Present Tenses

How to form the present tenses

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How to form PRESENT SIMPLE

V or Vs

(do/does)

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How to form PRESENT CONTINUOUS?

  be V ing

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How to form PRESENT PERFECT

has/have + V3 or Ved

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How to form PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS?

have/has+been+V ing

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What PRESENT TENSES are formed while using VERB+ing

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Present Simple vs Present Continuous

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Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep) ......... !

is sleeping!

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Every Monday, Sally (drive) ............... her kids to football practice.

drives

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Oh, I'm sorry, I can't. I (go) ........... to watch a movie tonight with some friends.

am going

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Right now, Liam (sit)................. with the owner of the hotel.

is sitting

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Every time Timmy says a new word, Liam (try).............. to repeat it.

tries

Present Perfect vs Present Perfect Continuous

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I can't believe it! We (wait)....... here for over half an hour.

have been waiting

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I (travel) ................. to South America several times.

have travelled

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I (love) ..........chocolate since I was a child.

have loved

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Matt and Sarah (have) ................ some difficulties in their relationship lately.

have had

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How long (you/work) ............... in Canada?

have you been working

Key/signal words

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PRESENT SIMPLE key words

usually, always,often, never, sometimes..

every (time,day,month...)

in the (morning,afternoon...

twice (a week, a year...)

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PRESENT CONTINUOUS key words

now, at the moment, this (week, month ...)

at present, nowadays

Listen, Look...

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PRESENT PERFECT key words

just, yet, since, already, lately, recently, never, so far ...

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PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS key words

for, since, lately, how long, all (morning, week, day...)

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What tense is usually used with these KEY WORDS:

usually, sometimes, often, always

PRESENT SIMPLE

Fill in with the right tense

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A: What is that sound?!
B: A car alarm (ring) ................ somewhere down the street.

is ringing

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I (study) ....................... here for more than three years.

have studied

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Jones (write) ................. ten very creative short stories since 2015.

has written

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Tam (speak) ...... English very well and he (try) ........ to teach Liam some words this month.

speaks/is trying

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I usually (work) ............... as a secretary in Mexico, but this summer I (study) ................ French at a language school in Paris.

work

am studying