Present simple tense

Present Simple Tense Practice Makes Perfect! Use Present Simple is used for the following purposes: repeated actions facts general truths in jokes and story telling for future events that are scheduled with stative verbs Repeated Actions Actions in the present taking place once, never or several times. Nir always plays soccer on Tuesdays. Nir plays football regularly - every Tuesday. In English, signal words are often used, e.g.: always, never, seldom, often, regularly, every Monday. Facts When we want to state a fact or ask a question without any time reference, we use the present simple tense. She plays football but she doesn't play tennis. For breakfast he eats rice and drinks cold milk. She works very hard. My friend speaks four languages. General Truths Statements about rules of nature and the way the world is, are in the present simple tense. The sun sets in the west. Most babies learn to speak when they are about two years old. Water boils at 100° Celsius. Trees lose their leaves in the fall. The present simple is often used to refer to future events that are scheduled (and outside of our control). Hurry up! The train departs in 10 minutes. I leave Frankfurt at 5 o'clock in the morning and arrive in New York at midnight the next day. She has a piano lesson after school today. To Refer to the Future In jokes, anecdotes and film or book summaries The present simple tense is very often used in jokes and when telling a story to make the joke or story seem more immediate. The present simple is also used to retell what happens in a book or film. So in he walks with a parrot on his shoulder. In his new film Robert Redford plays the part of a brave cowboy. Stative Verbs We use the present simple for many verbs of thinking, feeling and sensing. This verbs are called stative verbs or 'state' verbs. emotion: like love want wish mind: agree believe mean know appearance: look like resemble seem possession: belong consist contain have need own perception: see hear taste I love lying in bed late on Sunday mornings. I need to know right now. Time Expressions always generally frequently never often twice a year once a week every dayyear usually sometimes seldom rarely Positive Form V1 you we they I Vs she it he I play He speaks ...