The document provides an overview of the different present tenses in English, including the present simple, present continuous, and present perfect tenses. It explains their typical uses through examples of verbs in brackets that need to be changed to the correct present tense form. The present simple is used for daily routines, habits and permanent states. The present continuous expresses actions happening now or in the near future. The present perfect denotes actions that began in the past and continue to the present or have relevance to the present.
The document provides an overview of the different present tenses in English, including the present simple, present continuous, and present perfect tenses. It explains their typical uses through examples of verbs in brackets that need to be changed to the correct present tense form. The present simple is used for daily routines, habits and permanent states. The present continuous expresses actions happening now or in the near future. The present perfect denotes actions that began in the past and continue to the present or have relevance to the present.
The document provides an overview of the different present tenses in English, including the present simple, present continuous, and present perfect tenses. It explains their typical uses through examples of verbs in brackets that need to be changed to the correct present tense form. The present simple is used for daily routines, habits and permanent states. The present continuous expresses actions happening now or in the near future. The present perfect denotes actions that began in the past and continue to the present or have relevance to the present.
daily routines; Put the verbs in brackets into the correct repeated actions; habits; present form. reviews/sports commentaries/dramatic 1. A: What ……… (you/do)? narrative; B: I ……… (taste) the soup to see if it’s OK. timetables/programmes (future meaning); 2. A: A: The room ……… (smell) awful. exclamatory sentences; B: Why ……… (not/you/open) the window? permanent states. 3. A: ……… (you/like) tennis? Time expressions: every hour/ day/ week/ B: Yes, I ……… (be) a member of the local club month/ summer/ year, every morning/evening, etc. for years. 4. A: The weather ……… ( get) colder since last Monday. PRESENT CONTINUOUS (am/is/are Ving) B: I ……… (know). It ………. (get) colder and colder actions happening now, at the moment of as the days go by. speaking; 5. A: What ……… (you/do) for your holidays this actions happening around the time of summer? speaking; fixed arrangements in the near future, B: We ……… (think) of going to Spain for a week. especially when we know the time and 6. A: Why are you in such a hurry? the place; B: Because the film ……… (start) at 7 o’clock. temporary situations; 7. A: ……… (you/read) the new Harry Potter book changing or developing situations; yet? frequently repeated actions with B: I ………. (read) it now actually. always, constantly, continually 8. A: My friend ……… (forget) to buy me something expressing annoyance or criticism. Time expressions: now, at the moment, at for my birthday. present, nowadays, these days, today, B: Never mind. tomorrow, next month, etc. 9. A: How long ……… (he/know) Mary? B: Since they met at university. 10. A: ……… (you/do) anything interesting this PRESENT PERFECT (have/has Ved/3) evening? actions which started in the past and continue up to the present usually with 11. B: No, I ……… (not/think) so. I ………. (stay) in. the verbs know, be, have, possess, own; ……… (you/go) out? to talk about a past action which has a 12. A: When ……… (the parade/start)? visible result in the present; B: It ……… (start) at 10 o’clock so we …….. (meet) actions which happened at an unstated at 10:30. time in the past. The action is more 13. A: Tom ……… (look) tired. ……… (he/have) a tough important than the time; time? recently completed actions; B: Yes, and he ……… (think) of taking a week off. personal experiences/changes which have happened. 14. A: ……… (you/ever/attend) a music festival? Time expressions: just, already, yet, for, B: Actually, I ……… (go) to the U2 concert this since, ever, never, etc. Saturday. 15. A: You look exhausted. What ……… (you/do)? PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS (have/has B: I ……… (dig) in the garden since morning. been Ving) 16. A: Why ……… (you/smell) the candy floss? to emphasise the duration of an action which B: It ……… (smell) nice and it ……… (remind) me of started in the past and continues up to the when I was young. present. Time expressions: since, for, how long.