Use it for things you do regularly, often with always, usually or every day.
subject+ verb (+s)+ time word
- I get up at seven every day.
- She usually walks to work.
- She walk to work.
- She walks to work.
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He never coffee after six.
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she often work late?
Does Questions with he/she/it use does + the base form.
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We usually lunch at one o'clock.
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They TV in the morning.
don't watch Negative with they: don't + the base form.
Facts and things that are always true
NewUse it for things that are always or generally true.
subject+ verb (+s)
- Water boils at 100 degrees.
- Cats don't like water.
- The sun is rising in the east.
- The sun rises in the east.
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Penguins fly.
don't Plural subject: don't + the base form.
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Bees honey.
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Water at 100 degrees.
State verbs: know, like, want
NewVerbs for thoughts, feelings and having stay in the present simple, even about right now.
subject+ know / like / want / need
- I know her brother.
- Do you understand the question?
- I am knowing the answer.
- I know the answer.
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This soup delicious.
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He don't understand the question.
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She a new phone.
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I what you mean.
Timetables and schedules
NewUse it for future events fixed by a timetable: trains, films, classes.
subject+ verb (+s)+ time
- The train leaves at 6:15.
- The course starts next Monday.
- Our flight leave at noon.
- Our flight leaves at noon.
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According to the timetable, the train at 6:15.
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The concert start at eight tomorrow.
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The last bus at midnight tonight.
goes A fixed timetable: present simple, even for tonight.
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Instructions and directions
NewUse it to explain steps or the way somewhere, one action after another.
you+ verb+ then you+ verb
- You go straight on and turn left at the bank.
- First you open the app, then you tap Start.
- First you will open the app.
- First you open the app.
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You left at the lights.
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You the second street on the right.
take Directions: you + base form.
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Then you the button twice.
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You crosses the bridge and the station is on your left.
After if, when, before: about the future
NewAfter if, when, before or as soon as use the present simple, not will, even about the future.
when / if+ subject+ verb (+s)+ , … will …
- If it rains, we'll stay at home.
- Call me when you get there.
- When she will arrive, I'll tell her.
- When she arrives, I'll tell her.
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If he finish early, he'll help us.
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Don't leave before I back.
come After before: present simple; I takes no -s.
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Until the rain , we'll wait inside.
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If it tomorrow, we'll stay in.
I promise, I suggest, I agree
NewSome verbs do the action as you say them: I promise, I suggest, I apologise.
I+ promise / suggest / agree+ …
- I promise I'll be careful.
- I suggest we leave early.
- I am promising to call you.
- I promise to call you.
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I you to keep this secret.
beg I beg you is the request itself.
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I for being late.
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She suggest that we leave early.
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I : it won't happen again.
Telling stories and summaries
NewUse it to tell a story or summarise a plot. It makes events feel immediate.
so+ subject+ verb (+s)+ and+ verb (+s)
- So I walk into the room and everyone stops talking.
- In the film, a boy finds a dragon's egg.
- He walks in and said hello.
- He walks in and says hello.
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In the novel, the hero his memory after an accident.
loses A plot summary: present simple.
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The film tell the story of a lost dog.
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He opens the door and "Who's there?"
Don't you think…? Asking for agreement
NewA negative question is a polite way to push for agreement.
Don't / Doesn't+ subject+ verb+ …?
- Don't you think it's a bit expensive?
- Doesn't this remind you of Paris?
- "Don't you like it?" "No, I like it."
- "Don't you like it?" "Yes, I do."
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she live near you?
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"Don't you want to come?" "No, I want to."
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"Don't you like it?" " , I do. It's great."
Yes Answer by the fact: you like it, so Yes, I do.