Subject + base verb Examples: I walk They run You kill He/ she/ it waits We drink Rules Use present simple when explaining how something is or usually is. More specifically, present simple is used for: 1. Facts Gravity prevents us from floating around. 2. General truths and stereotypes Doctors are treated with [...]
by A.E. Housman When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, “Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies But keep your fancy free.” But I was one-and-twenty, No use to talk to me. When I was one-and-twenty I heard him say again, “The [...]
A certain cat had made the acquaintance of a mouse, and had said so much to her about the great love and friendship she felt for her, that at length the mouse agreed that they should live and keep house together. “But we must make a provision for winter, or else we shall suffer from [...]
Once upon a time on the outskirts of a large forest, there lived a poor woodcutter with his wife and two children: Hansel and Gretel. He always had little to live on, and when there was a great famine in the land, he couldn’t even provide them with daily bread. One night, as he was tossing [...]
