Present Tense - English Grammar

THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE IS USED:
To express habits, general truths, repeated actions or unchanging situations, emotions and wishes:
I smoke (habit);
I work in London (unchanging situation);
London is a large city (general truth) To give instructions or directions:
You walk for two hundred meters, then you turn left.

To express fixed arrangements, present or future:
Your exam starts at 09.00

To express future time, after some conjunctions: after, when, before, as soon as, until:
He'll give it to you when you come next Saturday.

Be careful! The simple present is not used to express actions happening now.
EXAMPLES For habits:
He drinks tea at breakfast.
She only eats fish.
They watch television regularly.

For repeated actions or events:
We catch the bus every morning.
It rains every afternoon in the hot season.
They drive to Monaco every summer.

For general truths Water freezes at zero degrees:
The Earth revolves around the Sun.
Her mother is Peruvian.

For instructions or directions:
Open the packet and pour the contents into hot water.
You take the No.6 bus to Watney and then the No.10 to Bedford.

For fixed arrangements:
His mother arrives tomorrow.
Our holiday starts on the 26th March.

With future constructions:
She'll see you before she leaves.
We'll give it to her when she arrives. 

How to speak English like a native speaker

First: to start speaking faster, try reading English faster. This very simple and effective activity is your first step to talking more naturally. The most important part of this activity is that you read aloud! Yes, that is right, simply read aloud for ten minutes each day. Try to set the goal of reading aloud faster each week. Soon you will find yourself reading much faster.
While you are reading aloud, attempt to be as clear as possible. Clarity is achieved by opening your mouth wide. When you open your mouth to properly pronounce English sounds, this allows you to enunciate better. So, as you read aloud for ten minutes each day, remember to enunciate and be as clear as possible.
When you are speaking, try to use transition words and phrases (such as ‘also’, ‘for example’, and ‘however’) when you are changing ideas. Many students use words such as “uh” and “uhm” when they are speaking. Avoid these words at all costs! Transition words effectively allow you to sound more fluent when you are speaking. If you use transition words accurately, then you can easily change from one idea to the next idea. Thus, transition words allow you to connect sentences and ideas faster allowing you to speak quickly.
Lastly, observe fast English speakers closely on TV programs. Don’t just sit down and watch TV, but try to take notes. Note the transition words that they use and how the TV characters effectively connect ideas and sentences. This activity will not only improve your English comprehension, but watching fast speaking TV characters will also motivate you to speak faster!



Source: http://englishlive.ef.com/blog/how-to-speak-english-like-a-native-speaker/