Question

fill in the blanks with simple present or present continuous tense of the verbs given in brackets.
1. I _______ (read) a detective book now.

2. They _______ (try) to finish the work as soon as they can.

3. where ______ you _______ work at this moment ?

4. Alice _______ (love) to play the piano.​

Answer 1

The answers are as follows:

1. 'am reading.'

2. 'are trying.'

3. 'are doing.'

4. loves

Simple Present and Present Continuous Tense

• Simple present tense refers to the general and universal truth. It refers to the actions happening daily.

• Present continuous tense refers to the action taking place continuously at the present moment.

• In the first three sentences, the actions are referred to as taking place right now. Thus they take a present continuous tense.

• The last sentence shows a general truth. Thus it takes a simple past tense.