The simple present 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)
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.
You walk for two hundred meters, then you turn left.
•to express fixed arrangements,
Examples:
•For habits
He drinks tea at breakfast.
She only eats fish.
He drinks tea at breakfast.
She only eats fish.
•For repeated actions or events
We catch the bus every morning.
It rains every afternoon in the hot season.
They drive to Monaco every summer.
We catch the bus every morning.
It rains every afternoon in the hot season.
They drive to Monaco every summer.
•For general truths
The Earth revolves around the Sun.
The Earth revolves around the Sun.
•For instructions or directions
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.
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.
•For fixed arrangements
His mother arrives tomorrow.
Our holiday starts on the 26th March
His mother arrives tomorrow.
Our holiday starts on the 26th March
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