Present Continuous and Present Simple

Present Continuous

• We use the continuous for things happening at or around the time of speaking. The action is not complete.
• We use the present continuous when we talk about changes happening around now, especially with these verbs: get changes become increase rise fall grow improve begin start

examples

• Is your English getting better?
• The population of the world is increasing very fast.

Present Simple

• We use the simple for things in general or things that happen repeatedly.

compare

• The water is boiling. Can you turn it off?
• Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.

I always do and I'm always doing

• I always do (something) = I do it every time.
• I always doing (something) = I do it very often.

examples

• I'm always losing things = I lose things very often, perhaps too often, or more often than normal.
• You're always wathing TV = You watch TV too often.