In English Grammar, the Present Tense is used to talk about something that is going on now(currently) or that is true now and at any time. Present Tense is of four types:
- Simple Present Tense
- Present Continuous Tense
- Present Perfect Tense
- Present Perfect Continuous Tense
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Simple Present Tense
The simple present tense uses the same verb form as the root form of the verb. We use the simple present tense in the following conditions:
- To show a fact or something that is always true
- For activities that are done daily -regularly or habitually
- To express thoughts, feelings, opinions and beliefs
- For an action or event that is planned to happen in the future
- Used with a selected few adverbs to indicate something that happens rarely
- Used in news, reported speech such as in sports commentaries, a narration of books and stories etc
- It is also used with schedules, plans and programmes
- It is also used to give instructions
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