GRAMMAR FOR CAMBRIDGE FIRST - PRESENT CONTINUOUS - SIMPLE

Grammar - Present Simple vs Present Continuous 1

Match the sentences with their functions. The tiles in the right-hand column are sortable. ANSWERS

Alan works in the post office.
Water boils at 100°C.
I visit my grandmother twice a month.
You go down this street to the cinema, then you turn right.
If you give her flowers, she will kiss you.
The last train to Manchester leaves at 21.40.
All of a sudden the door opens and a stranger walks in.
First I have breakfast, then I watch television.
Singapore Prime Minister visits Sri Lanka.
Malkovich passes the ball to Lewandowski who kicks it and ... misses.

1)	permanent situation	facts that are always true
2)	laws of nature	universal truths
3)	repeated actions	things that happen frequently (often with frequency adverbs)
4)	instructions	actions always performed in the same way or order
5)	conditionals	used in zero or first conditional
6)	fixed future events	refers to future events that are planned
7)	narrative	to make the narration more immediate and dramatic
8)	sequence of actions	first, then, after that
9)	headlines	the present simple tense refers to past time
10)	commentaries	to describe actions that are completed at the time of speaking