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- 2. Present Simple Quando si usa il Present Simple? • per parlare di abitudini e della routine quotidiana I get up at 7 a.m. Mi alzo alle 7 del mattino. • Situazioni permanenti They live in Oxford, but they work in London. Abitando ad Oxford, ma lavorando a Londra.
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