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Present Tenses

1. Present Simple:

main verb (for he/she/it: main verb + s).

We use the Present Simple:

1. For daily routines: Sam leaves for work at 7 a.m.

2. For habits and repeated actions: Joe goes to the gym thrice a week.

3. For permanent states: Henry works for his uncle's company.

4. For facts, laws of nature and general truths: The sun rises in the east.

5. For timetables and programmes (future meaning): The course starts in September.

6. For reviews / sports commentaries / narrative: Johnson passes to Miles, Miles shoots... It's a goal!

7. For exclamatory sentences: Here comes the boss!

Time expressions used with the Present Simple: always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never, every day/week/month/year/Monday, in the morning/afternoon/evening, once/twice/thrice a day/week/month/year, etc.

2. Present Continuous:

am/is/are + -ing form.

We use the Future Continuous:

1. For actions happening at the moment of speaking: Sue is talking on the phone now.

2. For actions happening around the time of speaking or temporary situations: I'm staying with my grandma at the moment.

3. For fixed arrangements in the near future: I'm meeting Mary at 6 p.m. on Monday.

4. For developing or changing situations: The prices are going up.

5. For frequently repeated actions to express annoyance or criticism: He's always losing his keys.

Time expressions used with the Present Continuous: now, at the moment, at present, this week, these days, still, etc.

Stative verbs do not usually have a continuous form: like, love, hate, want, know, understand, think, believe, have (possess), etc.

3. Present Perfect:

have/has + past participle.

We use the Present Perfect:

1. For recently completed actions focusing on the result in the present: I have washed my car. It's clean now.

2. For actions that happened at an unstated time in the past. It is not important when exactly the action happened: I've seen John recently.

3. For actions or states that began in the past and are not finished yet: Lily has worked in this cafe for 10 years.

4. For actions that happened at an unfinished period of time: I have drunk three cups of coffee this morning (it is still morning).

5. For personal experiences: That's the fastest train I have ever travelled by.

Time expressions used with the Present Perfect: already, before, yet, just, ever, never, for, since, this week, this year, today, etc.

4. Present Perfect Continuous:

have/has been + -ing form.

We use the Present Perfect Continuous:

1. For an action that started in the past and continues up to the present if we are interested in the duration of the action: I've been working on this project since Monday.

2. For an action that has recently stopped and is connected with the present: It has been snowing all night. Everything's covered in snow.

3. For actions repeated over a period of time: Linda has been working overtime a lot recently.

4. To show that we are angry or annoyed, or to express criticism: Someone has been looking through my documents!