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Grammar: Present Simple. Definite and

Indefinite Articles. Some/Any.

Grammar Reference: Present Simple.
Present Simple is used for repeated actions or a sequence of actions in
the present, as well as for things in general and with certain verbs. It is also
used for fixed arrangements (inanimate subjects).
The train leaves at 5 o’clock.
The sun rises in the east.

I work every day.
I don't work on Sundays.
Do they like winter?
We travel to Italy every summer.
Do you often go to school?

She lives in Madrid.
He doesn't work in a shop.
Does she usually read a lot?
The dog likes meat.
This is a computer. It works well.
Grammar Reference: Definite and Indefinite Articles. Some / any.
The indefinite article (a, an) is used before a noun that is general or
when its identity is not known. The indefinite article is only used with

singular countable nouns.
I have a daughter and a son.
He is an engineer and she is a doctor.
I see an apple on the table.
The definite article, the, is used before both singular and plural nouns

when the noun is specific.
The house is big and modern.
The work was difficult.
The man looked friendly.
‘Some’ and ‘any’ are used with uncountable nouns (when the nouns are
not specific) and plural countable nouns:
Please, give me some sugar.

We don't have any sugar.