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When to use the present tense

The present tense describes what's happening now, ie something you are doing, or something you do regularly.

For example:

• je joue au foot – I’m playing football or I play football
• on va en ville - we're going into town or we go into town

It is sometimes used with time phrases such as:

• maintenant - now
• en ce moment - at the moment
• aujourd'hui - today
• normalement – normally
• en général, généralement - usually

For example:

• généralement, je fais mes devoirs le soir - normally I do my homework in the evening
• en ce moment, je regarde la télé - I’m watching TV at the moment