Form/Mean
Use
Afirmative
I, You, They Work
He, She, It Works
Negative
I, You, They Do not/Don't Work
He, She, It Does not/Doesn't Work
Interrogative
Do I, You, They Work?
Does He, She, It Work?
I ask questions when I do not understand
Elizabeth uses English as much as possible
Our classes start at 9:00 A.M
Daniela Goes to school five days a week
Obs: Use of the Simple present to talk about everyday routines
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west
Brasilians Speak Portuguese
Waer boils at 100º C
Obs: General timeless truths, such as psysical laws ou customs
I have a meeting next Wednesday at that time
The game starts at 2:30
The bus leaves at 8:00 P.M
Obs: Expresses future when a scheduled event is involved, usually with a future-time adverbial
Here comes the pitch: vaughn swings and misses.
Now I add three eggs to the mixture
Esiason lets fly and... Emory has the ball. He shakes one... Two tackles, and... he's in for a touchdown!
Obs: Instantaneous present usually in sporting events or demonstrations/procedures of some sort
So I was standing there buying some grocereis, right? And all of a sudden this guy coes in the door. He pulls out this gun, see. It's on of those like Sawed-off shotauns and he noints it at the cashier, and tells him to hand over all the money . so, of couse, everybody
Obs: Conversational historical present
Mary tells me you have been to china. How fascinating!
I say that you are wrong
We accept you offer
I give you my word
Obs: With communication verbs
The story opens in 1989 on all Souls' day, the day of the dead, when people carry flowers to the cemeteries, Like grass (the author), the hero, Alexander Reshcki, is an exile from Gdansk living in west Germany. A widower in his sixties, he is professor of art history ate the University of Bochum. The polish widow Alexandra is a restorer and gilder by profession. She is not quite sixty when Alexander meets her in the market.
Obs: Narrative present
