Present Tenses

Present tenses

There are four present tenses in English:
Present simple
Present continuous
Present perfect

Present simple: form

Positive:
I/You/ We/They live
She/He/It lives
Negative:
I/You/ We/They don’t live
She/He/It

Present simple: uses

1. Habits:
I go for a walk every afternoon.
2.

Present continuous: form

Positive:
I am working
You/ We/They are working
She/He/It is working

Present continuous: form

Negative:
I’m not working
You/ We/They aren’t working
She/He/It isn’t working

Present continuous: form

Interrogative:
Am I working?
Yes, I am. / No, I’m

Present continuous: uses

1. Activities happening (around) now:
I’m writing my doctoral

Указывающие словосочетания

PRESENT SIMPLE

always -всегда
every ... - каждый
often - часто
normally – обычно

Present perfect: form

Positive:
I/You/ We/They have lived
She/He/It has lived

Present perfect: form

Negative:
I/You/ We/They haven’t lived
She/He/It hasn’t lived

Present perfect: form

Interrogative:
Have you/I/we/they lived?
Yes, I have. / No, you

Present perfect criteria

Result – now

Time - not important

Action- finished

e.g.

Present perfect: uses

1. Recently completed action - news:
We have just

2. Action started and still happening:
Signal words and examples:
Since –

3. Personal past experience:
Signal words and examples:
Never- никогда
e.g. I have

Present perfect continuous: form

Positive:
I/You/ We/They have been living
She/He/It has been

Present perfect continuous: form

Negative:
I/You/ We/They haven’t been living
She/He/It hasn’t been

Present perfect continuous: form

Interrogative:
Have you/I/we/they been living?
Yes, I have. /

Present perfect continuous: uses

1. Action started in the past and is