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SAI INTERNATIONAL

                                                         MIND MAP












                                                     The present tense.
                                                       An action that is
                                                    happening right now.










                            We use
                            present                                  We use
                            tense for                                present           We also use
                          actions that           We use            tense to talk          present
                            happen               present           about things        tense to talk
                            regularly,        tense to talk           as they          about things
                           sometimes           about facts.                               that will
                                                                   happen.  Eg-
                            or never.                 Eg-          The doorbell          happen in
                            Eg- We              Penguins              rings.            the future.
                             always              live in           Sam hides           Eg- The train
                          wash our              Antartica.          under the          leaves in 5
                         hands before          Australia is            bed.              minutes.
                             meals.             an island                                The new
                           We should                                                       shop
                             never                                                     opens this
                          cross the                                                       Friday.
                          road without
                            looking.
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