10-03-2007, 04:25 PM
<b>The Use Of Simple Present Tense</b>
(1) To Express a habitual action; as
He drinks tea every morning.
My watch keeps good time.
(2) To express general truths;as
The sun rises in the east.
Honey is sweet.
Fortune favours the brave.
(3) In exclamatory sentences begining with here and there to express
what is actually taking place in the present;as
Here comes the bus!
There she goes!
(4) In vivid narrative, as substitute for the Simple Past;as
Sohrab now rushes forward and deals a heavy blow to Rustam.
Immediately the Sultan hurries to his capital.
(5) To express a future event that is part of a fixed timetable
or fixed programme.
The match starts at 9 o'clock.
The train leaves at 520.
Muhammad Asim Saeed
(1) To Express a habitual action; as
He drinks tea every morning.
My watch keeps good time.
(2) To express general truths;as
The sun rises in the east.
Honey is sweet.
Fortune favours the brave.
(3) In exclamatory sentences begining with here and there to express
what is actually taking place in the present;as
Here comes the bus!
There she goes!
(4) In vivid narrative, as substitute for the Simple Past;as
Sohrab now rushes forward and deals a heavy blow to Rustam.
Immediately the Sultan hurries to his capital.
(5) To express a future event that is part of a fixed timetable
or fixed programme.
The match starts at 9 o'clock.
The train leaves at 520.
Muhammad Asim Saeed