This document provides information about Cambrian College being the first digital campus in Bangladesh. It discusses the objectives of the lesson, which are to identify the Present Simple Tense, know the Present Progressive Tense, and know sentence structure. It then explains what tense is and the three main tenses: present, past, and future. Tables are provided showing the different structures for each tense. Examples of sentences in both the simple present and present continuous tenses are given.

1. Cambrian College
First Digital Campus in Bangladesh

2. Md. Abdur Razzak Sarker
Associate Professor
Department of English
Cambrian College Dhaka.

4. Objectives
By the end of the lesson you will be able :
• to identify the Present Simple Tense
• to know the Present Progressive Tense
• to know the structure of sentences

5. Tense denotes the time of
the action indicated by a
verb. The time is not always
the same as that indicated
by the name of the tense.

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me‡ÿ‡ÎB Tense Gi cÖ‡qvRb Av‡Q|
 1. He does the sum.
 2. He did the sum.
 3. He will do the sun.
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'doesÕ w`‡q eZ©gvb mgq, wØZxq evK¨wUi wµqv
Ôdid’ w`‡q AZxZ mgq I Z…Zxq ev‡K¨ will/do w`‡q
fwel¨r mgq‡K †evSv‡bv n‡q‡Q| Zvn‡j †evSv hv‡”Q
Tense g~jZ wZb cÖKvi| h_v:

7. Tense
Present Tense
Past Tense
Future Tense

8. Present Past Future
Present
Indefinite
Present
Continuous
Present
Perfect
Present Perfect
Continuous
Past
Indefinite
Past
Continuous
Past
Perfect
Past Perfect
Continuous
Future
Indefinite
Future
Continuous
Future
Perfect
Future Perfect
Continuous
Tense

9. My
name is
Alex.
CHAPTER 1: PREVIEW
Nice to meet
you, Alex. My
name is Jonas.

10. I’m glad to
meet you,
too. Where
are you
from?
I’m from
the
Czech
Republic.
CHAPTER 1: PREVIEW

11. Where do
you live
now?
I live in
Mexico
City.
CHAPTER 1: PREVIEW

12. We shop every Monday.

13. past
future
THE SIMPLE PRESENT
xx x xxxx x xxx
now

14. Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
(a) Jill eats lunch every day.
(b) I usually study English
on Wednesday.
THE SIMPLE PRESENT

15. events or situations
SIMPLE PRESENT (always, usually, habitually)
in the past, present, future
(a) Jill eats lunch every day.
(b) I usually study English
on Wednesday.
(c) Dogs bark. Lions roar.
THE SIMPLE PRESENT
daily habits,
usual activities
general
statements of fact

16. events or situations
SIMPLE PRESENT (always, usually, habitually)
in the past, present, future
(d) NEGATIVE:
He doesn’t watch TV on weekends.
(e) QUESTION:
Does that dog bark loudly?
THE SIMPLE PRESENT

17. Answer the following question.
(a) What do you mean by present simple tense?
True or false. If false, give the correct answer.
(a) The use of present continuous tense is very
rare.-true/false.

18. Tell whether the sentences are present simple
or present continuous tense.

19. The above
sentence is in
present
progressive
tense.

20. Now try to fill in the blanks with verbs from correct tenses.

21. Write 10
sentences
each from
both tenses
and try to
make it a
paragraph.

22. All the best.
thAnk you.

23. Thank you.