Hi everyone this is Johnny From hmm, I would rather not say where I come from. But, sometimes this the way I teach my students.

repeated events: we use adverbs of frequency like always, usually

I always get up early in the morning





Note: also it is habitual action in some grammatical books

He smokes cigarettes



General facts

I live in Tehran

Ice melts at 0 degree



. simple present can be used in newspaper headlines

MASS MURDERER ESCAPES

PEACE TALKS FAIL



dramatic narrative: describing the action of a play, opera. Commentators use simple present to describe the sports events









state verbs



Existence

Be, exist

Mental states

Believe, doubt, know, realize, recognize, suppose, think, understand

Wants and likes

Want, like, love, hate, need, prefer

Possession

Belong, have/has, possess, own

Senses

Feel, smell, taste

appearance

Appear, look, seem

She has a house

I do not believe in god

I think you are tired





in zero conditional and in first conditional

Zero: if you heat ice, it melts

First: if you give me 100$, I will but a DVD playe
this is how i teach my students