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First I take a bowl and break two eggs into it.
Smith passes to David – nice ball – and David shoots.
Now watch me closely: I take a match, light it, put it into the glass and …oh, nothing happens.
10 Formal correspondence. Some fixed phrases that are used in letter-writing can be expressed either in the Present Simple (formal) or the Present Continuous (less formal).
We write to tell you.... (formal)
We are writing to tell you.... (less formal)
Newspaper headlines, the outlines of novels, plays, films, etc.
Dog Saves Its Master.
Terrorists attack Manhattan.
12 To denote actions and states happening at the moment of speaking (used with stative verbs, which can’t be used in the continuous aspect). See Unit 3.
Who does this car belong to?
I do not see what you are doing.
Now I hear you perfectly well.
13 The Present Simple is used with a perfect or past meaning in introductory expressions like I hear/ I see/ I gather/ I understand
I hear that you are leaving next week.
I understand you are looking for a job.
The Present Simple is used in the past meaning in such sentences:
It is a long time since....
It is ten years since I came here.
14 The Present Simple is used after such expressions as: make sure/ take care/see to it
I’ll see to it that everybody leaves after classes.
15 In adverbial clauses of time and condition after conjunctions when, till, until, as soon as, as long as, before, after, while, if, unless, in case, on condition that, provided, etc.
Ring me up when she comes.
Do it as soon as you are through with your duties.
