Present simple or continuous: habit or now?

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Look at these three pictures of the same student reading; they show a regular habit, not three different people. I read every day means reading is part of my routine; I use the present simple for this habit. Now look at the student drawing a flower; this picture shows an action happening at this moment. I am drawing now uses the present continuous; I need am and the verb drawing to describe this action. With I, we say I am drawing; with she or he, we say she is drawing or he is drawing. With you, we or they, we use are: they are drawing; the action verb has the ending ing. Compare I read every day with I am drawing now; the first is a habit and the second is happening now. The words every day and now help us understand the context; first decide what the whole sentence means. The present continuous can also describe a temporary action around now; it does not always mean this exact second. Today we practise clear habits and actions happening now, so keep your attention on those two situations. Your turn: complete I blank walk to school every day, and I blank wait for the bus right now. Use the verbs walk and wait in the correct present form; pause the video before you check the answers. The answers are I walk to school every day, and I am waiting for the bus right now. I walk describes a habit; I am waiting describes the action now, and the continuous needs am before waiting.