B1- B2- APTIS

PRESENT TENSES
A&S LANGUAGE SCHOOL
GRAMMAR
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

01 02
PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
HABITS, ROUTINES HAPPENING RIGHT NOW

03 04
PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
RECENT EVENTS, PRESENT
TEMPORARY SITUATIONS
RESULT, LIFE EXPERIENCE
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PRESENT SIMPLE
PRESENT SIMPLE
A&S LANGUAGE COLLEGE

➔ STRUCTURE:
SUBJECT + VERB BASE FORM (+-S/-ES WHEN 3RD PERSON SINGULAR)
NEGATIVE FORM [DON’T/ DOESN’T (3RD P.)]

➔ USE:
1. HABITS/ ROUTINES: I always go to school on foot.
2. STATIVE VERBS: They don’t like how the teacher explains./ You look sad.
3. UNIVERSAL TRUTHS: Water boils at 100º.

➔ TIME EXPRESSIONS: always, sometimes, often, never, usually, seldom; every + x;

on + x; twice a week, once a month.

➔ EXAMPLES:
Do you fancy a cup of tea? Yes, I do/ No, I don’t.
She doesn’t feel like going to school today.
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PRESENT
CONTINUOUS
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
A&S LANGUAGE COLLEGE

➔ STRUCTURE:
SUBJECT + AUXILIARY VERB [TO BE IN PRESENT SIMPLE (AM/IS/ARE)] + VERB
-ING FORM
NEGATIVE FORM: AUXILIARY VERB INTO NEGATIVE (AM NOT/ISN’T/AREN’T)

➔ USE:
1. ACTION HAPPENING NOW AT THE MOMENT OF SPEAKING: She is listening
to music right now.

➔ TIME EXPRESSIONS: right now, at the moment, now, these days, this + x.

➔ EXAMPLES:
I can’t talk right now. I’m brushing my teeth.
He is training hard these days.
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PRESENT PERFECT
SIMPLE
PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE
A&S LANGUAGE COLLEGE

➔ STRUCTURE:
SUBJECT + HAVE/HAS (3RD P.) + PAST PARTICIPLE (REGULAR VERBS: -ED/
IRREGULAR VERBS: 3RD COLUMN) PLAY - PLAYED/ BUY - BOUGHT
➔ USE:
1. FOCUSED ON THE RESULT OF THE ACTIVITY: I have written you an email.
2. FINISHED ACTIONS: The children have played for two hours.
3. VERBS AS BELIEVE, KNOW, UNDERSTAND, LIKE/DISLIKE, BELONG, OWN (not
its continuous form)
4. CAUSE-CONSEQUENCE: I have lost my keys, so now I can’t open the door.

➔ TIME EXPRESSIONS: never, ever, already, just, yet, how long, several times, since
(beginning), for (duration), lately/ recently, today, this morning
➔ EXAMPLES:
I’ve known John since we were at university.
Have you ever met a celebrity? Actually, I’ve just met one.
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PRESENT
PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
A&S LANGUAGE COLLEGE

➔ STRUCTURE:
SUBJECT + HAVE/HAS (3RD P.) + BEEN + VERB -ING
➔ USE:
1. EMPHASISES THE ACTIVITY ITSELF AND ITS DURATION (DURATION FROM
PAST UNTIL NOW): I have been writing emails for hours.
2. UNFINISHED ACTIONS: The children have been playing for two hours.
3. RECENT ACTION: She has been working on her dissertation recently.

➔ TIME EXPRESSIONS: recently, already, just, yet, how long, several times, since
(beginning), for (duration), this + x..

➔ EXAMPLES:
How long have you been reading that book? I’d say for about two weeks.
My clothes are covered in paint. I have been painting the fence.
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