عنوان الموضوع : " Continuous Tenses Vs Simple Tenses " || Grammar انجليزية
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I've prepared this simple lesson for you , through which I hope you'll get to recognize the differences between these two forms





Sometimes , you can use the Simple Present & The Present Continuous in reference to the same situation/idea . Thus , the differences won't be clearly noticeable

. However , there is still a difference between both tenses that you should know about

?For instance , when you ask : How long will you stay , here

it means that you don't know exactly whether the person you're talking to is going to stay forever or temporarily . That's why you use the simple tense ( it's the future simple , in this example ) as an indicator

?But , when you say : How long will you be staying , here
(The future continuous )

It means that you already know that the person you're talking to is staying temporarily , but you don't know exactly for how long

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Simple tenses are usually used to refer to unchangeable truths / situations , or to things that happen all the time

Eg : He died , last night

Here , we use the simple past because death , once it happens , no one can change it

But when you say : He's dying

It means that the patient is still alive , but he is so close to being dead

and , when you say : He'll be dying

Here , you HAVE to specify the time , by saying : He'll be dying , in two days


It means that he is still alive , but he's going to die in the next two days


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So , remember that Continuous tenses are used to talk about temporary situations that started sometime in the past and are still continuing , unlike Simple tenses that are used in the situations mentioned above

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المشاركة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة ShahrzaD It is very clear !!
Thanks for the lesson and examples. .
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