Lear rages against the silence of Cordelia and only belatedly realizes that she, not her more vocal sisters, loves him. The play ends with an epilogue spoken by the fool. The simple present can also be used to refer to a future event when used in conjunction with an adverb or adverbial phrase , as in the following sentences. The doors open in 10 minutes. The premier arrives on Tuesday.
Classes end next week.
The publisher distributes the galley proofs next Wednesday. The lunar eclipses begins in exactly 43 minutes. While the simple present and the present progressive are sometimes used interchangeably, the present progressive emphasises the continuing nature of an act, event, or condition. Each of the highlighted verbs in the following sentences is in the present progressive tense. In each sentence the on-going nature of the action is emphasised by the use of the present progressive rather than the simple present.