Present simple uses

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the present

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simple tense is a very useful tense

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and it talks about a very big

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time on the timeline of

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events as you can see in this diagram

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there are five important situations

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to use the present simple tense

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first is to provide personal

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information for example my name

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is hannah i am 26 years old

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i like chocolate all of these are

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present simple tense

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we also use this tense to provide

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facts or something that is always true

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for example the world is round

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the capital of england is london

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and english is a language the third

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situation is a regular event

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a habit something you do very often

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for example i play tennis every saturday

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i go to the cinema every day or

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i celebrate