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
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I always eat lunch at noon.
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You play games every day
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They study English every Monday
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Seth starts work at 9 am daily
 We also use Present Simple with
non-continuous verbs.
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I love my mom
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It smells good
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Arman feels happy
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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
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I have class at 6 pm
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Lisa arrives on Sunday
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We start work soon
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My students come tomorrow
 In negative sentence we use „do
not“ or „does not“
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Mike eats bread
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Mike doesn’t eat bread
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You swim well
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You don’t swim well
 In questions we put Do or Does in
the beginning of the question
sentence
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They live here
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Do they live here?
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He play soccer
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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
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Sorry, I’m busy at the moment. I’m doing my
homework.
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I’m reading a really interesting book
In negative we add „not“ to the verb
Be
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I’m not having fun
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Jane isn’t doing her homework
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 Let’s look at Wh questions:
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What are you doing?
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Where are you going?
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When is it starting?
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Who is she talking to?
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Why is she crying?
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How is it going?
 Now I’m going to introduce the
Present Perfect Tense
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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.
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It can also be used to talk about an action that
started in the past and continues in the present.
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And finally, we use this tense to talk about a
recent action.
Examples of Present Prefect Tense
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I have been to Canada
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My cousins have seen the movie
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Arman has gone home
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My phone has been fixed
 Examples of Present Perfect
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I have worked there since 2002
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You have had a car since last year
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We have eaten lunch here for 3 weeks
 Negative form of Present Perfect
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I haven’t been to Europe
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It hasn’t rained for 3 months
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My sons haven’t played soccer since 2015
 The questions in Present Perfect
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Arman has eaten lunch
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Has Arman eaten lunch?
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They have watched the video
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Have they watched the video?
 Wh questions in Present Perfect
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Where has Arman been?
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What countries have you visited?
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Who has she talked to?
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How long have you been married?
 Present Perfect Continuous Tense
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This tense can be used about the action that
started in the past and continues in the present.
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It can also be used to talk about an action that
hasn’t happened recently
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And finally, it can also be used to talk about an
action that recently stopped
 Examples of Present Perfect
Continuous Tense
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Charles has been studying English for an hour
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Lily has been playing the piano for 2 years
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It has been growing since June
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