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    Present Tenses

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    This document provides information about various present tenses in English, including the present simple, present continuous, and present perfect tenses. It gives examples of how to form sentences using each tense in the positive, negative, and question forms. The present simple is used to describe habitual or repeated actions. The present continuous describes actions happening now. The present perfect describes actions that began in the past but have relevance to the present.

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    This document provides information about various present tenses in English, including the present simple, present continuous, and present perfect tenses. It gives examples of how to form sentences using each tense in the positive, negative, and question forms. The present simple is used to describe habitual or repeated actions. The present continuous describes actions happening now. The present perfect describes actions that began in the past but have relevance to the present.

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    This document provides information about various present tenses in English, including the present simple, present continuous, and present perfect tenses. It gives examples of how to form sentences using each tense in the positive, negative, and question forms. The present simple is used to describe habitual or repeated actions. The present continuous describes actions happening now. The present perfect describes actions that began in the past but have relevance to the present.

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    Present Tenses

    Present Simple

    The sun is bright.


    Pigs don’t fly
    Cats are better than dogs
    It’s cold in winter
    Examples of Present Simple
    ●
    I always eat lunch at noon.
    ●
    You play games every day
    ●
    They study English every Monday
    ●
    Seth starts work at 9 am daily
    We also use Present Simple with
    non-continuous verbs.
    ●
    I love my mom
    ●
    It smells good
    ●
    Arman feels happy
    ●
    They need help
    it’s possible and it’s common to use
    the present simple to talk about
    something that will happen in the
    near future
    ●
    I have class at 6 pm
    ●
    Lisa arrives on Sunday
    ●
    We start work soon
    ●
    My students come tomorrow
    In negative sentence we use „do
    not“ or „does not“
    ●
    Mike eats bread
    ●
    Mike doesn’t eat bread
    ●

    ●
    You swim well
    ●
    You don’t swim well
    In questions we put Do or Does in
    the beginning of the question
    sentence
    ●
    They live here
    ●
    Do they live here?
    ●

    ●
    He play soccer
    ●
    Does he play soccer?
    Present Continouos Tense
    Use this tense for actions happening
    at the moment of speaking, and not
    finished. It’s also used for action
    happening around the time of
    speaking
    ●
    Sorry, I’m busy at the moment. I’m doing my
    homework.
    ●
    I’m reading a really interesting book
    In negative we add „not“ to the verb
    Be
    ●
    I’m not having fun
    ●
    Jane isn’t doing her homework
    ●
    Let’s look at Wh questions:
    ●
    What are you doing?
    ●
    Where are you going?
    ●
    When is it starting?
    ●
    Who is she talking to?
    ●
    Why is she crying?
    ●
    How is it going?
    Now I’m going to introduce the
    Present Perfect Tense
    ●
    This tense can be used to talk about an action
    that happened in the past, but when it
    happened is not very important or it’s unknown.
    ●
    It can also be used to talk about an action that
    started in the past and continues in the present.
    ●
    And finally, we use this tense to talk about a
    recent action.
    Examples of Present Prefect Tense
    ●
    I have been to Canada
    ●
    My cousins have seen the movie
    ●
    Arman has gone home
    ●
    My phone has been fixed
    Examples of Present Perfect
    ●
    I have worked there since 2002
    ●
    You have had a car since last year
    ●
    We have eaten lunch here for 3 weeks
    Negative form of Present Perfect
    ●
    I haven’t been to Europe
    ●
    It hasn’t rained for 3 months
    ●
    My sons haven’t played soccer since 2015
    The questions in Present Perfect
    ●
    Arman has eaten lunch
    ●
    Has Arman eaten lunch?
    ●

    ●
    They have watched the video
    ●
    Have they watched the video?
    Wh questions in Present Perfect
    ●
    Where has Arman been?
    ●
    What countries have you visited?
    ●
    Who has she talked to?
    ●
    How long have you been married?
    Present Perfect Continuous Tense
    ●
    This tense can be used about the action that
    started in the past and continues in the present.
    ●
    It can also be used to talk about an action that
    hasn’t happened recently
    ●
    And finally, it can also be used to talk about an
    action that recently stopped
    Examples of Present Perfect
    Continuous Tense
    ●
    Charles has been studying English for an hour
    ●
    Lily has been playing the piano for 2 years
    ●
    It has been growing since June
    ●

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