EL "SIMPLE PRESENT" SE UTILIZA:
- Para expresar hábitos y rutinas, hechos generales, acciones repetidas o situaciones, emociones y deseos permanentes:
I smoke (hábito); I work in London (permanencia); London is a large city (hecho general) - Para dar instrucciones o indicaciones:
You walk for two hundred meters, then you turn left. - Para hablar de eventos programados, presentes o futuros:
Your exam starts at 09.00. - Para referirse al futuro, detrás de algunas conjunciones: after, when, before, as soon as, until:
He'll give it to you when you come next Saturday.
¡Cuidado! El "simple present" no se utiliza para hablar de lo que está ocurriendo en este momento.
EJEMPLOS
- Hábitos y rutinas
He drinks tea at breakfast.
She only eats fish.
They watch television regularly. - Eventos y acciones repetidos
We catch the bus every morning.
It rains every afternoon in the hot season.
They drive to Monaco every summer. - Hechos generales
Water freezes at zero degrees.
The Earth revolves around the Sun.
Her mother is Peruvian.
- Instrucciones o indicaciones
Open the packet and pour the contents into hot water.
You take the No.6 bus to Watney and then the No.10 to Bedford. - Eventos programados
His mother arrives tomorrow.
Our holiday starts on the 26th March - Construcciones de futuro
She'll see you before she leaves.
