Complete the sentences.Put the verb
in the correct form(present continuous
or simple).
Kate【 isn't working 】this week. She's on
holiday.

Can I use "doesn't work" here to instead? Why?

Question

Complete the sentences.Put the verb
in the correct form(present continuous
or simple).
Kate【 isn't working 】this week. She's on
holiday.

Can I use "doesn't work" here to instead? Why?

Answer

No, because you use present continuous here to represent something happening (or in this case not happening) at the time of speaking. You could also say "Kate is not at work this week" to express a fact (using present simple).