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Grammar: Simple Present Tense Present Continuous Tense Present Perfect Tense

The document discusses different tenses in English grammar: - The simple present tense is used for repeated or habitual actions, facts, scheduled near future events, and actions happening now. - The present continuous tense expresses actions happening now or around the present time, including future plans. - The present perfect tense expresses a past action with unspecified time, ongoing actions that began in the past, recently completed actions, and actions that have continued up until now. It also discusses the passive form.

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Grammar: Simple Present Tense Present Continuous Tense Present Perfect Tense

The document discusses different tenses in English grammar: - The simple present tense is used for repeated or habitual actions, facts, scheduled near future events, and actions happening now. - The present continuous tense expresses actions happening now or around the present time, including future plans. - The present perfect tense expresses a past action with unspecified time, ongoing actions that began in the past, recently completed actions, and actions that have continued up until now. It also discusses the passive form.

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Grammar

 Simple present tense

 Present continuous tense

 Present perfect tense


Simple present tense
- Does not refer to the present time alone.
We can show action in the past and
future .
This tense is used when :
1. Repeated Actions
2. Facts or Generalizations
3. Scheduled Events in the Near Future
4. Happen Now
Repeated Actions
• to express the idea that an action is
repeated or usual.
• The action can be a habit, a hobby, a
daily event, a scheduled event or
something that often happens.
• It can also be something a person often
forgets or usually does not do.
Example :
• The train leaves every morning at 8 AM.
• The train does not leave at 9 AM.
Facts or Generalizations
• When the statement is a fact .

Example :
• The moon is round .
• Windows are made of glass.
• Windows are not made of wood
Scheduled Events in the Near Future

- About scheduled events in the near


future.

Example :
• The party starts at 8 o'clock.
• The train leaves tonight at 6 PM.
Happen Now
- to express the idea that an action is
happening or is not happening now.
Example :
 I am play game now .
 He has his passport in his hand.
 He does not need help now.
Present continuous tense

1. Things that are happening now, at the


moment.
What are you doing?
She's reading in the garden.
They're not standing in the rain.
2. Actions happening in a period around
the present moment in time.
I'm reading "The Surgeon's Mate" by
Patrick O'Brian.
Whose account are you working on?
She's studying hard for her final exam.
• Future plans and arrangements
• We're having left over this evening.
• What are you doing tomorrow afternoon?
• She isn't coming on Friday.

• Common present continuous time


expressions include:
at the moment, now, today, this week, this
month, tomorrow, next week (for future
arrangements ), currently.
Present perfect tense
1. To express a past action where time is
not specified, usually with the word a
like ‘before’ ‘ever’ and ‘finally’.
Example ：
a. I have seen the film before.
b. She has finally decided to go.
c. Have you ever been to Paris.
2. To express an action begun in the past
but which still continuing in the present.
The adverbs “since” , and for are often
used here :

Example :
a. He hasn’t seen her for two year.
b. She hasn’t been there since Friday.
3. To show an action completed recently,
usually with the adverb “just”.

Example :
a. She has just gone out.
b. It has just started to rain
4. To show a past action that has continued
UP TO NOW, often with expressions like
“so far”, “up to present” .

Example :
a. I haven’t done a single things up to now.
b. Have they prepared for the experiment
so far.
5. The passive form of the present perfect
tense is formed with “has /have been ”+
past participle.
Example :
a. The thieves have been arrested.
b. The car has been repaired.(shows that
the action is done To the subject and
not BY the subject).

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