The Present Simple

I go

How to Use the Present Simple:

We use the present simple:

1. To talk about habits and routines.

For example: I go swimming every weekend.

2. To talk about general truths and facts.

For example: Water boils at 100 degrees.

3. To talk about scheduled events in the future – usually transport timetables.

For example: My train leaves at four.

4. With verbs that cannot be used in the continuous.

For example: Verbs connected with: thought processes (know), desires (like), senses (smell). I believe that nothing lasts forever.