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This document provides an overview of the present tenses in English, including the present simple, present continuous, and present perfect tenses. It outlines their forms, uses, and differences. Specifically, it notes that the present simple is used for habits, general truths, and routines. The present continuous expresses actions happening now or temporary situations. And the present perfect connects past events to the present through the use of time expressions like today or this year.

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Grammar Map1

This document provides an overview of the present tenses in English, including the present simple, present continuous, and present perfect tenses. It outlines their forms, uses, and differences. Specifically, it notes that the present simple is used for habits, general truths, and routines. The present continuous expresses actions happening now or temporary situations. And the present perfect connects past events to the present through the use of time expressions like today or this year.

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Present tenses

Present simple Present continuous Present perfect

FORM USE FORM USE FORM USE

PHOTOCOPIABLE
+ The root of the verb, • Routines and habits + am / are / is + verb • At the moment of + have / has + the past • Relating past and
adding -s / -es in the • General truths with -ing ending speaking participle present: unspecified
third person singular – am not / aren’t / isn’t • Temporary situations – haven’t / hasn’t + the time in the past
• Stories and jokes
– don’t / doesn’t + the root + verb with -ing ending • Changes past participle • New information: first
of the verb • The future time that something has
? Am / Are / Is + subject • The future ? Have / Has + subject +
? Do / Does + subject + the + verb with -ing ending the past participle happened
root of the verb • Time expressions: today,
Remember – when we use this morning / evening,
does, the main verb does tonight, this week, etc.
not have -s / -es at the end. • for and since: to say how
long something has been

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happening
Adverbs of frequency: to say how often we do something.
They come after the verb be and before all other verbs. For for periods of time
Since with a specific
The adverbs of frequency are: always, usually, often, moment in time
sometimes, never.

Present perfect v present simple


Both are used to refer to the present. If we are talking
about something that began in the past and continues
until now, we use the present perfect.
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