Understanding Stative Verbs and Present Simple

The video explores the present simple tense, covering its use for habits, facts, instructions, and future events. It also discusses the use of stative verbs and exceptions. The video aims to prepare students for the B2 First Cambridge exam by explaining complex grammar structures like inversion and the use of time clauses.

What is the main focus of the B2 First Cambridge exam regarding the present simple?

• Applying it in creative writing

• Using it for future predictions

• Knowing every single use of the present simple

• Understanding its use in past events

Where does the present simple fit on a timeline?

• It transcends past, present, and future

• Only in the future

• Only in the present

• Only in the past

Which of the following is an example of a habit using the present simple?

• I will watch SMASH English tomorrow.

• I am watching SMASH English now.

• I watched SMASH English yesterday.

• I watch SMASH English every day.

What is the role of adverbs of frequency in the present simple?

• They describe how often an action occurs.

• They are not used with the present simple.

• They indicate the future tense.

• They are used only in questions.

What is inversion in the context of negative adverbs of frequency?

• Adding a question mark

• Changing the verb tense

• Switching the subject and auxiliary verb

• Using adverbs at the end of a sentence

Which sentence correctly uses inversion with a negative adverb?

• I do rarely eat cabbage.

• Rarely I eat cabbage.

• Rarely do I eat cabbage.

• I never eat cabbage.

What type of statements are expressed using the present simple for facts?

• Past events

• Future predictions

• Hypothetical situations

• Statements that are always true

Why do we use the present simple for instructions?

• To indicate past actions

• To express uncertainty

• Because instructions are fixed and unchanging

• Because instructions are always changing

When is the present simple used for future events?

• When the event is a wish

• When the event is uncertain

• When the event is timetabled and fixed

• When the event is hypothetical

Which of the following sentences uses the present simple for a timetabled future event?

• The train is leaving at 7 am.

• The train has left at 7 am.

• The train will leave at 7 am.

• The train leaves at 7 am.