Present Simple
Present simple: Spell the third person singular of "crash"
Crashes
Spell the -ing form of "write".
Writing
Past participle of "hide"
Hidden
My brother Charlie .... (help out) more at home lately. He's become quite responsible.
Has been helping out
Adverbs the present simple is often used with.
Frequency adverbs
The present continuous is used:
For actions taking place now
Future arrangements
3 time expressions that can be used with the present perfect
How long, for, since, lately, recently, already, yet, just, always, ever, never, so far
When we use the present perfect continuous we stress...
the duration of the action
The present simple is used:
For permanent states, routines.
For general truths and laws of nature
State verbs are...
Verbs which do not normally have continuous tenses.
For or since?
Karen has been on the phone ... ages!
For
Present perfect simple or present perfect continuous.
Sarah ... (pick) vegetables for two hours.
has been picking
The Present Simple can be used as a future tense...
For timetables
The present continuous can be used as a future tense for...
Fixed arrangements.
"Have gone to" or "have been to".
I ... London recently. I came back yesterday.
have been to
Which two verbs can be used with the present perfect and present perfect continuous with no difference in meaning?
Live and work