Between the present simple and the present continuous. So, we saw in the first video and that present simple can be used for things in general your habits and routines and things that are more permanent okay and present continuous then we see things happening now things that continue and temporary things okay so that can that is something that we can compare the two tenses something that is temporary might be present continuous and something that is more permanent and will be present simple okay. And often we use present simple with adverbs of frequency Okay, that just means that how often you do something so an example will be I always arrive on time, okay? always arrive at nine o'clock for example your school starts at nine o'clock and I always arrive and before or at nine o'clock I often go to the cinema Okay, you can see this is a this is a habit yeah I often go to the cinema that's a habit.

So in that case we use the present simple. I sometimes even restaurants, okay? Again habits hardly ever drink tea. Okay another habit and I never speak Japanese okay because I don't speak Japanese. Okay, good. So let's look at some more examples.

So Present Simple. I speak English Okay, that's in general, right? I speak in English but that I'm just talking about in general. And I speak English English is my native language. And but if I want to put a more temporary thing I can say I am speaking English now. Yeah, I'm speaking English to you now.

And another example would be I speak Spanish. Okay, I do speak Spanish and I love learning languages too. But you can see I am not speaking Spanish now. No, I am speaking English now. So you can see the difference there between this one which is something that is general I speak Spanish. What's now in this present moment?

I am not speaking Spanish. Okay, good. At the same with this example I drive to work. Okay. And maybe you drive to work. But now I'm not driving now.

Okay, I don't see a car. I'm not driving now. Okay. And the same with this example. I wake up at 8am every day. Okay, but this, this is my routine, right?

You don't really have a present continuous because if you think about a waking up, you just wake up It's like, I'm waking up slowly. It's not something like that. Right? Okay, very good. So sometimes, different verbs are more common maybe in the present simple. And other verbs have have more a continuous aspect of something that is continuous, like, I am doing my homework, or I am writing a novel.

Let's say, I'm writing a novel, which is like a book. Okay, I'm writing a novel. Every day I'm writing but it's not finished. I continue to write the novel. Okay, great. That's it for this video.

See you in the next where we talk about the past tense.