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simple present: use / in a bank.

We use the simple present to talk about:
• things that are always true. • habits and things that happen repeatedly.

The sun rises in the east. My parents live near Dover. Joe plays golf on Saturdays.

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We often use the simple present with words that tell you how often: for example always, never, often,
sometimes, usually, once a day, twice a week, every year, all the time.
She always forgets my birthday. I often get headaches. You never listen to me.
We play basketball twice a week. It rains all the time here.

^ Complete the sentences with the correct forms of verbs from the boxes.

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! Peter always ..9?.^.!^P............. late on Sundays.

1 Ann and John sometimes............................tennis at weekends.

2 My mother often..............................French at home.
3 Small children..............................questions all the time.
4 Sarah............................ to Oxford to see her mother twice a week.
5 I ..............................more mistakes in English when I'm tired.

forget get listen live watch

6 I often..............................people's names.
7 We usually..............................to music in the car.
8 My brother..............................in Vancouver.
9 I ............................ a lot of films on TV.
10 My parents..............................all their food from supermarkets.

^ Choose suitable verbs in the correct forms to complete the sentences.
! The sun in the west, {live, rise, set)

1 That woman...............that she................everything, (know, think, run, wash)
2 Our son...............karate, (read, study, write)

3 Alice...............to go skiing every year, (try, play, say)
4 You always...............very nice clothes, (look, start, wear)
5 Andy always...............his car on Saturdays, (buy, sell, wash)
6 Most people...............for other people, (talk, work, teach)
7 That child never...............'Thank you', (like, say, sing)
8 He...............in the same chair every evening, (know, like, sit, stand)
9 My father...............TV most evenings, (listen, think, watch)

10 We always...............what we can't have, (want, get, forget)

We do not use a present tense to talk about how long something has lasted (see page 65).
I have known her since 1990. (NOT l-knew-her since 1990.)

In some answers, both contracted forms (for example I'm, don't) and full PRESENT TENSES 17
forms (for example I am, do not) are possible. Normally both are correct.