Unit 2. Page 6‐A2 - DeiseFreire/English GitHub Wiki

MURPHY, Raymond. English grammar in use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Unit 3 page 6-A2.

present simple (I do) We use the simple for things in general or things that happen repeatedly.

                          I do
past_____________________ now._____________________ future.

• Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
• Excuse me, do you speak English?
• It doesn’t rain very much in summer.
• What do you usually do at weekends?
• I always get hungry in the afternoon.
• Most people learn to swim when they are children.
• Every day the population of the world increases by about 200,000 people.

We use the simple for permanent situations (things that continue for a long time):

• My parents live in London. They have lived there all their lives.
• Joe isn’t lazy. He works hard most of the time.