Simple Present Tense: Uses & Examples

The simple present tense is used in several situations: To express habits, general truths, repeated actions, or unchanging situations, emotions, and wishes. To give instructions or directions. To express fixed arrangements, present or future. To express future time after some conjunctions: after, when, before, as soon as, until. Be careful! The simple present is not used to express actions happening now. Examples Habits: He goes to school every morning. She understands English. It mixes the sand and the water. He tries very hard. She enjoys playing the piano. They eat dinner at 6 PM. He takes a walk in the park every evening. She brushes her teeth twice a day. They always arrive late for meetings. He often forgets his keys. General truths: Water freezes at zero degrees. The Earth revolves around the Sun. Her mother is Peruvian. Dogs bark. The sun rises in the east. Plants need sunlight to grow. The Earth is round. Humans need oxygen to survive. The moon reflects the light of the sun. The stars twinkle at night. I…