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Simple Present: USE 1. Repeated Actions 3. Scheduled Events in The Near Future

The document discusses the simple present tense and its uses. The simple present tense is formed with a subject plus a verb ending in "s" or "es" and can be used to express repeated actions, facts or generalizations, and scheduled events in the near future. It provides examples for each use case, such as "I play tennis" to express a repeated action, "Cats like milk" as a generalization, and "The train leaves tonight at 6 PM" for a scheduled near future event.

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Simple Present: USE 1. Repeated Actions 3. Scheduled Events in The Near Future

The document discusses the simple present tense and its uses. The simple present tense is formed with a subject plus a verb ending in "s" or "es" and can be used to express repeated actions, facts or generalizations, and scheduled events in the near future. It provides examples for each use case, such as "I play tennis" to express a repeated action, "Cats like milk" as a generalization, and "The train leaves tonight at 6 PM" for a scheduled near future event.

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Simple Present

Form : S + Verb ( s/es) + o/c


Example:
You speak English.
Do you speak English?
You do not speak English
USE
1. Repeated Actions

Use the Simple Present to express the idea


that an action is repeated or usual. The
action can be a habit, a hobby, a daily event,
a scheduled event or something that often
happens. It can also be something a person
often forgets or usually does not do.
Example:

I play tennis.
She does not play tennis.
Does he play tennis?
The train leaves every morning at 8 AM.
The train does not leave at 9 AM.

When does the train usually


leave?
2. Facts or Generalizations

The Simple Present can also


indicate the speaker believes that a
fact was true before, is true now,
and will be true in the future. It is
not important if the speaker is
correct about the fact. It is also

used to make generalizations about


people or things.
Example:
Cats like milk.
Birds do not like milk.
Do pigs like milk?
California is in America.
California is not in the United Kingdom.
Windows are made of glass
3.

Scheduled Events in the Near


Future

Speakers occasionally use Simple Present to


talk about scheduled events in the near
future. This is most commonly done when
talking about public transportation, but it
can be used with other scheduled events as
well.
Examples:

The train leaves tonight at 6 PM.

The bus does not arrive at 11 AM, it


arrives at 11 PM.

When do we board the plane?

The party starts at 8 o'clock.

When does class begin tomorrow?

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