Present

We use the present for:

1.     Daily routine activities / Actions repeated regularly. (Voy al colegio cada día. I go to school everyday.)

2.     General truths. (El agua hierve a 100 gradros. Water boils at 100 degrees.)

3.     Something that is happening now. (Ella canta. She is singing.)

4.     Something in the near future. (Voy a Jerez el lunes próximo. I’m going to Jerez next Monday.)

Here you have the chart with the endings:

                               -AR                                  -ER                                   -IR

Yo                          -O                                  -O                                      -O

Tú                          -AS                                -ES                                    -ES

Él                           -A                                   -E                                      -E

Nosotros             -AMOS                           -EMOS                              -IMOS

Vosotros               -AIS                                -EIS                                  -IS
                      
Ellos                     -AN                                 -EN                                  -EN

Words that denote present:

1. Cada día / cada semana / cada año (Every day / week / year)
2. Cada mañana / cada tarde / cada noche (Every morning / afternoon / night)
3. Hoy (Today)
4. Normalmente / A menudo (Usually)
5. A las 8, a la 1… (At 8 o’clock, at 1 o’clock)
6. Siempre (Always)
7. Never (nunca)