Present Simple, Continuous, Perfect, Perfect Continuous

1. Karaganda State Medical University Chair of the foreign languages Present Simple, Continuous, Perfect, Perfect Continuous

Tense.
Prepare: Chorieva A.A.
1-038 group, GM.
Checked: Dashkina T.G.

2. Present Indefinite (Simple) Tense

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S. + V1/V-s
S. + do/does + not + V1
? Do/does + S. + V1 ?
Repeated, customary action.
Fact.
Future action (to a timetable, schedule).
: usually, generally, always, never, often, seldom, sometimes.

3. Example:

I study in the university.
He sometimes sleeps in the afternoon.
I do not study in the university.
He does not sleep in the afternoon.
Do you study in the university?
Does he sleep in the afternoon?

4. Present Continuous Tense

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S. + to be (am, is, are) + V-ing
S. + to be (am, is, are) + not + V-ing
? To be (am, is, are) + S. + V-ing ?
Action (process) going on at the present moment.
Future action planned before.
: now, at present, at the moment.

5. Example:

I'm listening to the news on the radio.
My parents are waiting for me at the moment.
I’m not listening to the news on the radio.
My parents aren’t waiting for me at the moment.
Are you listening to the news on the radio now?
Are your parents waiting for you?

6. Present Perfect Tense

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S. + to have + V3
S. + to have + not + V3
? To have + S. + V3 ?
Completed action connected with the present; result.
: already, yet, ever, never, lately, recently, this week, today, by now,
just.

7. Example:

She has just seen the film.
I have gone to the museum this week.
She hasn’t just seen the film.
I haven’t gone to the museum this week.
Has she just seen the film?
Have you gone to the museum this week?

8. Present Perfect Continuous Tense

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S. + to have been + V-ing
S. + to have + not + been + V-ing
? To have + S. + been + V-ing ?
Action (process) which began in the past and is still going on now.
: for a month, a long time, since 5 o’clock, how long, since when

9. Example:

I have been waiting for you 2 hours.
We have been preparing for our exam since morning.
I have not been waiting for you 2 hours.
We haven’t been preparing for our exam since morning.
Have you been waiting for me 2 hours?
Have we been preparing for our exam since morning?