B2 GRAMMAR BANK: Present Tenses

Recursos Humanos RRHH Digital What level of knowledge is necessary to master a B2 level regarding the use of the Present Tenses? Here you have a guide:
You use the PRESENT SIMPLE to talk about:
• A general truth, such as a fact or a state.
On Sunday afternoons, a million Spaniards go to watch football.
• Something that is regular, such as a routine, custom or habit.
In Madrid, the tourists meet in Puerta del Sol to start their walking tours.
Every Friday we finish work at 15:00.
• Events in a story or a commentary on a game.
…after 10 minutes, the protagonist gets hurt in a car crash.
When the second part begins my team scores a goal.
• To criticize behavior with just.
He just watches movies all Sunday.
You just don’t listen.
You use the PRESENT CONTINUOUS to talk about:
• An action which is happening at the moment or an action or state which is
temporary.
Right now she is trying to park the car.
Today he is sleeping in a Hotel.
I am living in Italy at the moment.
• To give background information.
As we walk into the school, all the children are playing in the playground.
Before starting the match, everybody is shouting.
• To criticize behavior with always.
He’s always watching the football on TV.
She is always telling me what to do.
• You DON’T USE these verbs in the CONTINUOUS FORM:

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