Present simple for present habits and states

The present simple tense is used to express repeated, habitual actions in the present. Adverbs of frequency, such as always, usually, regularly, frequently, often, sometimes, rarely, seldom, occasionally and never, and adverb phrases, for example, every year, once in a blue moon and three times a day, are often used with this tense:

What's the first thing you usually do when you get up in the morning?
I go to the gym twice a week.
Every 15 minutes, someone dies as a result of an alcohol-related collision.

The present simple is also used to refer to states that exist at the time of speaking:

My sister lives in Canada.
George likes pudding.
This house is really beautiful.