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PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT PRESENT PERFECT PRESENT PERFECT

CONTINUOUS CONTINUOUS
EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES:
MAGSI plays the piano every Andres is playing football at the He has been to England. She has been working on the
Friday. moment. He has just finished his work. project.
Where is samielmasviralreal´s Maca is working at home.
phone?

USES: USES: USES: USES:

o Habits. o To express progressive
o Real truths :) Laws of actions in the present
nature. o Arrange actions in the
o Time tables. future.
o Complain: You are forever
interrupting.
o Temporary actions.
o Actions which began in the o To express temporary
past and continue in the Actions and situations.
present. o We use the Present Perfect
o Actions which happened at Continuous to show that
an indefinite (unknown) something started in the past
time before now. and continues in the present.
o Actions in the past which o To talk about actions that
have an effect on the began in the past an0d have
present moment. recently stopped.
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FORM FORM: FORM: FORM:

Subject + verb in base form + Subject + is/are verb in base Subject + has/have + past Subject + has/have + been + verb-ing
object. form+ ing + object. participle/ed. + object.
Auxiliaries in negative and
interrogative: Do/Does.

USEFUL EXPRESSIONS: USEFUL EXPRESSIONS: USEFUL EXPRESSIONS: USEFUL EXPRESSIONS:

 Every day Just ever
 Always When Already
 Usually While Recently For durig
 Often Stil
 Never. Never
 Hardly ever Since
 Seldom (hardly ever] Yet
For
STATIVE VERBS ACTIVE VERBS STATIVE VERBS ACTIVE VERBS
EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES:
I think that coffe is great.
What are you thinking?
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-Verbs that are not use in the

progessive way.
-Verbs that describe states, not
actions.

Thoughts: know, think, remember,

understand
Feeling: hate, like, love, want,
hope.
Senses: feel, hear, smell, taste.
Possessions: belong, have, include,
own.
Measurements: weigh, span=
abarcar, measure, cost...
NO ING

EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES:

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