A. Mark the statements below as T, F or IDK
1. We use the PS to talk about permanent facts and general truths
2. The PS tense is also used to talk about events that form part of an official timetable or programme.
3. We use the PC to talk about something temporary
4. In informal speech, the PC is often used to describe past events, especially to make the narration seem more immediate and dramatic.
5. The PC tense is commonly used with mental process verbs such as think, understand, suppose, know, etc
6. The PC generally refers to actions/events which are in progress at the moment of spk or around the moment of speaking.
7. The PS is also used in headlines, references to the past being usually simplified to the present simple.
8. The PC is used to talk about someone’s plans or arrangements in the near future.
9. The PC is sometimes used with words like always, forever, continually, constantly in complaints about someone’s annoying habits.
10. The PS is used in time clauses as well as conditional clauses (typically type 0 and 1)
11. The PC is commonly used with adverbs of frequency to talk about repeated actions or sb’s routine
12. We use the present continuous tense to talk about something which is changing, growing, or developing; the action or the trend described often contrasts with a previous state.
13. The PS is also used in sports commentaries to refer to quicker actions (which are commonly finished before the sentences that described them)
14. The PC is used to talk about repeated temporary actions, as well as temporary habits.
15. The PS is used in proverbs and sayings