Form, Meaning and Function
Simple Present Tense
Use the simple present tense for facts and things that are true in general.
For animals in the wild, each day is a struggle to survive.
Use the simple present tense to talk about future timetables or schedules.
My flight from Dubai to Bahrain leaves at 08:10 tomorrow. I then fly to Saudi Arabia
and arrive in Riyadh at eleven o’clock.
Use the present simple with exclamations with Here…! and There…! :
Q: Can I have the check, please? A: Of course, Sir. Here you are!
Q: Dad, can I borrow your cell phone, please? A: I suppose so. Here you go!
Q: Where are my glasses? A: Ah! There they are!
Q: Where is Nathalie? A: Here she comes!
Simple Present versus Present Progressive
Use the simple present tense to talk about habits and routine, and use the present progressive for actions
occurring now or for a temporary situation.
Badr usually eats takeout, but today he is cooking dinner.
Use the present progressive for changing or developing situations.
More and more students are sharing apartments to save money while they study.
Use the present progressive with always, continually, constantly to describe an ongoing annoying situation or habit.
He is always asking his brother to lend him money.
Note: Some verbs are not often used in the progressive form: believe, think (opinion), know, remember, like, hate, want,
prefer, see, hear, feel, seem, appear, have, belong, own.
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