This presentation discusses how to craft stories using the present tense, focusing on the various types of tenses and their applications. It begins by defining tenses as verb forms that express the time of actions, and it emphasizes their role in showing when an action occurs. The presentation introduces the three primary types of tenses: past, present, and future. It then delves into the specifics of the present tense, highlighting its use in describing actions happening in the current moment, habitual actions, and facts that are generally true. The simple present tense is exemplified by sentences like "I play soccer every weekend." The presentation also covers the present continuous tense, which is used for actions in progress at the moment of speaking, with the example "She is reading a book." Furthermore, it discusses the present perfect tense, which signifies actions that happened at an unspecified time in the past but still have relevance to the present, exemplified by "I have finished my homework." Finally, the presentation explores the present perfect continuous tense, used to describe ongoing actions that began in the past, such as "They have been working on this project for hours." Overall, the presentation offers a comprehensive overview of the present tense and its various forms, aiding in the crafting of engaging stories using this grammatical structure.

1. How to Craft Stories
Using Present Tense?

2. What are Tenses?
Tenses are forms of verbs that reflect the time of action happened
or happening or will happen and allows you to express time.
They denote the time of action and show when the work is done.

3. Types of Tenses
Present Tense Past Tense Future Tense

4. What is the present tense?
The present tense is used to describe actions or events
that are happening right now, at the present moment,
or actions that happen regularly or repeatedly.

5. Simple Present Tense
The simple present tense is used to describe actions that are
regular, habitual, or true in general.
When to Use: We use this when talking about regular activities,
habits, or facts that are generally true.
For Examples:
 I play soccer every weekend.
In this sentence, "play" is in the simple present tense
because it talks about a regular, habitual action.

6. Present Continuous Tense
The present continuous tense is used to describe
actions that are happening right now or are in
progress.
When to Use: We use this when something is
happening right now, at the moment you're talking
about.
For Example:
 She is reading a book.
In this sentence, "is reading" is in the present
continuous tense because it describes an action
happening at the moment of speaking.

7. When to Use: We use this to talk about an action that happened
at an unspecified time in the past but is still relevant in the present.
Present Perfect Tense
The present perfect tense is used to express actions that
happened at an unspecified time in the past and have a
connection to the present.
For Example
 I have finished my homework.
In this sentence, "have finished" is in the present perfect tense
because it tells us about an action completed in the past with
relevance to the present

8. The present perfect continuous tense is used to describe actions
that began in the past and are still ongoing or have just stopped.
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
When to Use: We use this to show that an action started in the
past and is still going on, or has just stopped.
Example:
 They have been working on this project for hours.
Here, "have been working" is in the present perfect continuous
tense because it emphasizes the continuous nature of the action
from the past until now.

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