Step 3 · الخطوة 3
Present Simple vs Present Continuous
المضارع البسيط مقابل المضارع المستمر
Learning objective · هدف الدرس
I can choose between the present simple and the present continuous.
أستطيع الاختيار الصحيح بين المضارع البسيط والمضارع المستمر.
WHAT? · What is the grammar point?
ما هي القاعدة؟Present simple = habits, routines and facts (every day, usually). Present continuous = actions happening now or around now (now, at the moment, this week).
RULE
القاعدة- Timeline — simple: x · x · x · x (every day)
- Timeline — continuous: ——[ NOW ]—— (at the moment)
- Simple: I walk to school every day.
- Continuous: I am walking to school now.
EXAMPLES · How do we use it?
أمثلةCommon mistake
خطأ شائع✗ I am going to school every day.
✓ I go to school every day.
every day تدل على عادة، إذن المضارع البسيط.
✗ Look! It rains.
✓ Look! It is raining.
Look! تدل على الآن، إذن المستمر.
PRACTICE · Guided practice
تدريب موجّهFill in the blank · أكمل الفراغ
1. Look! The children ___ in the wadi.
Fill in the blank · أكمل الفراغ
2. The sun ___ in the east.
3. Identify the rule: 'She usually walks, but today she is taking the bus.'
Independent practice
تدريب مستقلShort answer · إجابة قصيرة
1. Correct the mistake: 'I am drinking tea every morning.'
CHECK · Self-check test
اختبر نفسكFill in the blank · أكمل الفراغ
1. I ___ my homework at the moment.
Fill in the blank · أكمل الفراغ
2. Omani people ___ guests with coffee and dates.
True / False · صح أم خطأ
3. True or False: 'at the moment' is used with the present simple.
Practice freely — nothing is saved.تدرّب بحرية، لا يتم حفظ أي إجابة أو نتيجة.
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