C. The Present Tense is the base form of the verb. (e.g. I work in London. She works in London.)
C1. We use the Present Simple to talk about things in general, and something happens all the time or repeatedly, or that something is true in general.
a. something that is true in the present. (e.g. I’m nineteen years old.)
b. something that happens again and again in the present. We use words: sometimes, often. always, and never (adverbs of frequency) with the Present Simple. (e.g. I play football every weekend. I sometimes go to the cinema.)
c. something that is always true. (e.g. The adult human body contains 206 bones.)
d. something that is fixed in the future (permanent situations: time table etc.). (e.g. The school term starts next week.)
C2. Questions and negatives:
a. With the Present Simple, we use ‘do’ and ‘does’ for the third person (she/he/it) to make questions. (e.g. Do you play the piano?)
b. We use ‘do’ and ‘does’ with question words like where, what and why. (e.g. Who lives in London?) We use the Present Simple to say how often we do things (e.g. Julie doesn't drink coffee very often.)
c. With the Present Simple we use ‘do’ and ‘does’ to make negatives. We use ‘does not (doesn’t)’ for the third person (she/he/it) and we use ‘do not (don’t)’ for the others.
C3. Sometimes we do things by saying something: I promise ~/ I suggest ~/ I apologise ~/ I advise ~/ I insist ~/ I agree ~/ I agree ~/ I refuse ~ etc. (e.g. I promise I won't be late. (not I'm promising))
Idiom 365
Close but no Cigar: when someone almost succeeded, but is not completely successful or correct, and get nothing
Example: It was very close but no cigar for Brown as he hit the ball correctly, but no hole in.