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Chose the correct form of the verb to use in each sentence. Once you've made your selection, the correct answer and an explanation will be revealed.
Example:
- Sentence: I __________ he's an interesting man. [think or am thinking?]
- Correct answer: I think he's an interesting man.
Explanation: When using 'think' to express an opinion, do not use the continuous form of the verb.
Use the present continuous with action verbs such as 'work' with the time expression 'at the moment'.
Use the present simple with adverbs of frequency such as 'usually', 'often', 'sometimes', etc.
The present continuous can be used to discuss something happening around the moment of speaking.
Use the present continuous to discuss future plans.
Never use the continuous form with a stative verb (a verb that expresses a state, feeling, opinion, etc.)
Use the present simple to express something that happens every day.
Use the present simple to speak about typical behavior.
Don't use the continuous form with a stative verb (a verb that expresses a state, feeling, opinion, etc.)
Use the present continuous to speak about scheduled events, especially when using business English.
A desire is not an action and takes a stative verb (a verb that expresses a state, feeling, opinion, etc.) The present continuous is not used with stative verbs.
'Hope' is a stative verb (a verb that expresses a state, feeling, opinion, etc.) and is not used with the continuous form.
'Have' is not used with continuous when it shows possession. In this case, 'have breakfast' is an action and can be used with the present continuous.
In this case, both answers could be right, but would have a slightly different meaning. "My friends are working..." would imply that the friends are working right now, at this time and could be an answer to the question, "Where are your friends?"
"My friends work..." implies a habitual action, in other words, that the friends have jobs at the factory but not that they are necessarily working there at the moment.
The word always takes the present continuous.
This is the passive form of the continuous, but the plural 'are' is required.