Aspect Errors 3

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Present Progressive


Plans and arrangements: You can use the Present Progressive to talk about definite plans you have with someone else in the future.


Pictures and art: You can use the Present Progressive to talk about actions represented in a photo or work of art.

Complaints: You can use the Present Progressive to say that something happens too often.

Temporary states: You can use the Present Progressive to indicate that a situation is only temporary.


Unusual perceptions: You can use the Present Progressive to indicate that a perception (think, see, feel, hear, taste, or smell) or situation is unusual.

Beginning: You can use the Present Progressive to mean beginning to.

Actions in progress: You can use the Present Progressive to say what you are wearing or doing at the present moment.

Present Simple


Factual Present: The Simple Present can express something that is always true.

Habitual Present: The Simple Present can express a habit or a routine.

Instantaneous Present: The Simple Present is used by sportscasters to describe a sports event as it is happening.

Literary Present: You can use the Simple Present to describe what is written somewhere or what an author believes.

Jokes and dramatic storytelling: You can use the Simple Present to make a joke or story more dramatic.

Schedules: You can use the Simple Present to talk about future scheduled events.

Normal perceptions: You can use the Simple Present to talk about what you think, see, feel, hear, taste, or smell.

FRIEND: I can't have lunch with you tomorrow, I tennis with Susan at noon.

FATHER: These are photos of my daughter. This is her at her graduation ceremony, and in this one she volleyball with her team in California.

SON: My mom at me for something. It's too much.