The summer semester starts
this following monday. (near, specified
future)
Could you answer the phone
because I am working.
(the subject is working at the moment of
speaking)
He had to call his wife
at work because he has lost
his keys. (he still has not found his keys)
In Arthur Golden's Memoirs
of a Geisha, Sayuri learns
the various steps that a geisha needs to master. (present
tense when writing about a literary work)
The University of the District
of Columbia closes
every year for Christmas and New Year. (habitual
action)
The Mount Vernon Wine Festival
starts
tonight at 6:00p.m. (near, specified future)
He hears
voices all the time. (habitual action)
I see
some people coming to our show. (simple
present with verbs that refer to senses)
