SIMPLE PRESENT

Simple present

• To express habitis and routines , general facts , repated actions or situations , emotions and desires: I smoke (habit ) : I work in London (tenure ); London is a large city (Fact)

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• To give instructions or directions : You walk for two hundred meters , then you turn left

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• To speak of scheduled events , present or future: your exam starts at 9:00.

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• To refer to the future , behind some conjuntion: After , when, before, as soon as , util: I ll give it to you when you come next Saturday

Example

• -Habits and routines
• Hedrinks tea at breakfast
• She only eats fish
• They watch television regularly
• -Repated events and actions
• we catch the bus every morning
• it rains every afternoon in the hot season
• They drive to Monaco every summer
• -General Facts
• Water freezes at zero dogrees
• The Earthrevolves around the Sun
• Het mother is Pruvian
• -Scheduled Events
• His mother arrives tomorrow
• Our holiday starts on the 26th March
• -Future Constructions
• She´ll see you before she leaves
• We´ll give it to her when she arrves