The present simple tense: regular verbs: How and When to Use in English

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The present simple tense: regular verbs

Regular verbs in the affirmative form of the present tense are conjugated as follows:

To want
I want
You want 
He/She/It wants 
We want 
You want
They want
To talk
I talk
You talk 
He/She/It talks 
We talk 
You talk
They talk

Note that we use the infinitive form without to for all pronouns, except for he/she/it, where an s is added at the end.

To live → She lives in Leeds.

To rain → It rains a lot in London.

The present tense is used to talk about habits and general truths.

I wake up at 7 a.m. every day.

The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

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