SIMPLE PRESENT
Henri is a chef, but now he is in bed asleep.
He is not cooking a bus now because he is sleeping.
He cooks in a French restaurant. He is a chef.
He drives to work everyday
He works in a French restaurant
He bakes cakes too.
We use the simple present to talk about things in general. We use it to say something that happens all the time or repeatedly, or that something is true or general.
I work He works
You work She works
We work It works
They work
In other words we use this tense to talk about habits or routines (they are constant)
I wake up at 7:00
I drive to school.
I have lunch with my friends.
I start work at noon.
I never sleep early.
We also use this tense to talk about feelings or opinions, which are generally constant.
I love my husband.
I like chocolate
I hate lies.
Finally, we also use this tense to express general statements, something that we can prove is true or false.
Water boils at 100ºC.
The brain weights 30% of our body.
We use DO or DOES as an auxiliary to ask questions or for the negative structure.
Do I/you/we/they work?
Does he/she/it do?
I/you/we/they don’t work.
He/she/it doesn’t work.
We use the present simple to say how often we do things. For this reason, there are key words we can use with this tense:
Always
Frequently
Sometimes
Often
Usally
Rarely
Almost never
Never
Every morning
Twice or three times a year.
Etc.
Sometimes we do things by saying something. For example, when you promise to do something you can say “I promise…”, when you suggest something, you can say “I suggest…”, “I apologize…”, “I advise…”, “I insist…”, “I agreee…”, “I suggest…”, “I refuse…”, etc.