As you may know, students of English as a foreign language make mistakes when they learn the use of English verb tenses. Watch the following video that explains the use of present simple and continuous. After that, try to correct the mistakes that the speakers make when using these verb tenses.
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After reviewing what you already know about present simple and continuous, practise what you know on the following links:
Listen to Suzanne Vega feat DNA's song "Tom's Diner" below and fill in the gaps with the word you hear.
I am sitting In the morning At the diner On the corner
I
JXUwMDM5JXUwMDBj
JXUwMDJmJXUwMDE2JXUwMDA4JXUwMDFkJXUwMDFkJXUwMDA3JXUwMDA5
At the counter For the man To pour the coffee
And he fills it Only halfway And before I even argue
He
JXUwMDMxJXUwMDFh
JXUwMDM0JXUwMDAzJXUwMDAwJXUwMDA0JXUwMDAyJXUwMDA3JXUwMDA5
Out the window At somebody Coming in
"It
JXUwMDMxJXUwMDFh
always Nice to see you" Says the man Behind the counter
To the woman Who has come in She
JXUwMDMxJXUwMDFh
JXUwMDJiJXUwMDFiJXUwMDA5JXUwMDBhJXUwMDAyJXUwMDA3JXUwMDA5
Her umbrella
And I look The other way As they
JXUwMDM5JXUwMDEzJXUwMDE3
JXUwMDMzJXUwMDAyJXUwMDFhJXUwMDAwJXUwMDFhJXUwMDA3JXUwMDA5
Their hellos
I'm pretending Not to see them And Instead I pour the milk
I open Up the paper There's a story Of an actor
Who had died While he
JXUwMDJmJXUwMDE2JXUwMDEy
JXUwMDNjJXUwMDE2JXUwMDFiJXUwMDA3JXUwMDA1JXUwMDAyJXUwMDA3JXUwMDA5
He was no one I had heard of
And I'm
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To the horoscope And
JXUwMDM0JXUwMDAzJXUwMDAwJXUwMDA0JXUwMDAyJXUwMDA3JXUwMDA5
For the funnies
When I'm feeling Someone watching me And so I raise my head
There's a woman On the outside Looking inside JXUwMDFjJXUwMDJiJXUwMDBhJXUwMDE2
she
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me?
No she does not Really see me Cause she
JXUwMDJiJXUwMDE2JXUwMDAwJXUwMDE2
Her own reflection
And I'm trying Not to notice That she's hitching Up her skirt
And while she's Straightening her stockings Her hair JXUwMDExJXUwMDNh
JXUwMDNmJXUwMDAyJXUwMDExJXUwMDAwJXUwMDFkJXUwMDA3JXUwMDA5
wet
Oh, this rain It will continue Through the morning As I'm listening
To the bells Of the cathedral I
JXUwMDM5JXUwMDBj
JXUwMDJjJXUwMDFjJXUwMDAxJXUwMDA3JXUwMDA1JXUwMDAyJXUwMDA3JXUwMDA5
Of your voice...
And of the midnight picnic Once upon a time Before the rain began...
I
JXUwMDNlJXUwMDBmJXUwMDA3JXUwMDA3JXUwMDFhJXUwMDFi
up my coffee It's time to catch the train
One or two words can be placed in one single gap. Choose the correct tense: present simple or continuous.