The present simple tense is used to describe: 1) Regular habits and routines like classes, meals, and daily schedules. 2) General facts that are always or commonly true about things like the properties of water or colors of the sky and sea. 3) More permanent situations like where someone lives or goes to school. 4) Feelings and thoughts about likes, dislikes, love and opinions.

1. Present simple
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By Miquel Comas
Piella

2. When do we use the present
simple?

3. 1. Things we do regularly: habits
and routines

4. I English class for wensday at morning.
I go to study by bus.
I get up in 7:00 a cloock.
I dinner in 8:00 pm.

5. 2. Facts, things that are always or
generally true.

6. Water boils at 100º.
The sea water is blue.
The sky is blue during the day and dark at night.
Humans have two eyes.

7. 3.For situations that are more or
less permanent.

8. I live in Muntanyola.
I go to Gurb high school.
The president of Spain is Mariano Rajoy.
Catalonia intends to be independent.

9. 4. To describe feelings and
thoughts.

10. I like sports in general.
I don't like tennis
I love Catalonia
I hate swimming
I thing that football is sport in team.