Present Simple vs Present Continuous Error Correction

This present simple vs present continuous error correction exercise helps you spot the tense mistakes learners make when they mix habits and routines with actions happening now. Use the present simple for things that are regular, permanent, factual, scheduled, or stative. Use the present continuous for actions in progress and temporary situations around now.

Wrong: "She is usually driving to school." Correct: "She usually drives to school."
Wrong: "Listen! The dog barks outside." Correct: "Listen! The dog is barking outside."

Because this page asks you to edit the wrong chunk inside a complete sentence, it trains proofreading rather than simple gap filling. Read the time clue first: words like usually, every week, and according to the timetable point to the present simple, while right now, this week, and while often point to the present continuous. Also check state verbs such as know, want, and understand, which normally stay in the present simple.