The document summarizes the forms and uses of three present tenses in English: the present simple, present continuous, and present perfect. It provides examples of how to form each tense and the contexts in which they are typically used, such as using the present simple for facts/habits, present continuous for ongoing actions, and present perfect for completed actions related to the present. It also notes exceptions for stative verbs which are not used in continuous tenses. In the end, it provides practice questions to test understanding of the tenses.
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Succession “Losers”: What Happens to Executives Passed Over for the CEO Job?
By David F. Larcker, Stephen A. Miles, and Brian Tayan
Stanford Closer Look Series
Overview:
Shareholders pay considerable attention to the choice of executive selected as the new CEO whenever a change in leadership takes place. However, without an inside look at the leading candidates to assume the CEO role, it is difficult for shareholders to tell whether the board has made the correct choice. In this Closer Look, we examine CEO succession events among the largest 100 companies over a ten-year period to determine what happens to the executives who were not selected (i.e., the “succession losers”) and how they perform relative to those who were selected (the “succession winners”).
We ask:
• Are the executives selected for the CEO role really better than those passed over?
• What are the implications for understanding the labor market for executive talent?
• Are differences in performance due to operating conditions or quality of available talent?
• Are boards better at identifying CEO talent than other research generally suggests?
2. FORM
PRESENT SIMPLE
BASE FORM OF THE VERB (To play – play // to sing – sing // to drive –
drive)
-S in the 3RD PERSON SINGULAR ( He plays // She sings // It drives)
DON’T / DOESN’T in the NEGATIVE FORM
DO / DOES in the INTERROGATIVE FORM
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Present of TO BE (am, is, are) + Present Participle (-ING form)
NOT after AM, IS, ARE + -ING in the NEGATIVE FORM
AM, IS, ARE before the subject for the INTERROGATIVE FORM
PRESENT PERFECT
Present of TO HAVE (have, has) + Past Participle (-ED or IRREGULAR
FORM)
NOT after HAVE, HAS + -ED in the NEGATIVE FORM
HAVE, HAS before the subject for the INTERROGATIVE FORM
3. USES
PRESENT SIMPLE
GENERAL FACTS. UNIVERSAL TRUTH.
PERMANENT THINGS:
WATER BOILS AT 100º - THE SUN RISES ON THE EAST
- I’M A BOY / GIRL
HABITS. With expressions like USUALLY,
NORMALLY, EVERY DAY…
I GET UP AT 7 EVERY DAY – I NORMALLY EAT FRUIT
FOR DINNER
TO TELL JOKES, STORIES, SPORT EVENTS….
A MAN WALKS INTO A BAR AND SAYS…
4. USES
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
UNFINISHED ACTIONS THAT TAKE PLACE IN
THE MOMENT OF SPEAKING. With expressions
like: NOW, AT THE MOMENT, RIGHT NOW,
TODAY, THIS MORNING…
She is reading a book - Is your sister studying?
TEMPORARY SITUATIONS:
I’m living in Madrid, but I normally live in Melilla
5. EXCEPTIONS - STATIVE VERBS
NEVER IN CONTINUOUS TENSES
SENSES:
feel, hear, see, smell, sound, taste
MENTAL ACTIVITY:
appear, forget, think, believe, suppose, unde
rstand, remember, hope
EMOTIONS:
like, dislike, hate, love, want, wish, need, fea
r
POSSESSION: belong
to, have, owe, possess
MEASURES: weigh, cost, measure
6. USES
PRESENT PERFECT:
FINISHED ACTIONS RELATED TO THE PRESENT. THE IMPORTANT
THING IS THE RESULT, NOT WHEN IT HAPPENED. NO PAST
EXPRESSIONS.
I HAVE BROKEN MY LEG - I HAVE FINISHED MY HOMEWORK
“I HAVE BEEN TO IRELAND” - “WHEN?” - “I WENT LAST SUMMER”
REPEATED ACTIONS IN THE PAST
I HAVE VISITED MADRID A LOT OF TIMES.
I HAVE PHONED THE BUS COMPANY THREE TIMES BUT THERE IS NO
ANSWER
ACTIONS THAT STARTED IN THE PAST AND ARE UNFINISHED
I HAVEN’T READ A NOVEL SINCE THE SUMMER
EXPRESIONES:
FOR / SINCE
EVER / YET / JUST / STILL / ALREADY
HOW LONG…?
FREQUENCY ADVERBS: ALWAYS, NEVER, OFTEN…