ENGL 113B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Robert Redford
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The simple present tense is used in english for the following purposes: With verbs of the senses and mental processes. The present simple tense is very often used with adverbs of repeated time. Look at these examples (the adverbs are shown in bold): When we want to state a fact or ask a question without any time reference, we use the present simple tense. The present simple tense is used for many verbs of thinking, feeling and sensing. The most common words are: like love prefer know understan d hate need want believe remember see hear taste smell look. I love lying in bed late on sunday mornings. In jokes, anecdotes and film or book summaries. The present simple tense is very often used in jokes and when telling a story to make the joke or story seem more immediate. This use of the present tense is sometimes called the graphic present.
