Essential Grammar in Use(Third Edition)--Present Unit8

I am doing（present continuous）and I do (present simple)

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A

Jack is watching television.

He is not playing the guitar.

 

But Jack has a guitar.

He often plays it and he plays very well.

 

Jack plays the guitar,

but he is not playing the guitar now.

 

Is he playing the guitar?     No, he isn't.            (present continuous)

Does he play the guitar?     No, he does.           (present simple)

 

B

Present continuous(I am doing) = now, at the time of speaking :

past
now	I'm doing
future

• Please be quiet. I'm working.     (not I work)
• Tom is having a shower at the moment.
• Take an umbrella with you. It's raining.
• You can turn off the television. I'm not watching it.
• Why are you under the table? What are you doing?

C 

Present simple(I do) = in general, all the time or sometimes:

past
now	I do
future

• I work every day from 9 o'clock to 5.30.
• Tom has a shower every morning.
• It's rains a lot in winter.
• I don't watch television very often.
• What do you usually do at the weekend? 

D 

We do not use these verbs in the present continuous (I am -ing):

like     love     want     know     understand     remember     depend 

prefer     hate     need     mean     believe     forget 

Use only the present simple with these verbs (I want / do you like? etc.):

• I 'm tired. I want to go home. (not I'm wanting)
• Do you know that girl?      Yes, but I don't remember her name.
• I don't understand.     What do you mean?