owes me a book. - Fratele meu imi datoreaa o carte.

Verbele dinamice sunt verbele care exprima:

o activitate - ask, beg, call, drink, eat, help, learn, listen, etc.
o I am begging you. - Te rog. (Te implor.)
procese - change, deteriorate, growmature, slow down, widen.
o The corn is growing rapidly. - Porumbul este n cretere rapid.
perceptii senzoriale - ache, feel, hurt, itch
o I am feeling well. - Ma simt bine
actiuni tranzitive - arrive, die, fall, land, leave, lose
o She is leaving tomorrow. - Ea pleaca maine.
actiuni momentane - hit, jump, kick, knock, nod, tap
o He is jumping around the house - El sare (acum) in jurul caasei.

Present simple Present continuous

Adverbs Adverbs
Always ; Never; At the moment
Hardly ever Now
Frequently These days
Sometimes Nowadays
Occasionally At present
Seldom Today
Rarely ; Often Right now
Usually
Locutiuni adverbiale
Every day/week/month/year This Sunday/morning/evening/
(in fiecare zi/saptamana/luna/an) month/week/year (intr-un moment
anume = in aceasta
duminica/dimineata/seara,etc.)
Once a day/week/month/year
(a data pe zi/saptamana/luna/an)
Twice a day/week/month/year
(de doua ori pe zi/saptamana/luna/an)
Three times a day/week/month/year
Every other day/week/month/year
(o data la doua zile/saptamani/luni/doi ani)
On Sundays/Mondays/ Tuesdays
(duminica/ lunea/martea)
Most of the time (in majoritatea timpului)
 Formare present simple & present continuous

Present simple Present continuous

Forma pozitiva S+Vb (infinitiv) + s S+ prez. vb. aux. to be +
vb-ing
Pers. A IIIa sg:
Vb (infinitiv) + es
Forma negativa S+ aux. do + vb. Inf. S+ forma negativa a prez.
vb. aux. to be (isnt/
arent) + vb-ing
Pers. A IIIa sg:
S+ aux. does + vb. Inf.
Forma interogativa Do + S + vb. Inf. Prez. To be + S+vb-ing
Pers. A IIIa sg:
Does + S + vb. Inf.

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Present simple Present continuous

1. Vb. care se termina in: -ss; -sh; -ch; -x; -o
=> se adauga es
Ex: miss->misses; mix->mixes; watch-
>watches
2. Vb. care se termina in consoana+y
pierd y si primesc +ies
3. Vb. vocala+y => primesc doar -s
1.Regula generala : vb+ing
Ex: play->playing ; draw->drawing
2.Vb. care se termina in consoana + e
pierd e si primesc ing:
Ex: dance ->dancing; make->making
3.Vb. care se term. in vocala+consoana=>
dubleaza consoana finala + ing
Ex: stop->stopping; swim->swimming;
run->running; prefer-> preferring.