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Present Simple and Cont

This document summarizes the uses and forms of the present simple, present continuous, present perfect simple, and present perfect continuous tenses in English. It provides examples of affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences for each tense. It also lists common time expressions used with each tense, such as everyday, now, since, and for.

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Present Simple and Cont

This document summarizes the uses and forms of the present simple, present continuous, present perfect simple, and present perfect continuous tenses in English. It provides examples of affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences for each tense. It also lists common time expressions used with each tense, such as everyday, now, since, and for.

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PRESENT SIMPLE

PRESENT
CONTINUOUS

USE:

USE:

FORM:

FORM:

(+) S+ Vs,-es

(+) S+ to be+ Ving

He goes to school every day.


I usually eat sandwich for breakfast.

He is going to school now.


I am eating sandwich for breakfast.

(-) S+ do/does+ not +


V
He doesnt go to school every day.
I usually dont eat sandwich for breakfast.

(?) Do/Does + S+ V?
Does he go to school every day?
Do you usually eat sandwich for
breakfast?
ANSWERS:
Yes, I do.
Yes, you do.
Yes, he does.
Yes, we do.
Yes, we do.

No, I dont.
No, you dont
No, he doesnt.
No, we dont.
No, we dont.

(+) S+ to be+
not+Ving
He is not going to school now.
I am not eating sandwich now.

(?)To be + S+ Ving?
Is he going to school now?
Are you eating sandwich now?
ANSWERS:
Yes, I am.
Yes, you are..
Yes, he is.
Yes, we are..

No, I am not.
No, you are not.
No, he is not.
No, we are not.

Time expressions
Time expressions
Every
Now
At the moment
day/year/month/week
At present
Always, often,
Today
sometimes, usually,
These days
rarely, seldom, never
In the morning/at
noon/ in the
afternoon/ in the
evening/ at night
At 10 oclock
On Mondays
In Winter
In September

1x once a
day/week/month/year
2x twice a
day/week/month/year
3x three times a
day/week/month/year

PRESENT PERFECT
SIMPLE
USE

FOR
M

-actions that happened recently


I have just eaten a hamburger.
-action whose moment of
occurrence is not mentioned
I have made a cake
-action that happened in the past
and has an effect in the present
I have lost my keys.

PRESENT PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
-

An action that started in the past ,


stopped recently and whose
result you can see now
Why are you so happy?
Because I have been talking with
my boyfriend.
An action that started in the past
and is still going on( for, since)
I have been studying English since
I was at the kindergarten.

(+) S+HAVE/HAS+ (+) S+HAVE/HAS+


V3
been+Ving
He has already written his
homework.

He has been writing his homework since


I called him.

(-)S+HAVE/HAS+
not+V3

(+)
S+HAVE/HAS+not+
been+Ving

He hasnt written his homework


yet.

(?) Have/ has +


S+ V3?
Has he already written his
homework?

ANSWERS:

He hasnt been writing his homework


since I called him.

(?) Have/ has +


S+been+ Ving?
Has he been writing his homework?

ANSWERS:
Yes, I have.
Yes, you have.

No, I havent.
No, you havent

Yes, I have.
havent.
Yes, you have.
havent
Yes, he has.

Already
Yet
Ever
Never
Since
For
So far
lately

No, I

Yes, he has.

No, you
No, he hasnt.

since
for

No, he hasnt.

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