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Present Tenses Chart

The document discusses the differences between the present simple, present continuous, present perfect, and present perfect continuous tenses in English. It provides examples of when each tense is used, including for habits, ongoing actions, completed actions, and actions that began in the past and continue in the present. Time expressions that are commonly used with each tense are also listed.

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Present Tenses Chart

The document discusses the differences between the present simple, present continuous, present perfect, and present perfect continuous tenses in English. It provides examples of when each tense is used, including for habits, ongoing actions, completed actions, and actions that began in the past and continue in the present. Time expressions that are commonly used with each tense are also listed.

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PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS PRESENT PERFECT PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

*The Present Simple is used to talk about *The Present Continuous is used *The Present Perfect is used *The Present Perfect Continuous
is used
-habits&regular occurrences -to talk about an action or state that is -to express an action that started and
Ex: She always sends a Christmas card to her happening at the moment of speech finished at some not indicated time in -to talk about an action that
colleagues on New Year’s Eve. /around the time of speech. past. started in the past and is
Ex: Isn’t she working in the London office Ex: Tom has changed his car. continuing in the present.
-generalisations&natural phenomena and this week? Ex: The choir have been
universal truths . -to express duration with for or since for singing all afternoon and are
Ex:A week includes 7days and a year consists of - to express already arranged future plans. non-progressive verbs. about to take a break now.
52 weeks. Ex: We’re going to the Lake District next Ex: I have been on holiday for a week.
week. -with for and since to indicate a
-scheduled, timetable-based events. -to express repeated actions from the time period for an action that
Ex: Doesn’t the party start at 8.00 p.m.? -for criticism&annoyance with past to the present. started in the past.
“always,continuously,perpetually” etc. Ex: I have moved house 4 times in my Ex: Since last February I have
- to tell stories, narrate sports events and in Ex: She is constantly complaining about her life. been taking cookery classes.
newspaper headlines. sister.
Ex:The Little Princess opens the box and sees a -to talk about change over time
magic wand inside it…. -for changing situations with the verbs Ex: He’s grown a lot since I last saw him.
“get/become” and “gradually/day by day”.
-to give instructions&directions. Ex: More and more people in Turkey are -often used after a superlative or an
Ex: You take a blank piece of paper and put it in becoming vegan these days. ordinal number
on the scanner bed length-ways. Ex: This is the funniest film I
have ever seen.
This is the first time I have watched my
best dancer performing on the stage.
always, often ,usually,generally, at the moment,at lately,recently,so far,up to now,till Since,for,since then,ever since
normally,frequently,sometimes,occasionally, present,presently,currently, now,since,for,yet,just,already,ever,
rarely ,seldom ,hardly-scarcely-barely still,for the time being ,right now ,these never,yet,before,since then,ever since
ever,never ,every ……,each….…, ………….days days,nowadays,today,tonight,gradually,day
by day,perpetually,constantly
(Future tense time expressions)

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