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Present simple and future time  Level: intermediate and  advanced We also use the present simple to talk about: something that is  fixed  in the future: The school term  starts  next week. The train  leaves  at 19.45 this evening. We  fly  to Paris next week. something in the future  after time words  like  when ,  after  and  before  and  after   if and  unless : I'll talk to John  when  I  see  him. You must finish your work  before  you  go  home. If  it  rains  we'll get wet. He won't come  unless  you  ask  him. We sometimes use the present simple to talk about the past when we are:  telling a story: I was walking down the street the other day when suddenly this man  comes up  to me and  tells  me he  has lost  his wallet and  asks...

Present simple and present time We use the present simple to talk about: something that is  true  in the present: I 'm  nineteen years old. I 'm  a student. He  lives  in London. something that  happens regularly  in the present: I  play  football every weekend. something that is always true: The human body  contains  206 bones. Light  travels  at almost 300,000 kilometres per second. We often use  adverbs of frequency  like  sometimes ,  always  and  never  with the present simple: I  sometimes  go to the cinema. She  never  plays football. Here are some useful sentences. Complete them so that they are true for you and try to remember them: My name is … . I'm … years old. I come from … . I live in … . I'm a(n) … . I … at the weekend. I often … . I never … . Complete these sentences so that they are true for a friend and try t...

Present simple negatives Look at these sentences: I like tennis but I don't like football. (don't = do not) I don't live in London now. I don't play the piano but I play the guitar. They don't work at the weekend. John doesn't live in Manchester. (doesn't = does not) Angela doesn't drive to work. She goes by bus. We use  do  and  does  to make negatives with the present simple. We use  doesn't  for the third person singular ( she / he / it ) and  don't  for the others.

The present tense is the base form of the verb: I work in London. But with the third person singular (she/he/it), we add an –s: She works in London. Present simple questions Look at these questions: Do you play the piano? Where do you live? Does Jack play football? Where does he come from? Do Rita and Angela live in Manchester? Where do they work? We use do and does to make questions with the present simple. We use does for the third person singular (she/he/it) and do for the others. We use do and does with question words like where, what and when: Where do Angela and Rita live? What does Angela do? When does Rita usually get up? But questions with who often don't use do or does: Who lives in London? Who plays football at the weekend? Who works at Liverpool City Hospital? Here are some useful questions. Try to remember them: Where do you come from? Do you come from …? Where do you live? Do you live in ...? What work do you do? Do you like...

The simple present tense is one of several forms of the present tense in English. It is used to describe habits, unchanging situations, general truths, and fixed arrangements. The simple present tense is simple to form. Just use the base form of the verb: (I take, you take, we take, they take) The 3rd person singular takes an -s at the end. (he takes, she takes) THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE IS USED: To express habits, general truths, repeated actions or unchanging situations, emotions and wishes: I smoke  (habit);  I work in London  (unchanging situation);  London is a large city  (general truth) To give instructions or directions: You walk  for two hundred meters, then  you turn  left. To express fixed arrangements, present or future: Your exam  starts  at 09.00 To express future time, after some conjunctions:  after, when, before, as soon as, until : He'll give it to you when  you come  next Saturday. Be care...