The document discusses various tenses in English, including the present simple tense, present continuous tense, and present perfect tense. The present simple tense is used to express daily routines and habits, often with adverbs of frequency. The present continuous tense refers to actions happening at the moment of speaking. The present perfect tense refers to an action that occurred at an unspecified time before now and is used to discuss experience, change over time, accomplishments, uncompleted actions, and multiple actions at different times. Time expressions can further specify the period being referred to.

1. present simple
is used to express daily routines and habits.
Simple present tense

2. SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
 Adverbs of frequency
such as 'usually',
'sometimes',
'rarely', etc.
 are often used with the present simple.

3.  This tense is often used with the following time
expressions:
always,
usually,
sometimes, etc.
... every day
... on Sundays, Tuesdays, etc.

4. Positive
Statement
 Subject + Present Tense + object(s) + time Expression
Frank usually takes a bus to work.

5. Negative
 Subject + do / does + not (don't / doesn't) + verb +
object(s) + time Expression
They don't often go to Chicago.

6. Question
 (Question Word) + do / does + subject + verb +
object(s) + time Expression
How often do you play golf?

7. Test your skills
 She ______ get up early on Saturdays.
 not
 doesn't
don't
 My father _____ at a bank.
 works
 work
 do work

8.  Where _____ live?
 do your uncle
 does your uncle
 your uncle
 They _____ play golf.
 not
 doesn't
 don't

9. Present Continuous
 One use of the present continuous tense is for action
that is occurring at the moment of speaking.
 Remember that only action verbs can take the
continuous form.

10.  This tense is often used with the following time
expressions:
 ... at the moment
... now
... today
... this morning / afternoon / evening

11.  Positive Sentence
• Subject + I
 auxiliary verb + am
 main verb-ing (Present participle) + playing
 Object cricket

12. Examples
I am playing cricket.
He is driving a car
They are reading their
lessons.

13. Present perfect tense
 [has/have + past participle]
 You have seen that movie many times.
 Have you seen that movie many times?
 You have not seen that movie many times.
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14.  USE 1 Unspecified Time Before Now

15.  We use the Present Perfect to say that an action
happened at an unspecified time before now.
 The exact time is not important.

16. Perfect with specific time
expressions such as:
 yesterday,
 one year ago,
 last week,
 when I was a child,
 when I lived in Japan,
 at that moment,
 that day,
 one day, etc.

17. We CAN use the Present Perfect
with
 unspecific expressions such as:
 ever,
 never,
 once,
 many times,
 several times,
 before,
 so far, already, yet, etc.

18. Examples:
 I have seen that movie twenty times.
 I think I have met him once before.
 There have been many earthquakes in California.
 People have traveled to the Moon.
 People have not traveled to Mars.


19. Interrogative/Negative
 Have you read the book yet?
 A: Has there ever been a war in the United States? (for
things)
 B: Yes, there has been a war in the United States.
 Nobody has ever climbed that mountain.

20. TOPIC 1 Experience
 I have been to France.
THIS SENTENCE MEANS THAT YOU HAVE HAD THE
EXPERIENCE OF BEING IN FRANCE. MAYBE YOU HAVE BEEN
THERE ONCE, OR SEVERAL TIMES.

21.  He has never traveled by train.
 Joan has studied two foreign languages.

22. Change Over Time
 You have grown since the last time I saw you.
 The government has become more interested in arts
education.
 Japanese has become one of the most popular courses
at the university since the Asian studies program was
established.
 My English has really improved since I moved to
Australia

23. Accomplishments
 Man has walked on the Moon.
 Our son has learned how to read.
 Doctors have cured many deadly diseases.
 Scientists have split the atom.

24. An Uncompleted Action You Are
Expecting
 James has not finished his homework yet.
 Susan hasn't mastered Japanese, but she can
communicate.
 Bill has still not arrived.
 The rain hasn't stopped.

25. Multiple Actions at Different
Times
 The army has attacked that city five times.
 I have had four quizzes and five tests so far this
semester.
 We have had many major problems while working on
this project.
 She has talked to several specialists about her
problem, but nobody knows why she is sick.

26.  Time Expressions with Present Perfect
 When we use the Present Perfect it means that
something has happened at some point in our lives
before now. Remember, the exact time the action
happened is not important.
 Sometimes, we want to limit the time we are looking in
for an experience. We can do this with expressions
such as: in the last week, in the last year, this week,
this month, so far, up to now, etc.

27.  Examples:
 Have you been to Mexico in the last year?
 I have seen that movie six times in the last month.
 They have had three tests in the last week.
 She graduated from university less than three years
ago. She has worked for three different companies so
far.
 My car has broken down three times this week.