Present simple vs present continuous

PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
1.Form: Infinitive form of the verb Verb to be + verb in –ing form

2.Spelling rules:
3rd person s Verb in -ing form:
 -s,-ss,-ch,-tch,-sh,-x: +es /iz/ -e: no e + ing (eg. take- taking)
(eg. catch-catches)
 -o: + es (go-goes) -ee: + ing (eg. see-seeing)
 consonant + y: no y + ies -ie: no ie + ying (eg. die-dying)
(eg. try-tries)
 vowel + y: +s (eg. play-plays) consonant+short vowel+consonant:double
consonant+ing (eg. run-running)

3. Auxiliary verb: DO, DOES VERB TO BE

4.Adverbs:
Frequency adverbs (never,always, Now,today,this week,at the moment,etc.
hardly ever,often,twice a month, etc)
Always (every time): Always (too often):
eg. I always make a cake on Saturday. eg. She's always forgetting her keys.

5. Use:
 Routines or repeated actions. Something happening now,at the moment.
Eg. I usually get up at 8 a.m. Eg. It's raining cats and dogs.
 Facts, things that are always true. Temporary actions.
Eg. People speak French in France. Eg. I usually work in the morning,
but today I'm working in the afternoon.

6. Stative verbs: Verbs that cannot be used in the continuous tense.
 Thinking: think, agree, believe, forget, know, realize, recognize, suppose, remember, understand, etc.
 Feeling: like, dislike, love, hate, prefer, enjoy, matter, depend on, want, etc.
 Possession: have got, own, belong, be, etc.
 Other verbs: consist of, contain, deserve, exist, mean, seem, promise, refuse, forgive, need, hear, etc.