The document provides information about present verb tenses in English, including:
1. The present simple tense is used to show repetition and habits. It uses the base form of the verb. There are special rules for verbs in the third person singular.
2. The present continuous tense is used to show an action happening now or in the near future. It is formed using am/is/are + verb+ing.
3. The present perfect tense is used to show an action that has occurred before now. It is formed using has/have + past participle.
3. a) Present tenses.
1-present simple.
Present simple is a verb tense which is used to show repetition and
habits. Present simple can be used to talk about scheduled actions in
the near future and, in some cases, actions happening now. Present
simple is just the base form of the verb in affirmative, while in negative
and interrogative we use do,do not.
Examples;
1 Affimative – you speak English.
2 Negative – you don’t speak English.
3 Interrogative – do you speak English?
4. There are five rules about present simple
tense in the third person singular
1. All the verbs in the third person singular take
“s”. Example. He works as a teacher.
2. All the verbs ending in letters; ch,sh,x,o,s(ss)-
take “es”. Exmples.
He watches tv.
She washes the clothes.
He fixes his car.
He goes to school.
She misses him a lot.
5. There are five rules about present simple
tense in the third person singular
3. All the verbs ending in letter “f” drop the f
letter and take “ves”.
Example; proof – proves.
She proves she is the best
4. a)All the verbs ending in “y” letter and before letter y have got
a vowel they take just “s”.
Example; she plays very well.
b) All the verbs ending in “y” letter and before letter y have got
a consonant they drop the y letter and take “ies”.
Example; she tidies her room.
6. There are five rules about present simple
tense in the third person singular
• 5. All these rules were for the affirmative form.
All the verbs in negative and interrogative form do
not change their base form. we add does or does
not.
Examples;
• Affirmative : He speaks English.
• Interrogative : Does he speak English?
• Negative: He does not speak English.
7. Choose one of the verbs and make
five sentences with it.
• Miss
• Fix
• Play
• work
• Go
• Do
• speak
9. 2. Present continuous tense.
• The present continuous (also called present progressive) is a verb tense
which is used to show that an action is happening now. The present
continuous can also be used to show that an action is going to take place
in the near future.
• The present continuous is formed using am/is/are + main verb+ing form.
• Affirmative : You are watching TV.
• Interrogative : Are you watching TV?
• Negative: You are not watching TV.
• write three different examples.
11. 3. Present perfect.
• The present perfect is a verb tense is used to show that an action has taken place once or
many times before now. The present perfect is most frequently used to talk about
experiences or changes that have taken place, but there are other less common uses as well.
• Present Perfect Forms
• The present perfect is formed using has/have + main verb+past participle.
• Interrogative form we put has/have before the subject.
• Negatives are made with not.
• Affirmative : You have seen that movie many times.
• Interrogative : Have you seen that movie many times?
• Negative: You have not seen that movie many times
• write three different examples.
12. 4. Present Perfect Continuous.
• The present perfect continuous (also called present perfect progressive) is a verb
tense which is used to show that an action started in the past and has continued up to the
present moment. The present perfect continuous usually emphasizes duration, or the
amount of time that an action has been taking place.
• Present Perfect Continuous Forms
• The present perfect continuous is formed using has/have + been + main verb+ing form.
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• Interrogative form we put the verb has/have before the subject.
• Negatives are made with not.
• Affirmative : You have been waiting here for two hours.
• Interrogative : Have you been waiting here for two hours?
• Negative: You have not been waiting here for two hours
• write three different examples.