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3.1. THE PRESENT TENSE 3.4.1. THE PRESENT SIMPLE ‘The present simple: Formation cs pce snl ome ing ren om lee a te for al persons excep tired person singular Tid perm Sings ome y sig 1 Fer tothe bas form, eg. Vyouwetheybe chien alka is Helhelvonee daa ‘Uses and values: ‘A The present simple exresses sever values which hve a tsi meaning the fet tht he event is simuteneons wih the present moment Now (i) The commonest we of he psn simple i wretitie (or ile) ws: tees a scton or atta extends ver ail of te etre nthe present ment. This We Sve $nbivsons: generic or nivraa pos an abil preset 1). Generic (or universal present, The resent single doses ener sts tat tak place in an umpenifie pore of time whch includes he momento peaking they exist wo, eid in the past tnd probaly wl ext in th tire "Te cane (or nivel) pee is used fo exes generis nivel tras ets which are atvoysite as inthe following examples: “te Eh moves ound the men ths os fate) TH work na bank pemanent stato oS) ‘Wace Bi at 10° Cy The Sever lows ino the Alani; He who laugh as gh best ‘one af ta sameness ta pacar escoees: The sentences donot pei paral snonun tira of tne, The verb compltly mel: iret to what ste forall tine n Bet" gnaricnatemen ipl te presence ofthe aver always As the examples ist the reve! simple wih genre or univer flue i wed to Tooulate general ls, dion of ‘rent langage geographical statements, o proves. Scanned with CamScanner 8) Habtat seat: The present simple denotes abl action, Le setons which MAPPEN repeats requ ‘The repetition ofthe action i often stressed by adverbs f trqueney, such a often, esl, neve ly eer ae Sometine ey dy / week moh on Sundays, ee: wualy ‘never get plate nthe morning He pes tothe cinema twice awed She gosto England evry sat sal fr wo hour evry evenings ‘Genel Lloret cole inthe evening [None ofthese sentences refers o a pica moment of in the sentences donot nd @ piu evento st, (2) Te instantaneous present contrat with the genetic or habitual present we in that eles ta pater event whieh is smutaneous wth the moment of pein: the even tes lace st the very moment of speaking. Normal, this value should be expesied by the progressive aise, since he progressive aspect the fom taken by sch ves inorder to ciate single ozerrenes ‘ofan event simitaneous with the momento seating. “The present spl is wed wih dynamic vets when odin i howpt for when the sess is tot s0 much onthe duration of the action as onthe quick sccesion of fappenings: the event Aevlops rapidly enough tbe percived in ete Tang nto consideration these temporal and aspectual characteris ofthe lstetaneous resent simple we cn easily understand why occurs onyna restricted number of contents: 2) nea or TV commentves, especialy sports ones. n making a commentary, the speaker ses ‘the eves in chan of complete acts hes merely reporting the events, hes nt ineating the duration smith poses the alto Carton who heod it straight into the goa In sucha commentary, the commentator des not ist onthe duration ofthe events bt on thle uc svecesion: the events are seen as momentary ones competed amos atthe sme time they are performed. bn description of experiments and demonstrations Now put the cake mitre into ths Bowl an add 2 op of anil essence «) Insta dections (hen the playwright pve diecton tothe ators) The resent simple denotes a sequence of sort ston going on ate mameat of speaking: He sts the fire, arranges some boks and papers, ets, shivers ih an sets to red ‘The reason for ot wing the progrestive aspect hee pont ) and) ~ htt isthe ea of repetition which simple rather han something going oat the moment of speaking In ther wor, these ations wil happen each and everytime the sams circumstances re create vz cooking that

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