Transcript present tenses

PRESENT TENSES
Dámaris Garza
Pilar Amador
Omar Flores
Zyanya Guzman
SIMPLE PRESENT
USES
We use the present simple for repeated actions and expressing a habit.
I’m a studen
I study Oraginzational Psychology
We read articles about attitudes in companies
We use the present simple with verbs of thoughts, feeling or states.
I think you are right
She likes him
We use the present simple for actions happening over a longer period of
time
They live in a psych ward
He learns English at school
Present simple with “always” (always means every time)
Peter always invites his peers to study groups.
I always make silly mistales
STRUCTURE
Affirmative
The 1st person singular, 1st person plural,
2nd person singular, 2nd person plural and
3rd person plural use the base form
(infinitive with “to”) of the verb:
I/we/you/they make/see/think/love/etc.
The 3rd person singular uses the base
form, but adds the letter “s” to the end of it:
He/she/it makes/sees/thinks/loves/etc.
Negative
I/we/you/they + don’t + base form
He/she/it + doesn’t + base form
I don’t like spiders
We don’t live there any more.
You don’t seem very interested.
They don’t remember her name
Questions
Do + I/we/you/they + base form
Does + he/she/it + base form
Do I know you?
Do you play tennis?
Do they have any postcards?
Does he often visit them?
Does seh recommend that restaurant?
PRESENT
PROGRESSIVE
USES
The PRESENT PREOGRESSIVE TENSE indicates continuing action,
something going on now. This tense is formed with the helping “to be” verb,
in the present tense, plus the present participle of the verb (with an “ing”
ending):
- I am waiting for my results
- Jorge is studying the market in the zone.
The present progressive can suggest that an action is going to happen in
the future, especially with verbs that convey the idea of a plan or of
movement from one place to another.
- The team is arriving in two hours.
- He’s studying at Campus Monterrey this summer.
Because the present progressive can suggest either the present or the
future, it is usually modified by adverbs of time.
Generally, progressive forms occur only with what are called dynamic verbs
and not with stative verbs.
STRUCTURE
VERB TO BE + VERB WITH – ING
IS / ARE
LOOKING
PRESENT
PERFECT
FUNCTIONS
Describing an action beginning in the past
and still continuing
-
I have lived in the same house my whole life
Or finishing at the moment of speaking
-
I have already finished my homework
For is used with a period of time
-
I haven’t studied for the exams
Since means from that point to the point of
speaking
- I have studied since kindergarten
USES
Unfinished actions or states: actions or
states that began in the past and continue
in the present.
Unfinished time periods.
Past action or state / present result.
Action more important than time
STRUCTURE
HAVE /HAS
+ VERB IN PAST
PARTICIPLE
LOOKED [D] [ED]
PRESENT
PERFECT
CONTINOUS
USES
A continuing action over a period of time.
The action started in the past and is still
continuing. Duration is emphasized.
Have you been downloading files since half past
eight this morning?
The students have been talking to the teacher for
more than two hours.
A recently finished action over a period of time.
The result of the action is emphasized.
What have you been doing? Your desk is a
mess!
STRUCTURE
HAVE / HAS + BEEN + PRESENT
PARTICIPLE
EXERCISES
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
Ask Steve some questions:
1. You want to know if Steve speaks French. Ask him.
-------------- you ………………..?
2. You want to know if Steve´s father speaks French.
--------------your father…………….?
3. You want to know where Steve works?
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4. You want to know where Steve´s aunt lives.
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5. You want to know how often Steve plays football?
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6. You know that Steve works but you don´t know what he does.
Ask him.
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PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE
Write the verb in its “ing” form
7. Sing
8. Play
9. Make
10. Stop
11. Sit
12. Stand
13. Be
14. Go
15. Lie
16. Get
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
Complete these sentences in the Present
Perfect Simple
17. (live) John ______ lived in New York.
18. (not/eat) The children ________ their
dinner.
19. (you/finish) __________ your
homework?
20. (be) Anthony ________________ here.
21. (I/not/see/John)
______________________.
PRESENT PERFECT CONINUOUS
Choose for or since
22. Linda’s been waiting _____ two years
23. He’s been seeing her ____ Christmas?
24. A: It’s snowing B: Really? _____
when?
25. Jeff’s been swimming _____ a long
time.
26. The sun has been shining ________ it
stopped raining.