+ S P3s ♣ À
? do/does S P ♣ À?
– S do/does not P ♣ À
Present Simple Tense is used:
rules
examples
1.
to express a regular or constant action in the present
As a manager he comes to office at eight o’clock in the morning.
2.
to express an action permanently characterising the subject in the present
He makes presentations very well.
3.
to express an action or state which does not refer to any particular time
Great managers develop strengths, not weaknesses in themselves and their people.
4.
to express an action going on at the time of speaking with the verbs which are not used in continuous (to know, to feel, to hate, to love, to understand, to like, to hope, to forget, to belong, to remain, to imagine, to concern, to involve, to require, to remember, to consist of, to depend on, to prefer, to mean, to equal, to own, to contain, to owe, to suppose, to cost, to possess)
I see the manager understands what I am talking about.
5.
to express a chain of actions in the past for describing them as if they were taking place before the listener’s eyes
So, one day he comes, analyzes everything and begins to plan our work.
to be
to have
other verbs
I
am
have
correct/manage
you
are
have
correct/manage
he, she, it
is
has
corrects/manages
we
are
have
correct/manage
you
are
have
correct/manage
they
are
have
correct/manage
The adverbs used with Present Simple and %
of frequency they show
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