English English Dictionary

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Present Simple in English:

1. always always


You're always complaining!
The student who finishes the examination first does not always get the best grade.
If you always travel by subway, you seldom surface other than at your stop.
James Bond was always depicted as a high roller in his movies.
At the best hotels, there is always someone at your beck and call.
I've heard that it is best to always feed your dog at a specific time every day.
My five year old daughter always goes to kindergarten happy and full of energy.
One thing I've always wanted to do is get a decent job close to home.
People in the world are always advocating for more freedom and equality.
I always thought that a stroke was one of nature's ways to tell you that it's time to die.
We had a hard time doing the job because he was always complaining.
Professors should explain everything in detail, not be succinct and always tell students to go home and read their books.
Even if you have your own way, you will not always be successful.
During my early teens, I was not always on the best of terms with my parents.
She greeted him cheerfully as she always did.

2. usually usually


I usually walk.
Native speakers sometimes make mistakes, but not usually the same kind of mistakes that non-native speakers make.
After class is over, our teacher usually sticks around to answer any questions we may have.
After school, Tom usually sticks around as long as he can because he doesn't want to go home.
It was bad enough that he usually came to work late, but coming in drunk was the last straw, and I'm going to have to let him go.
A child who is a native speaker usually knows many things about his or her language that a non-native speaker who has been studying for years still does not know and perhaps will never know.
In many countries, whenever a group of people from various language backgrounds get together, English is usually the language that is spoken.
I like to put an ice cube into my coffee, because it's usually too hot.
The company, although with some exceptions, usually utilizes its resources very well.
Since there are usually multiple websites on any given topic, I usually just click the back button when I arrive on any webpage that has pop-up advertising. I just go to the next page found by Google and hope for something less irritating.
Before forks and chopsticks, people usually ate food with a piece of flat bread.
In the late eighteenth century, a passport for an American was usually signed by the President of the United States.
He insists on things being done in the most efficient way and he usually does them that way himself.
Between meals, he usually manages to stow away a generous supply of candy, ice cream, popcorn and fruit.
If you want to sound like a native speaker, it's easier if you choose one dialect and stick with it. Native speakers don't usually mix dialects in everyday speaking.

3. often often


I often hiccup.
A new study suggests that hospital records for patients older than 65 are often incorrect, which may lead to serious treatment errors.
The people who come on the Maury Povich show often make pretentious claims about their lovers cheating on them.
You often need to spend more time doing something than you anticipated.
What we say and what we mean are often quite different.
Expensive things often prove more economical in the long run.
Spenser's sarcastic and joking remarks are often misinterpreted as signs of ambivalence and often taken too seriously.
Though he lives within a stone's throw of the school, he is often late.
I feel so bad for the baritone saxes, who often have 200 measures of nothing but whole notes.
I hear that even taxi drivers often get lost in Tokyo.
The Japanese are often criticized for being inward looking and insufficiently international in their outlook.
A building with high ceilings and huge rooms may be less practical than the colorless block of offices that takes its place, but it often fits in well with its surroundings.
I often told you to do your duty, but you would not listen to me.
People often lie about what they did on the weekend, so their friends won't realize how boring they really are.
A person who is only a pawn in the game often talks big in company.

4. sometimes sometimes


Sometimes the first symptom of cardiovascular disease is death.
He's strange sometimes.
Native speakers sometimes make mistakes, but not usually the same kind of mistakes that non-native speakers make.
I sometimes wish I could live a quiet retired sort of life but I doubt I could stand it for more than a few days.
Your English is grammatically correct, but sometimes what you say just doesn't sound like what a native speaker would say.
I may seem confident, but I get extremely nervous speaking in front of people. My hands tremble, I get all tongue-tied, and sometimes I don't even know what I'm saying myself.
Furthermore, even after the company information session, we sometimes hold company tours.
Cesar Chavez asked that strikers remain non-violent even though farm owners and their supporters sometimes used violence.
Sometimes, if I look at a forest of trees, I get in a trance and don't even realize until minutes later.
Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes.
In order to gain media recognition, sometimes AIDS patients have to push themselves into the public eye.
When dubbing Japanese TV series in English, characters from Osaka are sometimes given a Texas accent. Both Southern and Kansai accents are distinctive in their respective languages.
She is at her wit's end with her son. He sometimes does not come home until 3 or 4 a.m.
My husband likes to have a drink in the evening. He drinks 6 or more bottles of sparkling wine and 5 or 6 bottles of warm sake. Sometimes he has a day where he doesn't drink, but it has never lasted for more than two days.
The heart of man is the place the devil dwells in; I feel sometimes a hell within myself.

5. seldom seldom


My son seldom
In our country we seldom open gifts in the presence of the giver.
A fat man seldom dislikes anybody very hard or for very long.
Barter, however, was a very unsatisfactory system because people's needs seldom matched exactly.
If you always travel by subway, you seldom surface other than at your stop.
The trouble with him is that he is seldom punctual.
I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.
Such a man does not go hunting and seldom owns a gun.
Living, as I do, in the country, I seldom have visitors.
Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.
Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.
People are most angry when they feel they are being mocked. That's why those who are confident in themselves seldom become angry.
It is a matter of common knowledge that a man of genius is seldom successful in his own lifetime.
My grandmother used to go out for a walk almost every day, but now she seldom, if ever, goes out.
Seldom have human beings experienced such a disaster.

6. never never


Let's face it, it's impossible. We're never gonna make it.
Never tell lies.
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
If you ever come back to me, I'll never treat you badly again.
I'm not going out on a limb for you because you never helped me before.
Having a few extra batteries handy is never a bad idea.
The older I get, the more clearly I remember things that never happened.
I never see a library without wishing I had time to go there and stay till I had read everything in it.
I have not heard from you. I was wondering if maybe my mail never got to you.
Tom's an irritating person to work with because he'll never admit it when he's made a mistake.
Tom is used to driving a pickup truck, but he's never driven one of those really big trucks.
You can't eat chicken? How do you know if you never try it?
Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
I would like to leave this town and never come back.
Dr. Zamenhof believed that a language belongs to the people who speak it which is why he never copyrighted Esperanto.

7. every week every week


I change towels every week.

8. every Monday every Monday


I work every Monday.

9. every morning every morning


I wake up every morning.

10. declarations declarations


Declarations of variables are extremely important in C and C++.
A marriage is not legal unless certain declarations are made.

English word "Present Simple"(declarations) occurs in sets:

Present Simple & Continuous

11. headlines headlines


Tom only glanced at the headlines.
The actor's death made big headlines in all the papers.

12. historic present in narrative and funny stories historic present in narrative and funny stories



13. Past Simple Past Simple



English word "Present Simple"(Past Simple) occurs in sets:

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14. Present Simple Present Simple


We usually use the present simple with these expressions: normally, every day, often, sometimes, frequently, usually.

15. Tom cooks Tom cooks