1、经常性或习惯性的动作,常与表示频腮度的时间状语连用。新东方酷学酷玩冬令营>>>
时间状语: every…, sometimes, at…, on Sunday
I leave home for school at 7 every morning.
2、客观真理,客观存在,科学事实。
The earth moves around the sun.
Shanghai lies in the east of China.
3、表示格言或警句中。
Pride goes before a fall. 骄者必败。
注意:此用法如果出现在宾语从句中,即使主句是过去时,从句谓语也要用一般现在时。
例:Columbus proved that the earth is round..
4、现在时刻的状态、能力、性格、个性。
I don't want so much.
Ann Wang writes good English but does not speak well.
比较:Now I put the sugar in the cup.
I am doing my homework now.
第一句用一般现在时,用于操作演示或指导说明的示范性动作,表示言行的瞬间动作。再如:Now watch me, I switch on the current and stand back. 第二句中的now是进行时的标志,表示正在进行的动作的客观状况,所以后句用一般现在时