Nicht vergessen: Regeln sind Leitlinien – sie sind nur selten absolut.

Simple Present vs Present Progressive

Simple Present vs Present Progressive

Simple Present → routines, habits, facts

Present Progressive → happening now / temporary situations

He plays tennis every Saturday. (routine)
[Er spielt jeden Samstag Tennis.]

He is playing tennis now. (now)
[Er spielt gerade Tennis.]

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1. He ______ tennis every Saturday. (routine)
a) plays
b) is playing
[Er spielt jeden Samstag Tennis.]

2. He ______ tennis now. (now)
a) plays
b) is playing
[Er spielt gerade Tennis.]

3. He ______ tennis today. (temporary negative)
a) is not playing
b) does not play
[Er spielt heute nicht Tennis.]

4. He ______ tennis in winter. (habit negative)
a) is not playing
b) does not play
[Er spielt im Winter kein Tennis.]

5. ______ he playing tennis now?
a) Is
b) Does
[Spielt er gerade Tennis?]

6. ______ he play tennis every Saturday?
a) Is
b) Does
[Spielt er jeden Samstag Tennis?]

7. I ______ breakfast at 7 every day. (routine)
a) eat
b) am eating
[Ich frühstücke jeden Tag um 7.]

8. I ______ breakfast now. (now)
a) eat
b) am eating
[Ich frühstücke gerade.]

9. I ______ breakfast at the moment. (temporary negative)
a) am not eating
b) do not eat
[Ich frühstücke gerade nicht.]

10. I ______ breakfast at noon. (habit negative)
a) am not eating
b) do not eat
[Ich frühstücke nicht mittags.]

11. ______ I eating now?
a) Am
b) Do
[Esse ich gerade?]

12. ______ I eat breakfast every day?
a) Am
b) Do
[Frühstücke ich jeden Tag?]

13. My parents ______ in a small town. (fact)
a) live
b) are living
[Meine Eltern leben in einer kleinen Stadt.]

14. My parents ______ with us this month. (temporary)
a) live
b) are living
[Meine Eltern wohnen diesen Monat bei uns.]

15. My parents ______ with us this week. (temporary negative)
a) are not living
b) do not live
[Meine Eltern wohnen diese Woche nicht bei uns.]

16. My parents ______ in Hamburg. (fact negative)
a) are not living
b) do not live
[Meine Eltern leben nicht in Hamburg.]

17. ______ my parents living here now?
a) Are
b) Do
[Wohnen meine Eltern gerade hier?]

18. ______ my parents live near here?
a) Are
b) Do
[Leben meine Eltern in der Nähe?]

19. We ______ German on Tuesdays. (routine)
a) study
b) are studying
[Wir lernen dienstags Deutsch.]

20. We ______ German now. (now)
a) study
b) are studying
[Wir lernen gerade Deutsch.]

21. We ______ German this afternoon. (temporary negative)
a) are not studying
b) do not study
[Wir lernen heute Nachmittag nicht Deutsch.]

22. We ______ German on Sundays. (habit negative)
a) are not studying
b) do not study
[Wir lernen sonntags nicht Deutsch.]

23. ______ we studying German now?
a) Are
b) Do
[Lernen wir gerade Deutsch?]

24. ______ we study German every week?
a) Are
b) Do
[Lernen wir jede Woche Deutsch?]

25. She ______ her room now. (temporary)
a) is cleaning
b) cleans
[Sie putzt gerade ihr Zimmer.]

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