PRESENT TENSES PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS PRESENT PERFECT and PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
page/simplepresent.html PRESENT SIMPLE 1. FORM: + [verb] + s/es (3 rd person singular) You speak English. - don't / doesn't + [verb] You don't speak English.? do / does + [verb] Do you speak English?
page/simplepresent.html PRESENT SIMPLE 2. USE: Repeated actions I play tennis. She always forgets her purse. Fact or generalizations Cats like milk. California is not in the United Kingdom. Scheduled events in the near future (timetables) The train leaves tonight at 6PM. The party starts at 8 o'clock. Actions in progress at the moment (non-continuous verbs) I am here now. He has his passport in his hand.
New Headway Intermediate 4th Edition PRESENT SIMPLE 3. SPELLING OF THE HE / SHE / IT FORM: Most verbs just add s to the base form of the verb wants, eats, helps, ect. Add ed to verbs that end in ss, sh, ch, x, and o. kisses, washes, watches, fixes, goes, etc. Verbs that end in a consonant and y change the y to ies carries, flies, worries, tries, etc.
adapted from New Headway Intermediate 4th Edition PRESENT SIMPLE 4. ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY We often use adverbs of frequency with Present Simple. They go before the main verb, but after the verb be. Sometimes and usually can also be used at the beginning of the end of a sentence. 0% 50% 100% never rarely hardly ever not often sometimes often usually always School usually starts at 7.30 AM. We re rarely home at the weekend. Sometimes we play cards.
page/presentcontinuous.html PRESENT CONTINUOUS 1. FORM: am / is / are + (not) + present participle ( ing form) + You are watching TV. - You aren t watching TV.? Are you watching TV.! Some verbs cannot be used in any Continuous Tense (e. g. abstract verbs, possession verbs, emotion verbs)
page/presentcontinuous.html PRESENT CONTINUOUS 2. USE: Actions in progress at this moment You are learning English (now). I am sitting. Longer actions in progress now I am studying to become a doctor. I am reading Tom Sawyer. Near future I am meeting some friends after school. I am not going to the party tonight. When used with always, expressed repetition and irritation She is always coming to class late. He is constantly talking.
page/presentperfect.html PRESENT PERFECT 1. FORM has / have + (not) + past participle + You have seen that movie many times. - You haven't seen that movie many times.? Have you seen that movie many times?
page/presentperfect.html PRESENT PERFECT 2. USE Unspecified time before now I have been to France. Man has walked on the Moon. Duration from the past until now (non-continuous verbs) I have had a cold for two weeks. She has been in England for six months.
page/presentperfectcontinuous.ht ml PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS 1. FORM has / have + (not) + been + present participle + You have been waiting here for two hours. - You haven't been waiting here for two hours.? Have you been waiting here for two hours.
page/presentperfectcontinuous.ht ml PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS 2. USE Duration from the past until now They have been talking for the last hour. James has been teaching at the university since June. Recently, lately Recently, I have been feeling very tired. She has been watching too much TV lately.
page/activepassive.html ACTIVE / PASSIVE Active voice: The professor teaches the students. subject verb object doing action receiving action Passive voice: The students are taught by the professor. subject receiving action verb doing action Passive voice is used, when the thing or person doing the action is unknown or unimportant, so it is often omitted.
page/activepassive.html PASSIVE VOICE FORM Present Simple: AM / IS / ARE + PAST PARTICIPLE Most workers are paid monthly. Is service included in the bill? Present Continuous: AM / IS / ARE BEING + PRESENT PARTICIPLE This road is being widened. Are you being served?
page/verbs1.htm Exercise 1. Every Monday, Sally (drive) her kids to football practice. 2. Usually, I (work) as a secretary at ABT, but this summer I (study) French at a language school in Paris. That is why I am in Paris. 3. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep). 4. Don't forget to take your umbrella. It (rain). 5. I hate living in Seattle because it (rain, always). 6. I'm sorry I can't hear what you (say) because everybody (talk) so loudly. 7. Justin (write, currently) a book about his adventures in Tibet. I hope he can find a good publisher when he is finished. 8. Jim: Do you want to come over for dinner tonight? Denise: Oh, I'm sorry, I can't. I (go) to a movie tonight with some friends. 9. The business cards (be, normally ) printed by a company in New York. Their prices (be) inexpensive, yet the quality of their work is quite good. 10. This delicious chocolate (be) made by a small chocolatier in Zurich, Switzerland.
page/verbs7.htm Exercise Robin: I think the waiter (forget) us. We (wait) here for over half an hour and nobody (take) our order yet. Michele: I think you're right. He (walk) by us at least twenty times. He probably thinks we (order, already). Robin: Look at that couple over there, they (be, only) here for five or ten minutes and they already have their food. Michele: He must realize we (order, not) yet! We (sit) here for over half an hour staring at him. Robin: I don't know if he (notice, even) us. He (run) from table to table taking orders and serving food. Michele: That's true, and he (look, not) in our direction once.
page/verbs1.htm Answers 1. drives 2. work, am studying 3. is sleeping 4. is raining 5. always rains 6. are saying, is talking 7. is currently writing 8. am going 9. are normally, can 10. are 1. has forgotten 2. have been waiting 3. has taken 4. has walked 5. have already ordered 6. have only been 7. haven't ordered 8. have been sitting 9. has even noticed 10. has been running 11. hasn't looked