PRESENT TENSES

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE PRESENT PERFECT
CONTINUOUS TENSE
Subject + Verb (-s /-es/ -ies) be(am, is ,are) + present participle
-ing
has / have + past participle has / have + been + -ing
1. to show repeated actions
- express an action is repeated or usual.
- always, everyday, usually, often etc
- e.g.: - I play tennis everyday.
- She plays tennis everyday.
- in some cases like end with - ch, - o
add - es. !xample, catch catches, go
goes.
- in some cases like end with - y add -
ies. !xample, cry cries
". to show general facts # truths
- a fact was true $efore, is true now, and
will $e true in the future.
- e.g.: - %he sun rises from east and sets
to west.
- &ats like milk.
'. to show scheduled events in the near
future
- to talk a$out scheduled events in the
near future.
- e.g.: - %he train leaves tonight at ( pm.
- )e arrives tomorrow.
1. to show an action that still
happening#on going#continuing not yet
finished.
- express the idea that something is
happening now.
- e.g.: - I am working.
- %hey are working.
". near future
- to indicate that something will or will
not happen in the near future.
- with time expression.
- e.g.: - I am going to the party tonight.
'. action that is often repeated.
- expresses an action that often happens.
- sounds like Simple *resent, $ut with
negative emotion.
- put the words +always+ or +constantly+
$etween +be+ and +ver$,ing+.
- e.g.: - She is always coming to class
late.
1. show an action that $egin in the past
are still continuing up to the present.
- e.g.: - )e has known her since she was
a child.
". to show an actions that take place at an
unspecified time.
e.g.: - She has already eaten her lunch.
- %hey have gone home.
'. to show an action has -ust $een
completed.
- e.g.: - )e has done it.
- She has -ust gone out.
1. to show an action that $egin in the past
is still continuing now.
- e.g.: - It has been raining since the
early hours of the moring.
- .evin has been talking for an
hour.