Why it should be use Present Continuous instead Present Indefinit?
I have the task at my Cramma book, showed below:
Put the verbs at the correct forms - "Whenever I call at the Smith's home they ______(play) cards. I realy think they _____(play) every night."
At the keys book sentence looks - "Whenever I call at the Smith's home they are playing cards. I realy think they play every night."
Why we put "they are playing card" instead following:
"Whenever I call at the Smith's home they play cards. I realy think they play every night."
The action is obviously repeating "Whenever I call at the Smith's home". Also, the action is not around
the present moment, or not not completed. So, following all rules it might be Present Simple.

Question

Why it should be use Present Continuous instead Present Indefinit?
I have the task at my Cramma book, showed below:
Put the verbs at the correct forms - "Whenever I call at the Smith's home they ______(play) cards. I realy think they _____(play) every night."
At the keys book sentence looks - "Whenever I call at the Smith's home they are playing cards. I realy think they play every night."
Why we put "they are playing card" instead following:
"Whenever I call at the Smith's home they play cards. I realy think they play every night."
The action is obviously repeating "Whenever I call at the Smith's home". Also, the action is not around 
 the present moment, or not not completed. So, following all rules it might be Present Simple.

Answer

The answer in your book is absolutely correct. “Whenever I call” is a repeated action, but “they are playing” refers to action that is going on (i.e. in progress, continuing) at a time that you have specified. We could say, “every night a 5:00 p.m., they are playing cards.” This emphasizes that at that time they are in the middle of playing cards — we don’t know when they begin or end (it’s irrelevant to us). If we said "Whenever I call at the Smith's home they ___play___ cards”, it would have a different meaning — it would mean that the action is not in progress when I arrive, but that they start playing cards after my arrival. While grammatically correct, it would be weird — why do they start playing cards without you every time you arrive? If you said “…we play cards”, that would make sense.

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потому что действие на фоне действия
фон -- играют в карты
действие -- звонок

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