SIMPLE VS CONTINUOUS

Simple Present	Present Continuous
in general (regularly, often, never) Colin plays football every Tuesday. present actions happening  one after another First Colin plays football, then he watches TV.	right now                      Look! Colin is playing football now.                      also for several actions happening                       at the same time                      Colin is playing football and Anne is watching.
Signal words
always every ... often normally usually sometimes seldom never first then	at the moment at this moment today now right now Listen! Look!