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    This document summarizes the uses and forms of the present simple, present continuous, present perfect simple, and present perfect continuous tenses in English. It provides examples of affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences for each tense. It also lists common time expressions used with each tense, such as everyday, now, since, and for.

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    PRESENT SIMPLE

    PRESENT
    CONTINUOUS

    USE:

    USE:

    FORM:

    FORM:

    (+) S+ Vs,-es

    (+) S+ to be+ Ving

    He goes to school every day.


    I usually eat sandwich for breakfast.

    He is going to school now.


    I am eating sandwich for breakfast.

    (-) S+ do/does+ not +


    V
    He doesnt go to school every day.
    I usually dont eat sandwich for breakfast.

    (?) Do/Does + S+ V?
    Does he go to school every day?
    Do you usually eat sandwich for
    breakfast?
    ANSWERS:
    Yes, I do.
    Yes, you do.
    Yes, he does.
    Yes, we do.
    Yes, we do.

    No, I dont.
    No, you dont
    No, he doesnt.
    No, we dont.
    No, we dont.

    (+) S+ to be+
    not+Ving
    He is not going to school now.
    I am not eating sandwich now.

    (?)To be + S+ Ving?
    Is he going to school now?
    Are you eating sandwich now?
    ANSWERS:
    Yes, I am.
    Yes, you are..
    Yes, he is.
    Yes, we are..

    No, I am not.
    No, you are not.
    No, he is not.
    No, we are not.

    Time expressions
    Time expressions
    Every
    Now
    At the moment
    day/year/month/week
    At present
    Always, often,
    Today
    sometimes, usually,
    These days
    rarely, seldom, never
    In the morning/at
    noon/ in the
    afternoon/ in the
    evening/ at night
    At 10 oclock
    On Mondays
    In Winter
    In September

    1x once a
    day/week/month/year
    2x twice a
    day/week/month/year
    3x three times a
    day/week/month/year

    PRESENT PERFECT
    SIMPLE
    USE

    FOR
    M

    -actions that happened recently


    I have just eaten a hamburger.
    -action whose moment of
    occurrence is not mentioned
    I have made a cake
    -action that happened in the past
    and has an effect in the present
    I have lost my keys.

    PRESENT PERFECT
    CONTINUOUS
    -

    An action that started in the past ,


    stopped recently and whose
    result you can see now
    Why are you so happy?
    Because I have been talking with
    my boyfriend.
    An action that started in the past
    and is still going on( for, since)
    I have been studying English since
    I was at the kindergarten.

    (+) S+HAVE/HAS+ (+) S+HAVE/HAS+


    V3
    been+Ving
    He has already written his
    homework.

    He has been writing his homework since


    I called him.

    (-)S+HAVE/HAS+
    not+V3

    (+)
    S+HAVE/HAS+not+
    been+Ving

    He hasnt written his homework


    yet.

    (?) Have/ has +


    S+ V3?
    Has he already written his
    homework?

    ANSWERS:

    He hasnt been writing his homework


    since I called him.

    (?) Have/ has +


    S+been+ Ving?
    Has he been writing his homework?

    ANSWERS:
    Yes, I have.
    Yes, you have.

    No, I havent.
    No, you havent

    Yes, I have.
    havent.
    Yes, you have.
    havent
    Yes, he has.

    Already
    Yet
    Ever
    Never
    Since
    For
    So far
    lately

    No, I

    Yes, he has.

    No, you
    No, he hasnt.

    since
    for

    No, he hasnt.

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