Para los que todavía no lo tenéis claro, aquí tenéis la diferencia tanto en la forma como en el uso del Present Simple y el Presente Continuo, así como la estructura de la oración y los adverbios de frecuencia.
Además, adjunto enlaces donde podéis ampliar esta información por separado.
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| PRESENT SIMPLE | PRESENT CONTINUOUS | |
| EXAMPLE | Do you play videogames at the weekends? | She isn’t singing now. |
| John sometimes watches reality shows. | My friends and I are working on a science Project. | |
| AUXILIARY | (negative and interrogative sentences) DO/DOES DON’T/DOESN’T | (all sentences) TO BE AM/IS/ARE AM NOT/ ISN’T/AREN’T |
| VERB ENDING | -s (3rd person singular) I drink_ / He drinks | (all sentences) -ing They are going to school |
| TIME EXPRESSIONS | Frequency adverbs (always, sometimes, etc.) every day/week/month/year usually/generally/ once/twice a week/month etc. …times a week/month/year | Now, right now, at the moment these days, at present. |
| USE | Fixed habits or routines – things that don’t change. | Actions which are happening at the present moment, but will soon finish. |
| Frequency | Adverb of Frequency | Example Sentence |
| 100% | always | I always go to bed before 11 p.m. |
| 90% | usually | I usually have cereal for breakfast. |
| 80% | normally / generally | I normally go to the gym. |
| 70% | often* / frequently | I often surf the internet. |
| 50% | sometimes | I sometimes forget my wife’s birthday. |
| 30% | occasionally | I occasionally eat junk food. |
| 10% | seldom | I seldom read the newspaper. |
| 5% | hardly ever / rarely | I hardly ever drink alcohol. |
| 0% | never | I never swim in the sea. |
El adverbio de frecuencia va antes de un verbo principal (excepto con To Be).
Sujeto + adverbio + verbo principal
•I always remember to do my homework.
•He normally gets good marks in exams.
Un adverbio de frecuencia va después del verbo To Be.
Sujeto + TO BE + adverbio
•They are never pleased to see me.
•She isn’t usually bad tempered.
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Revisa el Presente Simple y el Presente Continuo.
Arantxa Teacher 
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