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    The document provides a quiz about using the present simple tense in English. It asks the reason for using the present simple in 6 example sentences. For each sentence, there are 4 answer choices about when the present simple is used: to talk about the future, something done regularly, a fact, or a feeling/thought. The answers section then reveals that the present simple can be used to talk about habits/routines, facts, feelings/thoughts, and future events with a stated time.

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    BBC | British Council

    PRESENT SIMPLE

    Choose the correct answer for each question

    1. ‘I get up at 7 every morning’ – why do we use the present simple?


    a. To talk about facts in the future
    b. To talk about something I do every day
    c. To talk about a fact
    d. To talk about something I feel right now

    2. ‘I feel terrible. Can we go home?’ – why do we use the present


    simple?
    a. To talk about facts in the future
    b. To talk about something I do every day
    c. To talk about a fact
    d. To talk about something I feel or think right now

    3. ‘Our train leaves at 6 o’clock tomorrow evening’ – why do we use


    the present simple?
    a. To talk about facts in the future
    b. To talk about something I do every day
    c. To talk about a fact
    d. To talk about something I feel or think right now

    4. ‘He’s German’ – why do we use the present simple?


    a. To talk about facts in the future
    b. To talk about something I do every day
    c. To talk about a fact
    d. To talk about something I feel or think right now

    5. ‘What do you think?’ - why do we use the present simple?


    a. To talk about facts in the future
    b. To talk about something I do every day
    c. To talk about a fact
    d. To talk about something I feel or think right now

    6. ‘The course finishes on Friday’ – why do we use the present


    simple?
    a. To talk about facts in the future
    b. To talk about something I do every day
    c. To talk about a fact
    d. To talk about something I feel or think right now

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    BBC | British Council

    PRESENT SIMPLE - answers

    1. ‘I get up at 7 every morning’ – why do we use the present simple?


    a. To talk about facts in the future
    b. To talk about something I do every day is correct
    c. To talk about a fact
    d. To talk about something I feel right now

    2. ‘I feel terrible. Can we go home?’ – why do we use the present


    simple?
    a. To talk about facts in the future
    b. To talk about something I do every day
    c. To talk about a fact
    d. To talk about something I feel or think right now is correct

    3. ‘Our train leaves at 6 o’clock tomorrow evening’ – why do we use


    the present simple?
    a. To talk about facts in the future is correct
    b. To talk about something I do every day
    c. To talk about a fact
    d. To talk about something I feel or think right now

    4. ‘He’s German’ – why do we use the present simple?


    a. To talk about facts in the future
    b. To talk about something I do every day
    c. To talk about a fact is correct
    d. To talk about something I feel or think right now

    5. ‘What do you think?’ - why do we use the present simple?


    a. To talk about facts in the future
    b. To talk about something I do every day
    c. To talk about a fact
    d. To talk about something I feel or think right now is correct

    6. ‘The course finishes on Friday’ – why do we use the present


    simple?
    a. To talk about facts in the future is correct
    b. To talk about something I do every day
    c. To talk about a fact
    d. To talk about something I feel or think right now

    www.teachingenglish.org.uk

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