This document provides information on the uses of different tenses in English, including the present simple, present continuous, present perfect simple, and present perfect continuous. It explains that the present simple is used for repeated or habitual actions, facts, and non-continuous actions happening now. The present continuous is used for temporary actions, changing states, irritating actions, and things happening now. The present perfect simple is used for recently finished actions with results, actions done multiple times in the past, and talking about experience up to the present. The present perfect continuous is used with state verbs, unfinished ongoing actions, and finished actions with remaining evidence.

1. 1. Present Simple [Englishpage.com]
Uses:
• Repeated Actions
– I play football.
– She does not play tennis..
• Facts or Generalizations
– California is not in the United Kingdom.
– Windows are made of glass.
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2. 1. Present Simple [Englishpage.com]
Uses:
• Now (Non-Continuous Verbs)
– She is not here now.
– He needs help right now.
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3. 2. Present Continuous [M. Parrott (2000). Grammar for English
Language Teachers, page190]
Uses:
• Temporary events and actions:
– Sssh, she is sleeping.
– Attention please! We are doing presentation.
• Changing and development states
– Global temperature are increasing rapidly.
– Kids are growing so fast.
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4. • Irritating Actions
– They’re forever asking me to visit them.
– She’s always asking questions.
• Near Future
– I am not going to the party tonight.
– Is he visiting his parents next week.
• Thing happening now.
– We’re studying Core English.
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5. 3. Present Perfect Simple [M. Parrott (2000). Grammar for English
Language Teachers, page239]
Uses:
• Recently finished actions or Completed result.
– I’ve already painted the wall blue.
• Something has done several times in the past and
continue to do [LearningEnglish]
– I’ve played the guitar ever since I was a teenager.
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6. 3. Present Perfect Simple [M. Parrott (2000). Grammar for English
Language Teachers, page239]
Uses:
• After the (first, second, etc.) time
– Is this the first time she has flown?
• Talk about experience up to the present [LearningEnglish]
– I’ve known about inspection for weeks
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7. 4. Present Perfect Continuous [M. Parrott (2000). Grammar for English
Language Teachers, page237]
Uses:
• State verb (Like and want)
– I’ve been wanting to have an opportunity to talk to you.
• It can refer to an action that has not finished. [English Grammar
Secret]
– I’ve been using the swimming pool since we moved into the
district.
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8. 4. Present Perfect Continuous [M. Parrott (2000). Grammar for
English Language Teachers, page239]
Uses:
• We can use it to refer to an action that has finished
but you can still see evidence.
– Oh, the kitchen is a mess. Who has been cooking?
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